Here is the main page covering our month-long visit to the three western African countries of Senegal, The Gambia, & Guinea-Bissau, plus a slide show of pictures at the end.
For journal postings from the three countries, CLICK HERE.
Senegal wraps around Gambia in the south, and then Guinea-Bissau comes below both. Here’s our itinerary, all by car:
Senegal and The Gambia
- Saly – Bandia
- Gorée Island
- Dakar
- Pink Lake – Lompoule
- Saint Louis
- Djioudj National Park
- Koba (Fulani ethnic group) – Touba – Kaolak
- Toubacouta area (Saloum Delta)
- Banjul and Banjul area reserves
- Senegambian Stone Circles
- Tambacounda – Niokolo Koba Reserve
- Kedougou – Bassari country
- Dindifelo
- Ziguinchor – Oussouye – Mlomp
- Cap Skiring
Guinea-Bissau
- Bafata
- Gabu
- Bissau
- Bijagos
You can browse the map below for where we were in Senegal, The Gambia, & Guinea-Bissau (and posted an article). Click a pushpin to find the posted articles from the marked locations.
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Approaching Gorée Island 
Slave traders house, now Museum, Gorée 
Scenes from slave trading house, Gorée 
Dark passage to Door of No Return 
Infamous Door of No Return 
Slave shipping methods 
Slave merchant’s home, Gorée 
Colonial buildings on Gorée 
Gorée greeting today 
Sand painter, Gorée 
Monument to Hope, Gorée 
Kalidou Kassé, “Porte de l’Espoir” (Door of Hope) 
Panorama of Saint-Louis 
Colonial Saint-Louis 
Colonial Saint-Louis 
Colonial Saint-Louis 
Artist show, Saint-Louis 
Fishing boats 
Carts on the fishing village 
Villagers’ street, Saint-Louis 
Iftar meal with a Saint-Louis family 
Senegalese thieboudienne (chebu jen) 
Catching the catch on the Senegal River 
Catching the catch from the ocean, Saint-Louis 
Fish sellers, Saint-Louis 
Budding fishermen, Saint-Louis 
Bandia reserve welcome 
Patas monkeys 
Giant eland 
Cape Eland 
Forest Buffalo 
Serer baobab, Bandia 
Red-billed hornbill 
Giraffes 
Pond, Bandia Reserve 
Great Painted Snipe 
White rhino, Bandia 
Black-headed lapwing 
Niokolo savannah 
Cape antelope, waterbuck & Senegalese geese. 
Red throated bee-eater 
Cape antelope 
Roan antelope 
Abyssinian blue roller 
Waterbuck 
Oribi antelope, Niokolo 
Bushbuck 
Woodlands, Niokolo 
Red billed firefinches 
Termite cathedral, Niokolo 
Gambia River, Niokolo 
Egyptian plover 
Desert swells, Lompoule 
Giant hollowed baobab 
Desert patterns, Lompoule 
Mouride mosque, Touba 
Halll at Mouride mosque, Touba 
Gateway to Mouride mosque, Touba 
Dancing with nomadic Fulani 
Young Fulani children delivering ice 
Village classroom in the desert 
Typical Bassari home 
Hilltop location of Bedik village, Bassari 
View over Bedik village, Bassari 
Bedik chiefs, Bassari 
Bedik woman finishing a pot 
Washing day at the river, Bassari 
Village boy shinnying for mangoes 
The guardian of Sine Ngayene amid one circle 
Royal double circle, Senegambia 
Portal of a stone circle, Sine Ngayene 
Taking the measure of the stones 
Goats tend the area, Sine Ngayene 
Salolum Delta overlook 
Cashew tree 
White pelican 
Vervet monkey 
Waterline, Saloum Delta 
Saloum village 
Mangrov channel, Saloum Delta 
Pied kingfisher 
Western Reef Herons 
Shell beach, Saloum Delta 
Baobab twilight 
Endless shoreline at Cap Skiring, Casamance 
Djola King of Oussouye, Casamance 
A friendly visit to a Casamance house 
Impluvium house of mud 
Bedroom, impluvium house 
Casamance schoolboys 
Day’s end, Ziguinchor, along the Casamance River 
Banjul ferry 
Fruitful Gambia 
Roseate spoonbill, The Gambia 
Little banded goshawk 
Arch 22, Banjul, Gambia 
Banjul from Arch 22 
Banjul mosque 
British church, Banjul 
National Museum, Gambia 
Tribal instruments, Gambia 
Hot sofas, Banjul 
Shopper, Banjul 
Playful girls on the shore, Banjul 
Shopping at Serrekunda 
Fruit stand, Serrekund 
Medicine man, Serrekunda 
Allee to the east of Guinea-Bissau 
Old colonial house, Bafatá 
Geba River confluence, Bafatá 
Marketplace square, Bafatá 
Marketplace, Bafatá 
Main street, Bafatá 
Colonial Governor’s House, Bafatá 
Women’s radio house, Bafatá 
Bafatá colonial Catholic church 
Gabu street market, Guinea-Bissau 
Hair salon, Gabu 
Pharmacy near the bustling market, Bissau 
Heroes Square 
Youth chorus at Catholic church 
Interior, Catholic church 
World Heritage colonial buildings at waterfront 
Old port of Bissau with colonial waterfront 
Old central city, Bissau 
Colonial street, downtown Bissau 
Central Bissau 
Colonial Bissau 
Kaopak tree, Amura fort, Bissau 
Fist of Timba, Bissau 
Geba River and tributaries, Bissau 
Beach, Rubane Island, Bijagos 
Ferry in distress, Bijagos 
Jump starting the ferry, Bijagos 
Divan and deck by the sea, Bijagos 
Spider hibiscus 
Agama lizard 
Mexican Plumeria 
Olive bellied sunbird, Rubane Island
SLIDE SHOW HINT: If you’ve already seen the earlier pictures in the slide show, use the dot placemarks below the slides to jump around.