by Phil Paoletta | Dec 6, 2022 | Benin, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Tips
West Africa can not compete with East and Southern Africa when it comes to National Geographic level fauna. Expansive human settlement and overhunting are the main reasons for that. But that doesn’t mean you have to settle for pied plovers and green monkeys (no...
by Phil Paoletta | Nov 29, 2022 | Senegal
On the southern edge of Senegal’s Petite-Cote is a man made island built on seashells. The origins are disputed and no one knows exactly how old Fadiouth is – some say it has been inhabited since the 12th century. These days, it is a community of over 40,000 people...
by Phil Paoletta | Dec 12, 2021 | Senegal, The Gambia, Tips
There’s more than one way to skin a cat, and in this case, there is more than one way to enter Casamance from Gambia. Most people take the Trans-Gambian highway, which starts up in Kaolack, Senegal. This highway, also known as the N4, crosses the Gambia in the...
by Phil Paoletta | Mar 23, 2021 | Casamance, Senegal
We’ve already written about arriving in Casamance via “the back way.” If you happen to use that border crossing, the first substantial village you will come across is Abené. We have been visiting Abené since early 2017, and it’s one of our...
by Phil Paoletta | Mar 15, 2021 | Senegal
I woke up in Ziguinchor yesterday morning and whilst I was enjoying breakfast at Le Perroquet, a friend asked me if I’d like to see a West African Manatee in the wild. I’d heard a bit about them and I knew that they were somehow related to the Dugong. Other than...
by Phil Paoletta | Mar 14, 2021 | Senegal
Just a short drive from Ziguinchor, the capital of the Casamance, you will find a collection of villages that make up the Oussouye department. We regularly visit this area on our 8-day Senegal trips and on our longer trips to Guinea-Bissau. This tiny commune,...
