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DAY 1 – Tuesday\, January 21\, 2020
\nDepart New York Kennedy airport via Delta Airlines flight 216 at 7:30p.m. CHECK-IN AT 3:00P.M. TERMINAL 4
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DAY 2 – Wednesday\, January 22 \,2020
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At 8:0
0am Arrival at Blaise Diagne International Airport (AIBD). Meet and greet
by our hospitality staff\, assistance for luggage porterage and transfer i
n private coach to IBIS hotel. Immediate check–in. Balance of the morning
free
Afternoon lectures—the Cheikh Anta Diop Lectures–on “Africa: Mother of World Civilizations.” The lectures will be delivered by Runoko R ashidi and a professor from Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar.
\n19:30: Transfer to “La Calebasse restaurant. Your welcome dinner will be accompanied by live entertainment performed by famous Senegalese singers o r a famous Senegalese band
\nOvernight IBIS HOTEL (Dinner )
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DAY 3 – Thursday January 23\, 2020 Dakar city sightseeing
\nBreakfast in hotel and departure for Dakar city sightseeing. Start with a visit of the Independence Square \, the heart of Dakar\, which is surrounded by historical colonial buildin gs. Pass by the President’s Palace with its impressive red spahi guards an d the House of Parliament. See the Cathedral\, the Great Mosque of Dakar\, and the Millennium Door.
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Passing through the picturesque po pular district of Medina\, you will reach the University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar.Lecture on Cheikh Anta Diop\, the Professor\, his Works \, his St ruggles for Pan Africanism. Lecture will be delivered at the WARC (West Af rican Research Center) Then after proceed through the residential district of Fann featuring a new Senegalese architectural style that is more deepl y rooted in African culture. Visit the sand painting gallery. You will se e the Monument of the African Renaissance. This impressive monument ranks among the tallest monuments in the world.
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2:30 Leave the Monument for the local restaurant for lunch at restaur ant Casino du port.
\nAfternoon departure for the new Museum of the Black Civilizations which is said to be the second most important and ric hest museum of Africa after the Museum of Cairo. This Museum retraces the prehistory\, the history and the present of Africa and its Diaspora. It fe atures as well an Africa deeply rooted in its cultural values and open to the enriching other cultures of the world.
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The visit will be conducted by Alioune Badiane Prof essor and member of the Academy of Art.
\nOvernight: IBIS HO TEL (Breakfast/Lunch)
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Day 4 – F riday January 24\, 2020: Goree
\nAfter breakfast in hotel\, departure for Goree island. Leave with the ferry departing at 10:00 am. Y ou will join Goree Island after 20 minutes of crossing.
\nThe visit of Goree starts with the Slave House with its “Door of No Return”\, libat ion in memory of our Ancestors\, visit the cells\, attend a lecture delive red by the curator on the topic “300 years of slave trading in Goree Isla nd”. Have a moment of meditation at the Auction Block before visiting the Fort with its Memorial to the Martyrs and the historic Museum.
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Meet with the Goree city hall council for recognition and int eraction.
\nLunch will be served at restaurant Saint Germain to appr eciate the Senegalese gastronomy.
\nAfternoon take time to visit loc al homes\, the tiny craft market and art galleries in Goree. Meet the arti st and interact with them.
\n16:30 Return to Dakar
\nO vernight: IBIS HOTEL (Breakfast/Lunch)
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Day 5 – Saturday January 25\, 2020: Dakar / Pink lake and village
feast.
After breakfast in hotel\, departure for the Pink Lake one of the rarest natural phenomenon of the world: the lake takes it s pink colour from some micro-organisms and shows a high concentration of salt\, as a huge mirror it sparkles in the middle of sand dunes.
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You will meet the “salt harvesters” with their colourf ul tackle. A very exciting drive in 4×4 vehicles will take you on the path s of the famous Paris –Dakar rally since the Pink Lake is the final stage of this car race. Lunch at Chez Salim.
