A country · 44 places · 8 regions
Senegal, all of it.
44 curated places across 8 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
The 4 biggest regions — Dakar, Saint-Louis, Thiès Region and Kedougou Region — read below as chapters, with 4 more waiting past them.
Chapter I · Dakar · 17 places
Dakar
The westernmost capital city on the African continent occupies the Cap-Vert Peninsula and has been a major West African port and cultural crossroads since the French colonial period. The historic Médina quarter and the working-class Plateau district contain colonial-era administrative buildings alongside mosques and the vibrant Marché Sandaga. Dakar's contemporary art scene — centred on the Dak'Art Biennale — has made the city one of Africa's leading centres for modern visual art.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · Saint-Louis · 5 places
Saint-Louis
Just south of the Sahara, the first substantial water many migrating birds encounter is the Djoudj Sanctuary in the Senegal River delta — and some 1.5 million of them use it. White pelicans breed in raucous colonies among the 16,000 hectares of lake, streams, ponds and backwaters, joined by purple herons, African spoonbills, great egrets and cormorants. The wetland became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981.
✦ June–October · $$
Chapter III · Thiès Region · 5 places
Thiès Region
A twin town on the Petite Côte where a wooden footbridge leads to Fadiouth, an island built almost entirely of clam shells. The shell-paved lanes, granaries on stilts and a cemetery shared by Christians and Muslims give the place a character found nowhere else in Senegal.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Kedougou Region · 3 places
Kedougou Region
A slender waterfall plunging from the sandstone cliffs of the Fouta Djallon foothills into a shaded pool. The surrounding reserve protects one of Senegal's few populations of chimpanzees.
✦ July to October · $
Regions of Senegal
Every place in Senegal
