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Monument de la Renaissance Africain
Half Day Dakar City Tour
Half-Day Dakar City Tour ( Minimum 2 Participants)

Half Day Dakar City Tour

By Senegal Global Tours
4.5 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$159 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

This sightseeing tour will take to the railway station, the independence square or Dakar's historical cradle, the presidential mansion. And after, we'll drive along the coastal road to enjoy that wonderful landscape that Dakar, the smiling city offers to its guests. Then we'll go on to discover the national assembly, the big cathedral, the big mosque, the obelisk square, where independence is celebrated, before ending with the monument of the African renaissance.

Activity location

  • Le Monument de la Renaissance Africaine
    • Rte de la Corniche Ouest, Ouakam
    • Dakar, Senegal, Senegal

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Le Monument de la Renaissance Africaine
    • Rte de la Corniche Ouest, Ouakam
    • Dakar, Senegal, Senegal

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Half Day Dakar City Tour
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h5h
  • English

This sightseeing tour will take to the railway station, the independence square or Dakar's historical cradle, the presidential mansion. And after, we'll drive along the coastal road to enjoy that wonderful landscape that Dakar, the smiling city offers to its guests. Then we'll go on to discover the national assembly, the big cathedral, the big mosque, the obelisk square, where independence is celebrated, before ending with the monument of the African renaissance.

Price details
AU$158.92 x 1 AdultAU$158.92
Total
Price is AU$158.92

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLocal guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedDriver/guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedAll activities
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAlcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood and drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • A minimum of 02 people per booking is required

Activity itinerary

Le Monument de la Renaissance Africaine
  • 30m
52 metres high and made of copper, the monument represents a man with bulging muscles springing from the crater of one of the Mamelles hills. Shirtless, he carries a child on his left arm while wrapping the other, a woman. It is reached by a large staircase of 198 steps. “The man, the woman and their child will face the sun, symbolising the opening of the continent to the rest of the world. It is a force of propulsion and attraction in the greatness, stability and sustainability of Africa”, explains President Abdoulaye Wade who inaugurated it on April 3, 2010.
Mosque of the Divinity
  • 15m
The Mosque of Divinity, built in 1997, is a mosque located in Ouakam, Senegal. It is a structure with two minarets. The mosque provides a view of the Atlantic Ocean, as the mosque lies near the shore, at the Corniche-Ouest.
Sandaga Market
  • 15m
Sandaga market was built in 1935. Its architecture reminds the Arabian Sudanese style of Timbuktu in Mali. Its decoration is a mixture of Arabian and African styles with arabesques and geometrical drawings.
Presidential Palace
  • 10m
The Palace of the Republic, residence of the President of the Republic, is a historic manor located in the Plateau district of Dakar, capital city of Senegal. Built in 1902, the Palace used to be the official residence of the Governor General of French West Africa.
Marche Kermel
  • 10m
The Kermel market is a very beautiful building from 1860 - a beautiful round wrought iron and brick hall of Arabic inspiration - which was ravaged by fire in 1994, and rebuilt identically in 1997, classified as a historical monument. The large clock at the entrance to the market used to ring the closing bell at noon on the dot. At the Kermel market, one can find all the food products and is frequented by Westerners looking for the best products of the city since its creation
The Museum of Black Civilisations
  • 10m
Two objectives emerge for the museum: * To create a non-ethnographic museum, that is to say not devoted solely to primitive arts, and not commemorating the slave past of the populations of the continent. * Show the vitality of the entire African continent through "cultures and civilisations of the black worlds".
Grand Mosque of Dakar
  • 10m
The Great Mosque of Dakar was built by French and Moroccan architects and was inaugurated in 1964 by the King of Morocco Hassan II who had financed its construction. The height of the minaret is 67 m. Richly decorated, both inside and outside
Marche Artisanal de Soumbedioune
  • 15m
Created in 1961, this village is a good place to get an idea of ​​what the artisans of the country produce. Gathered by professional category, the craftsmen exhibit a wide choice of sculpted works. There are also all types of leather goods (cow, snake, goat, crocodile) and jewellery.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESLe Monument de la Renaissance Africaine
    • Rte de la Corniche Ouest, Ouakam
    • Dakar, Senegal, Senegal

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLELe Monument de la Renaissance Africaine
    • Rte de la Corniche Ouest, Ouakam
    • Dakar, Senegal, Senegal

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