Key facts
Before you go.
- Starting point
- Cap Skirring airport (flights from Dakar) or shared taxi from ZiguinchorCap Skirring (Wikivoyage)
- GPS coordinates
- 12.38790, -16.73900Cap Skirring (Wikipédia)
Good to know
Three things to remember.
An overnight ferry links Dakar and Ziguinchor in about 16 hours.
Dakar (Wikivoyage)Cap Skirring airport is the only one in Casamance.
Cap Skirring (Wikipédia)To travel around Casamance, the French foreign ministry recommends staying on paved roads; its travel advice is worth reading before you leave.
Sénégal, conseils aux voyageurs, sécurité (France Diplomatie, mis à jour le 29 septembre 2026)
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Sources · 4 pages consulted, with the exact sentence used
- Cap Skirring (Wikipédia)
Le Cap Skirring […] est un cap et une station balnéaire à l'extrémité sud-ouest du Sénégal dans le département d'Oussouye et la région de Ziguinchor, en Casamance. C'est également un village situé à proximité immédiate du cap et à environ 70 km de Ziguinchor. […] un aéroport international (un des 2 seuls du Sénégal et le seul de Casamance) […] (coordonnées 12.3879, -16.739)
- Cap Skirring (Wikivoyage)
Cap Skirring and its twin town Kabrousse are calmer and less touristy (although only slightly) than the resorts of the Petite Côte, yet they boast what is arguably the best beach in Senegal. […] This tiny airport has flights from Dakar on Air Senegal and Transair. […] You can get a sept place (shared taxi) from Ziguinchor.
- Dakar (Wikivoyage)
A state-owned ferry runs between Dakar and Ziguinchor in Senegal's Casamance region […] The ferry runs overnight and takes around 16 hours in each direction.
- Sénégal, conseils aux voyageurs, sécurité (France Diplomatie, mis à jour le 29 septembre 2026)
Les frontières de la Casamance avec la Gambie (hors axes routiers principaux […]) et la Guinée-Bissao (bande au sud de Ziguinchor […]) sont déconseillées, sauf raison impérative […] Il est par conséquent déconseillé de s’écarter des axes bitumés.
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