Ziguinchor Travel Guide

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Things to Do  

Cap Skirring, a nice beach

Cap Skirring, a nice beach, Ziguinchor

 lotharscheer Says:  If you like beaches, go for a few day's to Cap Skiring, a beach build around a Club Med. 

Live the Ziguinchor rithm of live

Live the Ziguinchor rithm of live, Ziguinchor

 mamesall Says:  At the frist moment, you can think that Ziguinchor don't have many special things to be visited, but if you spend some days inside, you can easily know the real way of live of their citzens, and at the same time you can obtain all the things you need for a tranquile and... 

Building the fisherships

Building the fisherships, Ziguinchor

 mamesall Says:  You can see how the fishermans build and boat in a collective effort their fisherships.And can help them too, they are very gentile person. 

Hotels  

Auberge de la Paix: Cheap and good beach hotel in Cap Skirring

Auberge de la Paix: Cheap and good beach hotel in Cap Skirring, Ziguinchor

 lotharscheer Says:  Simple 2 bed room from 6000 CFA and a good restaurant at the sea, sometimes wifi (the only cyber cafe in Cap Skirring is also only sometimes working) The son of the recently dying owner, excellent german and english, hotel school in Austria is renovating the place at the... 

H.E.L.P. Association: Great Voluntourism B&B in Senegal!

H.E.L.P. Association: Great Voluntourism B&B in Senegal!, Ziguinchor

 SanteDafrique Says:  I spent a week in Ziguinchor in this wonderful guesthouse/pension. We planned my visit ahead of time by e-mail, the owners offering me several different options - each a mix of eco-tourism and volunteer work with the local villagers. I chose to pay for and help build a... 

Restaurants  

Café Taxi Brousse: Nice cheap place to eat

Café Taxi Brousse: Nice cheap place to eat, Ziguinchor

 lotharscheer Says:  A small restaurant run by a french lady, Plat du Jour (daily special) 800 CFA, maincourses 2000 CFA Riz Poisson 

Nightlife  

The bombolong boat: The bombolong night

The bombolong boat: The bombolong night, Ziguinchor

 mamesall Says:  A nice place to dance with senegalesse music and meet some people (boys or girls), senegalesse and european people visit this club. It's open all the days of the week and all the days are a good day for go. You can't go inside with shoes ..... No! Its a joke :) 

Shopping  

Diola artesans, Diola market: Diola animist collars

Diola artesans, Diola market: Diola animist collars, Ziguinchor

 mamesall Says:  You can find some seilors in the streets, but for finding the most beautifull and real animist collars, you must go to the Diola Market, near the artesanal center. There you can buy the collars or the magical stones and do it yourselve.You can too go to the marabu, to do the... 

local artists: Casamance wooden statues

local artists: Casamance wooden statues, Ziguinchor

 mamesall Says:  You can buy to some artist arround the city or in the centre artesanal market. Where the artist sell their art.You can buy some of them by internet , but then, it's more expensive. a lot of crafs, including wooden carvings and fabrics. Very beautiful are the women figures... 

Warnings Or Dangers  

No take a picture at night.

No take a picture at night., Ziguinchor

 mamesall Says:  Its not a good idea to taking pictures at night. You suddenly can be involved in inesperated and confussed trouble.At day, ask ever if you can take the picture.Of curse, dont take pictures to a militars. 

Tourist Traps  

The taxis have a fixed price.

The taxis have a fixed price., Ziguinchor

 mamesall Says:  The taxis in Ziganchor have a fixed price, one price for the day and other at night.Being an european turist, it'is not a reaosn enought for paying more for taxis or another things than the rest of the people. If you have more money, buy more things, try that it were local... 

In summer is the rainning seasson

In summer is the rainning seasson, Ziguinchor

 mamesall Says:  then its more humid, more mosquitos, and more malaria too. If you go to a places without electricity(villages), you can have a hard hot nights. take malaria medicins and antimosquitos. Its better to go from setember to june. If you go just at the end of setember, you can... 

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 Come to Ziguinchor, a good place for live - Spend some days in Ziguinchor, to know what happens in this city. Open the door and go inside. Ziguinchor is the most important city in the Casamance Region of Senegal. > take a look at The... 

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 Ziguinchor was founded by the Portuguese in 1645 and became French in 1888, after the independence Ziguinchor has been at the center of the three decade long conflict with Dakar, in 2004 peace accord... 

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