Palmarin

Palmarin is a rural community in Central Senegal. It is part of the Fatick administrative region.

Palmarin is rural community running along a 17km peninsula on the most southern stretches of Senegal’s Petite Côte. To the West are the sandy beaches skirting the expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. Located to the East is the protected National Reserve de Palmarin, a patchwork delta consisting of mangrove channels, salt flats, grass lands and forest. This unique combination of habitat supports a wide assortment of plant and animal life.

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The travel seasons in Palmarin and most of Senegal is between the drier months of November through May. This time of year is characterized relatively little rainfall, lower humidity and milder temperatures. Temperatures range in the mid to high seventies during this time. The months of June through October see increased rainfall rising temperatures peaking around August through October. Palmarin …

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Planning a Trip

Via public transit from the Dakar garage, take a sept place or bus rapid to Mbour costing approximately 1500cfa. In Mbour, sept places are available to Djiffer, the most southern village in Palmarin for 2000cfa. Passengers can request to be dropped off at there lodging accommodations or one of the Palmarin villages prior to reaching Djiffer. An alternative public transit …

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Getting Around

At the same time it lets visitors experience travel on a local level and a pace that lets you take in all your surroundings. Tours are organized on request and accompanied by an experienced guide knowledgeable on the local environment and culture.

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History & Culture

The Niominka, in the southwest, enjoy their insularity. The marginal groups of the north, in a hilly country and, in the middle of the 14th century, still very wooded, form diffuse village confederations, often accused of brigandage and anarchic agitation by the rulers of Cayor and Baol, of which they hamper trade with the small coast, and, for the same …

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Top Attractions

Parc National du Delta du Saloum The region is home to a plethora of fauna and flora including hyenas, jackals, as well as a wide range of resident & migrant birds, as well as ancient baobabs and critical mangrove systems. Cultural treasures also rest in the reserve. Ancient mounds of clams shells, collected by early inhabitants of the region, dot …

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