Key facts
Before you go.
- Starting point
- Saint-Louis, by the N2 road from DakarSaint-Louis (Sénégal) (Wikivoyage)
- GPS coordinates
- 16.03333, -16.50000Saint-Louis, Senegal (Wikipedia)
Good to know
Three things to remember.
The tourist office offers two tours of 1.5 to 3 hours, on foot, by bike or by horse carriage: the two islands and the fishermen’s village.
Saint-Louis (Sénégal) (Wikivoyage)An international jazz festival is held every year.
Saint-Louis (Sénégal) (Wikivoyage)Langue de Barbarie National Park, a bird reserve, lies 20 km to the south.
Saint-Louis (Sénégal) (Wikivoyage)
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Senegal
Gorée Island
Two kilometres off the port of Dakar, Gorée is an 18.2-hectare island and a major place of memory of the Atlantic slave trade.
The mangroves of the Saloum Delta
Over 200 islands and islets, brackish channels, mangroves and dry forest: a 145,811-hectare part of the delta has been a World Heritage Site since 2011.
The birds of Djoudj park
Some 60 km north of Saint-Louis, Djoudj hosts nearly three million migrating birds, many of which have just crossed the Sahara.
Sources · 2 pages consulted, with the exact sentence used
- Saint-Louis, Senegal (Wikipedia)
Located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal River, and 320 kilometres (200 mi) north of Senegal's capital city Dakar. Saint-Louis was the capital of the French colony of Senegal from 1673 until 1902 […] The tourism industry is in part due to the city being listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. (coordinates 16.03333, -16.5)
- Saint-Louis (Sénégal) (Wikivoyage)
La ville est connectée au reste du Sénégal et à sa capitale Dakar par la route N2 qui la traverse. […] Des visites guidées de la ville à pied, en vélo ou en calèche peuvent être organisées sur l'île. Le syndicat d'initiative propose deux parcours de 1 h 30 à 3h (en fonction du mode de locomotion) : les deux îles et le village des pêcheurs. […] Un festival international de jazz est organisé tous les ans. […] Parc national de la Langue de Barbarie (20 km au sud de Saint-Louis, à l'embouchure du fleuve Sénégal). réserve ornithologique
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