 tips for family-tour in Senegal, backpacked and budgetted
YOu may want to consider a couple of other places, like South Africa or
Morocco before you try places like Senegal as it may be too much and the
public transport leaves a lot to be desired.
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At least with South Africa you will be in the southern hemisphere where
the weather is cool in July.
Rob De Langhe wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am dreaming about a tour in Senegal with wife and 3 kids (15yr, 11yr
> and 9 yr), to really experience the lifestyle and culture of those Africans.
>
> The way NOT to do it is going from hostel to hotel with suitcases in a
> sort of luxury transport means, but rather taking the existing public
> transport (bus?) that the local people do themselves. I have this likely
> naive idealistic impression that my kids would never forget (with good
> or bad feelings) a ride in a smelly, crowded bus between local africans
> for an hour or two!
>
> Our longest period of holidays is July + August together, but travelling
> around in Africa in that period looks nonsense : way too hot, especially
> with kids.
>
> So what remains as school holidays is Christmas or Easter, each 2 weeks
> max. Therefor not loosing too much time with travelling around. What I
> am thinking of is staying at 2 or 3 places at most, and visiting those
> areas from our 'base camps'.
>
> Should we opt for backpacking, or regular suitcase pulling? I don't want
> the kids to stay in expensive hotels (anymore...) since that gives a
> totally distorted image of the country and its people.
>
> What suggestions do you have for alternative stays in Africa in general
> or Senegal particularly?
> We have never been to Africa before, except luxury hotels in Egypt at
> the Red Sea. Altough that was a marvellous sea-life, the hotels for sure
> were no reflection at all of the nice Egyptians.
>
> The typical tourist agencies are purely offering expensive "just spend
> your money to us" expeditions. They have by nature no interest in
> budget-friendly family holidays.
>
> Just thrown ideas, experiences etc, any hint or tip is welcome !!
>
> Thanks a lot in advance!
>
> Rob
> Belgium, Europe
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