\nIn the afternoon\, in one o f the neighboring Wolof communities will be organized for your honor a nam ing ceremony in the deeply African tradition: Each guest will receive hi s/her African name and the related naming certificate will be delivered by the leader of the village. Return to your hotel.
\nOvernigh t IBIS HOTEL (Breakfast / lunch)
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Day 6 -Sunday\, January 26\, 2020 Dakar.
\nMorn ing free for relax in hotel
\nLunch at the Almadies residential are a.
\nAfternoon visit the Art village gathering various type of Seneg alese artist (painters\, sculptors\, weavers\, patch-workers). Interact an d socialize with the artists.
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Day 7 – Monday\, January 27\, 2020 Dakar/Banjul< /strong>
\n08h00: Leave Dakar after breakfast in hotel and drive to the border Senegal/Gambia.
\nGoing on the highway you will see the n ew outskirts of Dakar which is becoming a big metropolis being extended da y after day.
\nYou will view traditional villages on the “Small Coas t” and in the Saloum Delta as well. Lunch at Toubacouta Lodge in an area c lassified MAB (Man and Biosphere) by UNESCO.
\nIn the early afternoo n continuation to the Gambia to visit Fort James slave dungeon where we wi ll have a libation ceremony for our Ancestors\, and then the community of Juffureh made famous by Alex Haley’s best seller “Roots”. Meet the Kinteh family in Juffureh.
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Arrive in Banjul at the end of the afternoon after the picturesque crossin g of the Gambia river. Check-in at Ocean Bay hotel or Atlantic. Welcome dr ink\,
\nOvernight: OCEAN BAY HOTEL (Breakfast/Lunch)
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Day 8\, – Tuesday\, \,January 28\,2020 : Banjul
\nBreakfast in hotel.
\n09h00: Leave for a f ull day tour of Banjul.
\nIn the morning\, visit the National Museum with historical tracks of the colonial period. Visit the central market r ich of African fabrics\, handicraft\, medicinal herbs and various spices. Lunch in a typical restaurant of Banjul.
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In the afternoon\, visit to the sacred crocodiles pool of Katchically\, and visit to Musu Keba known as the main batik make r in the Gambia. Here you will admire men and women working on designing b eautiful patterns on the rough fabrics before dying them with particular t echnics in beautiful shining colors. The result will be a wonderful batik fabric that you can use for outfits making or for decorating your home. Me et the designers\, meet the women batik makers.
\nEvening lecture\, discussion and tour summary led by Dr. Rashidi: “What does it all mean?”\n
Return to your hotel
\nOvernight: OCEAN BAY HOTEL . ( Breakfast/Lunch)
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Day 9 –Wednesday\, Jan uary 29\, 2020: Banjul/Saly
\nBreakfast in hotel and leave for your return trip to Senegal.
\nAfter crossing the Gambia River\ , drive to Kaolack and Fatick. Stop for refreshments and lunch in Fatick. This will be also a good opportunity to pay a visit to the Saltigheys\, fa mous all around Senegal.
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The Saltigheys are soothsay ers and traditional healers. They gather every year in a prediction sessio n called “Xooy” and predict all the major events that will occur in the co untry for the upcoming year. They recommend sacrifices and offerings to be made to avoid evil events.
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\nOvernight HOTEL ROYAL SALY (Breakfast/Lunch).
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Day 10 – Thursday\,\, January 30\, 2020: S aly
\nBreakfast in hotel
\n11:00 Leave for a lunch in a Senegalese home near Saly. You will enjoy a lunch taken in the traditio nal way in a Senegalese family home.The national dish of Senegal\, Thay bo u Djenn will be at your menu with local fruit juices.
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After lunch a traditional Senegalese dance party called “Sabar” will gathe r you with the neighbouring homes . You will be initiated to Senegalese d ances and you will party with your “new friends” until the end of the afte rnoon.
