Half Day Dakar Museums Tour and Local Markets

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1. Our accredited tour guide will meet you and accompany you to this Museum of black civilisations that was opened on December 2018. Measuring 150,000 square feet and inspired by the traditional circular hut this museum was conceived with the goal of highlighting Africa's contribution to the world's culture and scientific patrimony.Your guide will walk you through various galleries that featured African arts starting from pre-history to contemporary African arts. The museums celebrates African 's achievements in the art and artworks worldwide.

   2 hAdmission included

2. Our accredited guide will accompany you to the IFAN museum that is hosted in old colonial building. It became a national museum in 1966 just after six years of Senegal independence.It was renamed Theodore Monod Museum in 2007 in hommage to a french scientist whose work contributed to African art restoration. While walking with your guide around the museum you will discover the old African arts and artworks from mainly west African countries starting from Sub-Saharian Africa to tropical west African countries.You will see a large range of masks,basketry,potery,leather arts , scene rites and so on. Most of these objects were used for religious and ceremonial events.

   1 hAdmission included

3. Our accredited tour guide will accompany you to this Monument of the African Renaissance that was inaugurated in 2010.It celebrates Africa's rebirth and resilience with a promising future.You can walk with your guide the 198 steps and have a panoramic view of Dakar or just walk around and take picture

   30 min

4. Our accredited tour guide will walk you through this old market dated from colonial time.Its neà-sudanese and colonial architecture with a circular colorful building makes it a unique market to visit in Dakar.Known os the market of flowers the market hosts also vegetables, fruits,meats,fish shops,.. You can visit also some arts and artworks nearby for your souvenirs.

   30 min

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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How it compares in Dakar

• Its from-price is 44% below the median of the 153 experiences we list in Dakar.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 93 of 153.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Dakar

Dakar, the capital of Senegal, sits on the Cap-Vert peninsula, the westernmost point of mainland Africa, a city of markets, music and ocean beaches.

Dakar occupies the tip of the Cap-Vert peninsula, jutting into the Atlantic at the westernmost point of mainland Africa. The city mixes colonial boulevards with busy markets such as Sandaga and fishing beaches where painted pirogues unload at Soumbédioune. The African Renaissance Monument, a huge bronze statue of a man, woman and child on a hilltop at Ouakam, overlooks the coast.

Top-ranked sights in Dakar: Gorée Island, Maison des Esclaves, Lake Retba (Lac Rose).

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