Private Tour

Day tour in Dakar museum and monument

Overview

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English

French

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Explore the heart of Dakar and its main sights on this day tour. The first harf day will be for the black civilization museum, Independence Square, the cathedral church, the seaside overlookinthe Goree Island, and Kermel Market. One hour will be spent moving through these places. (on demand), we will make time for lunch in a traditional restaurant at "la pointe des Almadies "also known for seafood for 40 minutes.

The second half of the day will be spent experiencing the monument of the African Renaissance, the mosque of divinity. On demand, we will spend 1 hour for textile and handcraft shopping. Your tour ends with a drop-off back at your hotel.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Private transportation

Lunch

Meeting and Pickup

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What To Expect

Dakar train station is one of the most beautiful masterpieces of colonial architecture, its facade is of admirable beauty. The Dakar station was built in 1885 and linked the city of Dakar to St Louis, also served Dakar-Niger, which made it possible to reach Bamako (Mali), in 36 hours twice a week. Tens of thousands of sharpshooters from Sudan, Dahomey or haute Volta (current Burkina Faso )passed through this station to be embarked on the European fronts.(the sharpshooters were a military troops main elements of the the black army belonging to the French colonial empire in 1857 and dissolved in the early 1960s ) the station quickly became the most important railway center in all of West Africa; hub of city activity; transit point for peanuts, arabic gum,coton, cola, postal mail and thousands of travelers. Located Place Dakar-Niger, renamed Place des Tirailleurs on August 23, 2004, it was rehabilitated by Eiffage Senegal.

10 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

Museum of Black Civilizations

Opened in December 6 th 2018, it was an idea carried in 1966 during the first World Festival of Negro Arts to Dakar by Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegal's first president, to create a museum that would represent the contemporary histories and cultures of the black world. The museum consists of a round building inspired by the impluvium huts of Casamance has a total area of 15,000 m² on 4 levels, of which nearly 5,000 m² of exhibition space is devoted to African civilizations. A place of civilizational meeting and dialogue between cultures. The Museum of Black Civilizations is an emblematic mark of civilization, identity and the promotion of African memory. The museum has requested the repatriation of African artworks, given that up to 95 percent of Africa's cultural heritage is held outside Africa by major museums.

2 hours • Admission Included

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