UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Senegal, Gambia & Mali

UNESCO World Heritage Sites
 in Senegal, Gambia & Mali

World Heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.

UNESCO's World Heritage mission is to:

• Encourage countries to sign the World Heritage Convention and to ensure the protection of their natural and cultural heritage.
• Encourage States to the Convention to nominate sites within their national territory for inclusion on the World Heritage List.
• Encourage States  to establish management plans and set up reporting systems on the state of conservation of their World Heritage sites.
• Help safeguard World Heritage properties by providing technical assistance and professional training.
• Provide emergency assistance for World Heritage sites in immediate danger.
• Support public awareness-building activities for World Heritage conservation.
• Encourage participation of the local population in the preservation of their cultural and natural heritage.
• Encourage international cooperation in the conservation of our world's cultural and natural heritage.

Senegal

• Island of Gorée
• Niokolo-Koba National Park
• Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
• Island of Saint-Louis
• Stone Circles of Senegambia*
• Saloum Delta

Gambia    

• Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites
• Stone Circles of Senegambia

Mali

• Old Towns of Djenné
• Timbuktu
• Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
• Tomb of Askia

Please visit our page for Senegal Destinations