Country Info
- Dakar
- Capital
- CFA Franc BCEAO (XOF)
- Currency
- 10,284,929
- Population
- SN
- Country Code
Dakar Slideshow
Top Hotels in Dakar
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Le Meridien President Dakar
4 reviews -
Sofitel Teranga Dakar
87 reviews -
Novotel - Dakar
125 reviews -
Hotel Faidherbe Dakar
8 reviews
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La Croix Du Sud Dakar
12 reviews
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Hotel Le Lagon 2 Dakar
13 reviews
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Farid Dakar
29 reviews
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Hotel Sokhamon Dakar
18 reviews
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Savana Jardin-Hotel Dakar
21 reviews
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Belair Plage Dakar
12 reviews
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Chevalier De Boufflers Dakar
1 review
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Awa Plaza Seaside Hotel Dakar
2 reviews
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Hotel Cap Ouest Dakar
10 reviews
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La Madrague Ngor Dakar
30 reviews
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Hotel Le Virage Dakar
3 reviews
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Hotel Delta Niominka Dakar
24 reviews
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Radisson Blu Hotel Dakar
61 reviews
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Hotel la Brazzerade Dakar
6 reviews
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Terrou-Bi Dakar
43 reviews -
Hotel Les Mamelles Dakar
44 reviews
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Hotel Ngor Dakar
9 reviews
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Hotel Oceanic Dakar
8 reviews
Dakar
Travel Blogs from Dakar, Senegal
Senegal
This is a top pick! ... Peace Corps bureau, which was located across from the Grand Mosque in the Medina quarter, which felt very African indeed. Senegal is an extremely Muslim country, which means that the streets become significantly less trafficked at prayer times. Cars ...
bodies carved from ebony
This is a top pick! Day 21. 7 November 2007 (Dakar, Senegal) We're having breakfast when we're told the ship has been cleared. We're warned that the dock is covered in oil and dirt so we should be careful and be prepared for our shoes to get dirty ...
Dakar
This is a top pick! Hi Guys, You can read our update from Dakar in our entry from Bamako, Mali. Cheers, K & ...
Dakar!!!!!
... 't really know who organizes the tournament, but teams from various Peace Corps countries, as well as teams from the UN and Senegal competed. The Mauritanian Pirated won, of course, so it made the trip that much better. I pretty much ...
Going home!
... and Joline took us to the airport. We checked in and back to the USA! Long fligiht. Eight and a half hours to Dakar, Senegal and another nine and a half to Atlanta...then to Indianapolis. All in darkness. We were happy to get back ...
Tabaski
... den nasalen Lauten haben, er findet das total lustig. Mutong, Restaurang, Orangschensaft... Jedenfalls ist das jetzt mein erster Abend im Senegal, der nicht erfüllt ist von Schafgeblöke. Direkt hier vorm Haus war eine kleine Herde "Mutongs" auf dem ...
Island of Gorée
... felt relaxed there, except some people who are always on you to sell you something that you don't care. We arrived there by boat which takes 30 minutes to go there from Dakar. The best thing is to walk and to see the different places that are ...
Stuck on a runway waiting, first African sunrise!
South African Airlines decided to be really cool and make us change plane in Dakar Senegal, at 5:20 in the morning, before they had planed everything out. We ended up sitting on the plane for a really long time before they let us off. Then when we were ...
Edioungou
... . In der Stadt gibt es ein großes Denkmal für die Opfer des Untergangs der Joola, der großen Fähre zwischen Dakar und Ziguinchor, die vor ein paar Jahren wegen Überladung und mangelnder Wartung gesunken war. Damals sind ein paar tausend Leute ums ...
Will the Travelling Never Stop?
... Boston to New York. Seven hours is not nearly as long as I would have thought, and the flight from New York to Dakar, Senegal was over before I knew it (really should have opted for sleep over watching Elizabethtown, it was a terrible movie anyway) ...
Impaaaaalaaaaa
... them) and put them in our lap so that security could make sure no one intentionally left a bag on the plane and got off in Senegal. Finally we were ready to go. They had to spray the plane once the doors were closed in order to kill any bugs ...
Dakar dafa lekk xalis!
... few day trips to national parks as a mini vacation. I was working hard on SeneGAD stuff which is Peace Corps Senegal's Gender and Development committee to help volunteers work with girls and boys, women and men to learn to integrate gender equality ...
