Probably not everyone knows that the town of Saint Louis, the historic capital of French Sudan and a fascinating testimony to colonial architecture, is also home to the continent’s most renowned jazz music event.
Fans of this musical genre know perfectly well that this is an event not to be missed, in which the best African musicians and international guests of the calibre of Paolo Fresu, Gilberto Gil, Herbie Hanckok and Richard Galliano have participated in past editions. The beautiful backdrop of the decadent pastel-coloured colonial buildings, with their old wooden galleries, on the small island of Saint Louis, surrounded by the banks of the Senegal River and the waves of the Atlantic Ocean, and reached by land from the horizontal Eiffel Tower, the revolving iron bridge designed at the beginning of the last century by Goustav Eiffel.
Day 1 : Saturday 24 May 2025
Outward flight/Dakar (DSS)/Somone
Day 2: Sunday 25 May 2025
Somone/Dakar/Gorée Island/Somone
From bustling Dakar to the colonial buildings and slave house on Gorée Island.
Day 3 : Monday 26 May 2025
Somone/Bandia/Joal Fatiouth/Ndangane
The beaches of the Petite Cote, a safari in Bandia Park and the shell island of Fadiouth.
Day 4 : Tuesday 27 May 2025
Ndangane/Simal/Kaolack
The Siné-Saloum delta, beautiful landscapes among the mangroves.
Day 5 : Wednesday 28 May 2025
Kaolack/Thies/Lake Rose
The pink waters of Lake Retba, final stage of the Paris-Dakar rally.
Day 6 : Thursday 29 May 2025
Pink Lake/Lompoul/Saint-Louis (Jazz Festival)
The dunes of the Lompoul desert and the concerts of the Saint Louis Jazz Festival.
Day 7 : Friday 30 May 2025
Saint-Louis/Djoudj/Saint-Louis (Jazz Festival)
The Djoudj bird park and the Jazz Festival events and concerts.
Day 8 : Saturday 31 May 2025
Saint-Louis (Jazz Festival)
The colonial town of Saint-Louis, with its picturesque fishermen’s quarter, and the Jazz Festival events and concerts.
Day 9 : Sunday 01 June 2025
Saint-Louis/Touba/Dakar
The fine Mourid mosque in Touba, capital of Mouridism.
Day 10 : Monday 02 June 2025
Dakar (DSS)/Return Flight
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