Responsible Travel in Senegal with HELP Travel Adventures and Discovery of Casamance

Adventure, discovery, deserted islands, integration and solidarity action. These are the elements of the itinerary, where the culture of Diolas Villages and the Casamance River mysteries will be revealed to you through excursions and special encounters...

Take in charge upon arrival in Ziguinchor or Cap Skirring, greetings and settling in the Association’s Guesthouse (with European comfort).<br /> You will discover the most important sites of the city (local markets, architecture).

Departure for your first river excursion: meeting with pelicans, goliath and multiple sedentary and migrant bird species. Visit of an island and its multileveled house with frescos and statues. Next stop, Affiniam: lunch and afternoon walk through the local village; return to Ziguinchor at sunset.

Four-Wheel drive excursion towards the discovery of Diolas’ rites and habits; whether in the Bandial or Oussouye Kingdoms, you will disclose the ancestral aspects of Lower Casamance way of living...

Spend a relaxing day on one of the most beautiful West African seashores.

Early departure for a two-day excursion where the stress will fly away and time will stop, leaving space to calmness, to untamed and preserved sights. You will have the feeling of being in another world, and actually that is the truth...<br />
At the end of the day, you will take a visit to an animist island community.

On the second day you will sail through one of the most beautiful mangroves forest, classed as UNESCO’ World Heritage; lunch with grilled fresh fish on a deserted island facing the ocean, magnificent bath on clear waters, and return through bolongs towards Ziguinchor, where you will arrive in the early evening.<br />
These two days represent a real peak of your trip.

Visit to a crocodile farm, discovery of multiple species of trees and plants. Then, the Solidarity Action will take place (10% of the trip rate: donation of food provisions, anti mosquitoes nets, school gears…);<br /> In the evening, a dance and drumming show will be given in your honour.

The Crafts Market, purchase of souvenirs and transfer for the departure flight.<br /><br />
Our 2008/2009 net rates : €790/person starting from two participants<br />
Single occupancy additional rate : €175 <br />