Full- Day Goree And Dakar City Tour

Full- Day Goree And Dakar City Tour

This popular tour will allow you to have an insider's knowledge of the city of Dakar with a visit to all of the highlights that make Dakar one of the finest cities in West Africa. However, a visit to Dakar would not be complete without visiting Goree island,a small island with a very big history in the past, If History is what you guys are looking for, Goree is the perfect place. Slaves were brought here again their will, under inhuman living conditions suffuring unspeakable abuse.It tell the story of millions of African men,women and children whose lives were disrupted and stolen but it also tell the atrocities that our forefathers underwent for three hundred fifty years.A visit to Goree will give you a vision of African Slaves being led on the ship crying and yelling for mercy.

DAKAR HIGHLIGHTS

- The Independence Square, the central heart of downtown Dakar,a city founded in 1857 by the French. 

- The Neo Sudanese style Chamber of Commerce

- The Cathedral of the Lady of Victory

- The Sandaga market  

- The colonial style Presidential Palace built in 1907.

- The prestigeous Dakar University

- The largest  Art and craft market:

- The 164 feet tall Statue of the African Renaissance, even taller than the Statue of Liberty

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GOREE HIGHLIGHTS:

After the city tour, transfer to the Ferry Station for a 20 min ride to Goree. 

- Brief presentation upon arrival and proceed to the:

- Door-Of -No-Return in the Slave House for a comprehensive lecture about Slavery

- The historical Museum

- The French-style church 

- Transfer to your Hotel