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Northern Africa
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Southern Africa
Probably not everyone knows that the town of Saint Louis, the historic capital of French Sudan and a fascinating testimony to colonial architecture, is also home to the continent’s most renowned jazz music event.
Fans of this musical genre know perfectly well that this is an event not to be missed, in which the best African musicians and international guests of the calibre of Paolo Fresu, Gilberto Gil, Herbie Hanckok and Richard Galliano have participated in past editions. The beautiful backdrop of the decadent pastel-coloured colonial buildings, with their old wooden galleries, on the small island of Saint Louis, surrounded by the banks of the Senegal River and the waves of the Atlantic Ocean, and reached by land from the horizontal Eiffel Tower, the revolving iron bridge designed at the beginning of the last century by Goustav Eiffel.
Day 1: Friday 15 May 2026
Outward flight/Dakar (DSS)/Pink Lake
Day 2: Saturday 16 May 2026
Pink Lake/Lompoul/Saint-Louis (Jazz Festival)
The Pink Lake, the dunes of the Lompoul desert, and concerts at the Saint Louis Jazz Festival.
Day 3: Sunday 17 May 2026
Saint-Louis/Djoudj/Saint-Louis (Jazz Festival)
The Djoudj bird park and the events and concerts of the Jazz Festival.
Day 4: Monday 18 May 2026
Saint-Louis/Touba/Kaolack
The magnificent mosque of Touba, capital of Mouridism.
Day 5: Tuesday 19 May 2026
Kaolack/Simal/Ndangane
The Siné-Saloum delta, beautiful landscapes among the mangroves.
Day 6: Wednesday 20 May 2026
Ndangane/Joal Fadiouth/Somone
The shell island of Fadiouth and the beaches of Petite Cote
Day 7: Thursday 21 May 2026
Somone/Dakar/Gorée Island/Somone
From bustling Dakar to the colonial buildings and slave house on Gorée Island.
Day 8: Friday 22 May 2026
Somone/Bandia/Dakar (DSS)
Relaxing beach time and safari in the Bandia reserve.
Day 9: Saturday 23 May 2026
Dakar (DSS)/Return flight
There are no extensions for this tour, please contact us at info@kanaga-at.com.
