PRACTIC INFORMATIONS
HOW TO GET HERE
Tourist flights to northern Senegal arrive at Blaise Diagne International Airport, in the town of Diass, in the Thies region.
To go from Diass to Mar Lodj, you must first go through Ndangane, where you take the pirogue that crosses the island.
To get to Ndangane there are different options:
- Private taxi from the airport to Ndangane, approximately 50000CFA per taxi if it is daytime, and 65000cfa if it is night. (we help you organize it)
- Collective taxi / setplas. To be negotiated. It is taken at the Thies taxi station. Then you will have to do: Thies - Mbour - Ndiosmone - Fimela - Ndangane. Or: Thies - Mbour - Joal - Samba Dia - Fimela - Ndangane. Random departures.
- Collective bus. If you come from Dakar, there is a direct bus Dakar - Ndangane that leaves every day at 10:30 from the Garage des Beaux Maraichères. It costs about 3000fcf and the journey takes between 3 and 4 hours.
In total, it is about 100km and between 2h and 5h depending on the means of transport chosen.
Once in Ndangane, you have to go to the pier to take a pirogue to the Island of Mar Lodj.
To cross the river, there are these options:
- Public and collective pirogue, 300CFA. It leaves randomly while there is sunlight
- Private pirogue, 7500 CFA per pirogue if it is during the day, 10000fcf if it is at night. (We will give you the contact of the pirogue driver)
From the Mar Lodj pier to our house it is 3 minutes!
Since 2015, a visa is not required. Only a passport is required.
PREPARE YOUR BAG
The weather is hot in Senegal, so you should bring comfortable and summer clothes to wear during the day, and some long sleeve or pants for night time.
It is very important that you get plenty of sun protection. And don’t forget your beachwear and towel!
We recommend you to bring your photo camera and a lantern that can be very useful at night.
At home, we will provide you with bedclothes, mosquito nets, dishes, games…
You should prepare a small basic medicine kit, and don’t forget a mosquito repellent.
You’ll need your passport to travel through the country so make sure you take it with you all the time!
HEALTH
In the village you’ll be able to find a small chemist with very basic medicine. The closest health center to where we are is in Fimla (about 7km from Ndangane), where you can also find a bigger chemist. The nearest hospital is in Fatick.
Even though malaria is present in Senegal, one of the least affected regions of the country is the Sine Saloum Delta thanks to the fact that both the land and the water are salted. Hence, this is one of the areas where the mosquito that transmits paludism is less present.
TIME DIFFERENCE
Senegal is in the same time zone as Canary Islands, so it has a time difference with the Iberic Peninsula of 1 or 2 hours less, depending on the time of the year. So if, for example, it is 12:00pm in the Peninsula, it is 11am in Senegal (during autumn and winter) and 10am (on spring and summer).
CLIMATE
Senegal has a tropical weather with two differentiated seasons: dry season (between the months of November and June) and rain season (from July to October).
The climate in Senegal varies depending on the region you visit. In Sine Saloum Delta region, the Atlantic Ocean helps to smooth temperatures and they normally move between the 16ºC and the 30ºC.
During Rain Season, temperature is higher, flora blooms and you can see a great variety of birds. During Dry Season, temperatures are smoother. You can enjoy the sun and the beaches throughout the whole year as well as visiting and discovering this amazing place and its surroundings.
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| 25ºC i més |