From Gorée Island to Bassari Country, Senegal has seven properties on the World Heritage List. For a delegation, a study tour or a cultural incentive, we organise the visit with verified agencies, guides and access included.
Each site, with its year of inscription, the time it needs and the best period for a group. Durations are on site, excluding travel from Dakar.
The island of memory of the Atlantic slave trade, opposite the Plateau. House of Slaves, Fort d'Estrées, the Castel: the visit that gives a stay in Dakar its meaning. Museums closed on Mondays.
One of West Africa's great bird sanctuaries, 60 km north of Saint-Louis: white pelicans, flamingos, and hundreds of thousands of migrants from Europe. Pirogue trips to the colonies, guides on site.
The country's largest national park, over 900,000 hectares of savannah and gallery forest along the Gambia River, removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2024. Visits by four-wheel drive, with a mandatory licensed guide.
The first French trading post on Africa's Atlantic coast, founded in 1659, capital of Senegal until 1957: a town on an island at the river mouth, linked by the Faidherbe Bridge. Quays, balconied houses, horse-carriage tours; Djoudj and the Langue de Barbarie close by.
More than a thousand standing-stone monuments along the Gambia River, raised between the 3rd century BC and the 16th century AD. On the Senegalese side, Sine Ngayène and Wanar hold 73 circles: a rare, still little-visited site.
More than 200 islands and islets, mangroves and channels, and 218 shell mounds built up by people over centuries, 28 of them topped with burial mounds. Pirogues, lodges, fishing villages: heritage experienced on the water.
The cultural landscapes of the Bassari, Fula and Bedik peoples, on the hills that lead up to the Fouta Djallon: hilltop villages, terraces, living rituals. A small-group journey with a local guide, easily combined with Dindéfelo and Niokolo-Koba.
The sites group together by region. Three sample itineraries, adjusted to your dates and group size.
Senegal's heritage also lives at the table, in the workshop and in ceremonies. To add to a cultural programme.
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
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| Gorée Island | ||||||||||||
| Djoudj | ||||||||||||
| Niokolo-Koba | ||||||||||||
| Island of Saint-Louis | ||||||||||||
| Stone circles | ||||||||||||
| Saloum Delta | ||||||||||||
| Bassari Country |
General guidance for a group. Djoudj is usually open from early November to the end of April; in Niokolo-Koba and Bassari Country, tracks become difficult in the rainy season. We reconfirm access and opening for each date.
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Universities, associations, diaspora delegations, tour operators: tailor-made programmes with historians and local guides, for one group or a series of departures.
Yes, by grouping them by region: Gorée, Saint-Louis and Djoudj in four days; the Saloum and the stone circles in two or three; Niokolo-Koba and Bassari Country in five or six.
It is strongly recommended everywhere, and mandatory in national parks such as Niokolo-Koba. For a group, we book French- or English-speaking guides.
Gorée, Saint-Louis and the Saloum welcome large groups. Djoudj is visited in pirogue rotations; Bassari Country and Niokolo-Koba suit small groups better.
Yes: programmes with historians, meetings with site managers, moments of reflection at Gorée. State the purpose of the trip in your request.
Landscapes, yes. People, only with their consent, and some ceremonies may not be photographed. Using a drone requires prior authorisation.
✔ Page checked on 12 October 2026. Sources: UNESCO World Heritage Centre, properties in Senegal. Durations, seasons and travel times given for a group in normal conditions; they are reconfirmed for each request.