Two weeks in and so far so great
... and comfortable here. Right now I am busy training to be a Peace Corps volunteer which means I'm busy learning all about Senegal's culture both in the classroom and living it with my family; learning the local language of Wolof; learning how to ...
Recepção calorosa em Dakar (Fr+Pt)
... . Logo me mete à vontade dizendo que a trate por « tu », explicando que no wolof (lingua nacional mais falada no Senegal) o « você » não existe. Domingo, dia que se seguiu ao da minha chegada, é dia de refeição em familia. ...
Swimming Pictures
OK all, hopefully these links to pictures will work for you? Copy the link into your browser; http://picasaweb.google.com/dhallbert/SenegalPhotosPart1 http://picasaweb.google.com/dhallbert/SenegalPhotosPartII School will be starting ...
Slummin' it in Senegal
... & mouse turd" checks were not necessary, we plunged back into the developing world by flying from Casablanca, Morocco to Dakar, Senegal. We arrived at 3am and approached the airport exit with our "scam/crime" antenna fully extended. Amongst ...
St. Louis
... , mit Pailletten, Samt und Satin. Aber das entspricht der Erfahrung, die ich auch schon in Dakar gemacht habe: Das Wort "overdressed" entbehrt im Senegal (oder zumindest in den größeren Städten) jeglicher Bedeutung. Du kannst in einer fliederfarbenen ...
Dakar-Popenguine-Somone-Sali-Mbour-Joal-Ndangane
... little Nabou, Imam and Bilal). I want to especially thank Marie and Carole for hosting me during these weeks spent in Dakar. I thought of pursuing the trip with Djibril and Angelica, but this couldn't happen. Then I decided to further look for ...
AFRICA AT LAST
... acclimitizing to 31 degree celsius weather, sand, dirt, dust, air pollution, innmerable touts selling goods and services. Dakar is a big sprawling somewhat chaotic city. Board Dakar-Bamako express train, now owned by a Canadian company for a ...
Day 15 : Dakar (Benjamin leaving)
Benjamin left today. He woke up early as he was still a bit sick, and we gently got ready to go and meet my former colleague at USAM (Union sportive de la Marine), where Ben and I played a game of Pétanque. Once his tennis achieved, Paul had a drink ...
Dakar propriamente dita (Fr+Pt)
... Gorée é reservada aos endinheirados que possam desembolsar a soma necessaria para se alojarem nos hoteis à beira-mar. O Senegal, como a maior parte dos paises não produtores de petroleo e sobretudo paises africanos que estupidamente acabaram por ...
popenguine
After reflexion we decided to make this trip by ourselves and we went to popenguine, a little town near the coast where the people are very nice. We took the bus to go there but you have to see what kind of bus i am talking about, the one you wonder if ...
Day 14 : Mboro Plage - Dakar
... road was nice, with many baobabs around, and a side-of-the-road refuel with a pleasant encounter with kids. Entering Dakar through Rufisque was particularly a nightmare because of usual massive traffic congestion. My buddy Quentin picked us up at a ...
Starting West African camping
Miles traveled: 15978 Bonjour from West Africa! We are in Dakar, Senegal, on the very westernmost tip of the African continent. This is Nathan's 5th time and Anna's 3rd time to sub-Saharan Africa, with its many cultures, peoples, scenery, and of ...
A expulsão (Fr+Pt)
... jour chez elle. Pas de problème, allez hop, prochain arrêt : inconnu. Une seule certitude, ce sera en dehors de Dakar, je veux m'éloigner toute de suite. Les mauvaises expériences comme les bonnes sont acceptées comme faisant partie du parcours, ...
A few pictures!
hello! thought i'd include a few pictures from the past six months. i'm hoping to add more within the next couple of ...
Life in Kolda
... ideas for packages sent my way. Gladly, ill include some of my latest ideas. Jennifer Neves PCV BP 278 Kolda Senegal, West Africa Crystal light tea mixes any form of candy :) dried fruit Oatmeal or cream of wheat antibacterial soap (rainy ...
Cranky pants
Hello! Id like to start this message out by saying that i've never been so cranky in my whole life. For the past five days (today is day six) i have been fasting with my Senegalese family and friends. Ramadan began on the fifth of October and will ...