Surfing Senegal

Surfing Senegal



Senegal Surfing



Forget Hawaii, Australia or Tahiti.... West African is the new hotspot for surfing.

Great breaks along the coast of Senegal, Liberia and Ghana draws surfers to West Africa from around the world.

West Africa's super sweet white beaches,big waves and tropical temps...makes this a West African surfers paradise.

Almadies Peninsula, on the outskirts of the Capital Dakar,and N'Gor Island are where Senegal surfers go to hang ten.

Senegal Surfing

SurfCamp N'Gor Island in West Africa

Wannasurf  - List some of the best surfspots in Senegal

West Africa Surf Reports and Surf Forecasts

See our page on Senegal Day Trips

Casamance Senegal - The African Riviera

History of Casamance  The Casamance was subject to both French and Portuguese colonial efforts before a border was negotiated in 1888 between the French colony of Senegal and Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau) to the south. Portugal lost possession of Casamance, then the commercial hub   of its colony. Casamance, to this day, has preserved the local variant of Kriol known as Ziguinchor Creole, and the members of the deep-rooted Creole community carry Portuguese surnames like Da Silva, Carvalho and Fonseca. Interest in Portuguese colonial heritage has been revived in order to exalt a distinct identity, particularly of Baixa Casamança.
Though the Jola are the dominant ethnic group in the Casamance, they represent only 4% of the total population of Senegal. The Wolof dominate the nation as a whole. The Jola's sense of economic disenfranchisement within greater Senegal contributed to the founding of a separatist movement advocating the independence for Casamance.

Cassmance Map Senegal

 
Further information: Casamance Conflict  is a low-level civil war that has been waged between the Government of Senegal and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) since 1982 over the question of independence for the Casamance region.

Climate of Casamance
The climate is low-lying and hot, with some hills to the southeast. The Region has average rainfall greater than the rest of Senegal.

Economy of Casamance
The economy of the Casamance relies largely on rice cultivation and tourism. It also has excellent beaches along its coastline, particularly at Cap Skirring.

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Lodge des Collines de Niassam -Palmarin / Sine-Saloum

Lodge des Collines de Niassam -Senegal

Lodge des Collines de Niassam
Only four hours from Dakar, this is an eco-resort in the delta of the Saloum river .Only 13 individually designed rooms on an ideal site. Wake up in the morning in the arms of a powerful baobab. Breakfast will be served with a smile. Contemplate the golds and carmines of dawn from your private terrace, fulfilled and content. A beautiful day has started.

The Library
At the Lodge we multiply the opportunities to 

Lodge des Collines de Niassam -Senegal

encounter Africa.The library can offer you a selection of African literature: African writers, explorers’ stories, cultural studies ……And also novels, detective stories, strip cartoons and children’s books.

The Restaurant

You will be treated with fresh basic products with local flavors: Bissap, the flower of Africa, the baobab fruit known as “monkey bread” or tamarind fruit.The sheer choice of the day’s fishing catch means we can offer fresh fish to taste marinated and accompanied by a cucumber and tomato sorbet, or simply grilled with a sauce of creative flavours. You’ll also love the village duck simmered with cashew fruit honey or zebu in a spicy marinade. Ending with a ginger sorbet or the more classical grapefruit or lime sorbet.

Lodge des Collines de Niassam-Senegal

The Pool
It’s up to you : cool down in the swimming pool while tasting one of our cocktails or , if you prefer to swim in the lagoon – a natural and beautiful spot. For those of you with more energy, a dip in the ocean is a half-hour walk away.

Accommodations.

Lodge des Collines de Niassam-Senegal

You have your choice from four different types.Guests can relive a childhood dream, sleeping in one of the tree houses set in a majestic baobab tree; built over 3 levels,.In one of the stilted water lodges. A stylish mud lodges in the grounds with their wooden and straw roofs, or finally Berber style in a tent.

Contact
In Sénégal : Lodge des Collines de Niassam
Palmarin Ngallou, BP 08 JOAL - Sénégal

Lodge des Collines de Niassam-Senegal

Phone:
In Sénégal
(00221) 77 639 06 39

 In France
0033 6 24 70 75 99

Email :resa@niassam.com

Website :  niassam.com

Senegal Holidays 2012

Senegal Holidays 2012*

New Year's Day Jan 01
Magel de Touba        Jan 13
The Prophet's Birthday (Maouloud)    Feb 4
Independence Day Apr 4
Good Friday April 22
Easter Monday April 9
Workers' Day May 01
Ascension Day May 17
Whit Monday May 28
Africa Day May 25
Heroes' Day Aug 08
Assumption Day        Aug 15
Defence Forces Day Aug 12
Korite(end of Ramadan)    Aug 19
Tabaski(Feast of Sacifiec)   Oct 26
All Saints' Day          Nov 1
Eid al-Adha Nov 06
Tamkharit(Ashura)    Nov 24
Unity Day Dec 22
Christmas Day Dec 25
Magal d Touba Dec 31


*Please note we worked hard to make sure dates are correct. Some holidays sourced sited different dates.


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