Parc National des Oiseaux du Djoudj

Senegal


From November to April, some three million birds migrating south from Europe stop here, because it's one of the first places with permanent water south of the Sahara. Some 300 species have been recorded, including vast flocks of pink flamingos, pelicans and migrating aquatic warblers.


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1. Parc National Diawling

8.51 MILES

This little-known national park is a sister to the adjacent Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary in Senegal. It has important mangroves and acacia forest (any…

2. Grand Mosque

28.39 MILES

The Maghreb-style building of the Grand Mosque in the north was constructed in 1847 by order of the colonial administration to appease the growing Muslim…

3. Pont Faidherbe

28.65 MILES

Transferred to Saint-Louis in 1897, the Pont Faidherbe is the city's most significant landmark. The metal arches of this bridge linking Saint-Louis to the…

4. Governance

28.75 MILES

Right opposite the Pont Faidherbe, the Governance (usually referred to as 'la Gouvernance') is built on the ruins of the 18th-century colonial fort. This…

5. Musée Jean Mermoz

28.76 MILES

This small museum gives a glimpse into the life and times of Jean Mermoz, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and other pilots who flew during the golden era of…

6. Place Faidherbe

28.78 MILES

With its statue of the French governor who led the colonial expansion eastwards and initiated many ambitious infrastructural projects, this square sits…

7. Governor's Palace

28.79 MILES

Overlooking the leafy Place Faidherbe is this classic 19th-century building, once the residence for the French colonial governor.

8. Rogniat Casernes

28.82 MILES

On opposite sides of Place Faidherbe, these two 19th-century buildings were used as soldiers' barracks during the colonial days. The building on the south…

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