Full Day Goree Island And Dakar City Tour

Experience the rich history of Dakar and Goree Island on this full-day tour in West Africa. Discover the highlights of Dakar and delve into the dark past of Goree Island, where millions of African slaves were held captive. Uncover the untold stories of suffering and resilience on this immersive historical journey.

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Le Monument de la Renaissance Africaine - The monument, which sits atop a hill surrounded by trash heaps and unfinished homes, depicts a man, woman, and child who are ostensibly meant to be African yet look glaringly like chiseled Soviet caricatures. The statue would not be quite so alarming if it were not for its sheer size, topping out at over…
What's Included
  • Guiding services
  • Lunch
  • All applicable taxes
What's Not Included
  • Beverages
  • Purchase of personal items of souvenir
Additional Information

This renowned exploration offers you privileged understanding of Dakar city, allowing you to see all of its standout features which solidify its position amongst the most distinguished cities in West Africa. However, no trip to Dakar would be comprehensive without a visit to Goree Island, a petite island with an immensely impactful past. If you’re…

Location
Le Monument de la Renaissance Africaine
Rte de la Corniche Ouest, Ouakam
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Michael_s
Apr 24, 2025
Informative tour Goree Island - Interesting trip to Goree island coupled with a brief city tour. Our guide Malang was very helpful and informative. He did a great job with the logistics and setting us up with a local guide on Goree island. He has some insightful thoughts on what it is like / what is happening Senegal today.
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Palouis_s
Oct 5, 2024
Brilliant service + experience - My partner and I had a very enjoyable and exciting experience. Our hosts, Lamine and Momodou were awesome - top marks for their service. We would definitely highly recommend them to anyone wishing to tour Dakar, visit Goreé. It is good value for money.
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Karen_s
Jun 9, 2024
A tour not to miss! - Our guide Malang provided us with an excellent day. Regulations on our ship caused us a little delay, so we missed the first ferry to Goree Island. No worry, as Malang had us get our tickets stamped for the next ferry and showed us some Dakar sites instead of just waiting at the pier. Everywhere we went, people knew Malang. Highly recommend this tour!
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Ibok_o
May 3, 2024
A very full and informative day! - Going to Goree Island on the Ferry. Visiting the sites there. And watching how the Sand painting is done by the artist!
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Damion_m
Apr 18, 2024
Excellent - Great tour guide, he of knowledge and experience. I recommend this tour to all and would do it again.
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383ingridz
Nov 7, 2022
The delight of a trip - Hats off to the leaders of Senegal Global Tours. On my way back to Sweden, I must confess that my first visit to Africa was a real delight thanks to the professionalism and dedication of the trip organizers. I really appreciated how they managed the visit from beginging to end keeping all their promises in terms of quality of service, provision of appropriate information, responses to my queries and anticipation of my needs. I will see to it to spread the word around me because many trip organizers usually present to potential visitors attractive services but often fail to fuifil their promises. Goree Island and the Monument of African Renaissance offered me the opportunity to open pages of the continent's sad history and to hold out a hope for a rising Africa despite the challenges that the countries are facing. Thank you Senegal Global Tours making this trip memorable.
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807angelinad
Jun 16, 2022
Emotion - Very moving day, the exhibitions along the streets are beautiful, I really recommend. Have a nice visit.
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Belinha38
Oct 2, 2024
Tour to Gorée Island and panoramic view of Dakar - The history of Goree Island is really impressive, but it is very interesting. It's worth a visit. The visit I made to Dakar was a panoramic tour with a stop at the African Renaissance Monument, a giant statue!
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Sarah_s
Mar 27, 2025
Overpriced for what is... - Overpriced for what is it. Although the guide was interesting, this could very easily be planned independently
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Kevin_b
Sep 8, 2024
Ruined dream trip. - I can't recommend this tour company. They booked this tour even though the date was a bank holiday and nothing would be opened- no museums, no monuments. The easiest thing would be to rebook for another day but the guides showed up and didn't tell me the situation of it being a bank holiday until we had left my hotel- too late to reschedule. The guide acknowledged he should had said something before we left but opted not to. This company also left me stranded for another tour without notice. They never explained what happened. I wasted time and money. This was a special dream trip that was ruined.
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From $142
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).