\nOvernight HOTEL ROYAL SALY (Breakfast/Lunch)
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Day11 – Friday\, January 31\, 2020: Dakar/ Ziguinchor(Casamance) / Overnight
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17:00 transfer to the port of Dakar. At the ferry terminal\, board the bo
at Alin Sitoé for an overnight trip to Ziguinchor capital of the Southern
region of Senegal. Overnight on board the boat in double bed cabins.
NB: Guests can purchase a dinner box in Dakar before boarding the board
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Day 12 – Saturday\, February 01\, 2020: Ziguinchor/Bissau
\n7:00 wake-up service
\nAdmire the wonderful panorama of the Casamance river\, arrive at the island of Karabane\, the slave tr ansit island of the southern Senegal. Here were also gathered enslaved fro m Guinea Bissau\, Guinea Conakry and from Casamance before being shipped t o the Americas. Libation ceremony for our Ancestors.
\nArrive in Zig uinchor at 10:00. Transfer to hotel Auber for a shower and a rich breakfas t.
\nVisit Ziguinchor capital of the Mandigoregion of Casamance: its markets rich of local handicraft. Visit the various districts and have lu nch at the hotel
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13:30 : Leave for Bissau. From this moment you will enter the former Empire of Gabou\, one of the m ost important and prosperous West African former empires.
\nThe Empi re of Gabou existed from 1600 to year 1750. It is nowadays studied for its perfectly centralized social organization and the key role played by the women.You will visit the traditional villages of Bula\, Bafata and the his torical slave site of Cacheu so important in the fight for freedom and lat er the Independence of the country.
\nIn Santo Domingo\, you will me et chiefs of villages and traditional historians who will tell you about t he history of the Gabou Empire
\nArrive in Bissau at the end of the day
\nOvernight: HOTEL AZALAI or similar (Breakfas t/Lunch)
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Day13 – Sunday\, February 02\, 2020 – Bissau
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Breakfast in hotel. Full day visit of Bissau and Bafata and surrounding Ma ndjack villages. Meet with local populations\, traditional historians. Vis it Bissao\, its various districts\, it market\, its museum and meet vetera ns of the long war against the Portuguese for the Independence of the coun try. Lunch in a typical restaurant
\nOvernight: HOTEL AZALAI (Breakfast/Lunch)
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Day 1 4 – Monday\, February 3\, 2020 : Bissau/Casamance/ Saly
\nE arly breakfast and leave Bissau for your return trip
\nToday will be dedicated to the discovery of animism and ethnicity in the Gabu Empire ( including Guinea Bissau and the Southern Senegal) Discovery of traditional uses and customs\, learn about rites of passages\, meet the “Masters of t he initiated”
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Go through Ziguinchor and by the Trans-Gambian way join Kaolack for lunch. Lunch at Relais de Kaolack hotel.
\nAft ernoon proceed to Saly Room in evening use in Saly in order to refresh bef ore your transfer to Dakar airport use Diagne International airport for de parture on Air France flight 841 11:15p.m.
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Day 1 5 – Tuesday February 4\, 2020
\nArrive Charles du Galle air port at 5:50a.m. Connect on Delta Airlines flight 1022at 8:10a.m. Arrive N ew York Kennedy at 10:330a.m.
\nPlease note: A visa will be required for entering Guinea Bissau. We can purchase the visa prior to the arrival of the guests. We will need for that a scanned copy of their passport and the visa fee is 38 USD per visa
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TOUR INCLUDES:< /strong>
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Price does not include
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TOUR RATE (subject to change)
\nBased on a minimum of 10 full paying passengers. Rates are net per person and subject to change without notice. Rates are net per person
\n$3\,856.00 per person in double occupancy
\n$680.00 single room supplement
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Rate per person\, includes airfare from New York\, departure taxes\, all hotel accommodation\, roundtrip transfers\, all tours and entrance fee s as per itinerary\, 2 meals daily
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Rate Per person = $3\ ,856.00 sharing a twin room
\nSingle Room Supplement = $680.00
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