Saly Senegal/ Saly Portudal
Saly Senegal was established on a Sandy beach line during the trade era in Senegal. M'bour and Thies are part of the city created by Portuguese traders. It is a major tourist destination in Senegal and the economy of the city is dependent on tourism.
Boabab trees in Sub-Sahara of Saly (the Sahel)
Saly sandy beach line
The resort of Saly is located on the “Petite Côte”, approximately 80 kilometres south of Dakar and 65 kilometres north of the Sine Saloum Delta. As well as being one of the most important fishing ports in Senegal, Saly is an ideal holiday destination that has long been popular with French and Belgian tourists and as such has a very established feel, with its variety of hotels, palm-fringed sandy beaches, calm clear waters, bars, restaurants, shops and a wide range of activities.
The smaller resort of La Somone is only a short drive from Saly and enjoys an idyllic location beside a stunning lagoon, home to the Réserve de la Somone, a birdwatcher’s paradise. Nearby you can also visit the Bandia Nature Reserve, a small but perfectly formed wildlife park where you can see roaming freely: giraffe, rhino, zebra, ostrich, antelope, buffalo, bush pigs, impala and many other birds and animals.
For the more active, both Saly and La Somone have several excellent water sports centres, offering a range of activities such as jet skis, water-skiing, catamarans, kayaks and windsurfing, and several excellent fishing clubs offering world class deep sea fishing. Quad and buggy tours or horse treks are available in and around the resorts and Saly is home to an attractive 18–hole golf course as well as the Accrobaobab Adventure Park, where you can climb, swing and slide on a series of nets and ropes amongst the baobab trees(https://www.senegal.co.uk/saly-la-somone).
The resort of Saly is located on the “Petite Côte”, approximately 80 kilometres south of Dakar and 65 kilometres north of the Sine Saloum Delta. As well as being one of the most important fishing ports in Senegal, Saly is an ideal holiday destination that has long been popular with French and Belgian tourists and as such has a very established feel, with its variety of hotels, palm-fringed sandy beaches, calm clear waters, bars, restaurants, shops and a wide range of activities.
The smaller resort of La Somone is only a short drive from Saly and enjoys an idyllic location beside a stunning lagoon, home to the Réserve de la Somone, a birdwatcher’s paradise. Nearby you can also visit the Bandia Nature Reserve, a small but perfectly formed wildlife park where you can see roaming freely: giraffe, rhino, zebra, ostrich, antelope, buffalo, bush pigs, impala and many other birds and animals.
For the more active, both Saly and La Somone have several excellent water sports centres, offering a range of activities such as jet skis, water-skiing, catamarans, kayaks and windsurfing, and several excellent fishing clubs offering world class deep sea fishing. Quad and buggy tours or horse treks are available in and around the resorts and Saly is home to an attractive 18–hole golf course as well as the Accrobaobab Adventure Park, where you can climb, swing and slide on a series of nets and ropes amongst the baobab trees(https://www.senegal.co.uk/saly-la-somone).
Lake Retba(Lac Rose)
A visit to this famous Senegalese tourist destination is very rewarding. You don't only get the opportunity to watch the locals pull salt from the lake, they are also happy to talk to visitors. For many local people who live in this area, harvesting salt from the lake is their only means of survival. Although, the water is harsh on skin and they often rub local shea butter before taking a deep. The shea butter acts as temporary protection from the "The salt content of Lake Retba or Lac Rose, as it's locally known, rivals that of the Dead Sea -- exceeding 40% salinity in some parts -- and it is a combination of the sun and a salt-loving micro-algae, dunaliella salina, which has turned the water a brilliant shade of strawberry pink" CNN. The Lake is only pink during the month of January and February -it is the time when the country experiences very hot weather condition.
A picture of a man pulling salt.
This video is in English
Video for my French Readers
Salts are dried on the shore side of the lake
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Men and women work night and day pulling salt from the lake.
This video is in English
The beautiful land of Senegal
Country Flag
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Map of Senegal
The republic of Senegal was named after Sénégal River and it is one of the most beautiful country in West Africa. This is a french speaking country, but you will definitely meet people who understand un peu anglais (some English).
The Island of Goree
Overview of Goree Island
The no return door
Inside of the building
Slave compartment
Cuffs used on the captured people that will be sold as slaves
The slave masters houses shows the contrast of lifestyles
This was the largest slave trade building on the coast of Africa, a point of no return for many. Cultures and Identity were lost in this building. A visit to this island is an experience that you will cherish forever. The Goree Island is the perfect place to visit and gain more information on slavery or for the purpose of closure.
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