Balcon sur l'île — Saint-Louis patrimoine
Your host, Awa
My family has harvested salt on the north shore for three generations; I run the camp, six rooms and a mango tree. I am up at six for the bread, and I can take you to see the harvest before the coaches from Dakar arrive. In the evening there is nobody left but us, the birds and the dogs.
- The dish I cook best
- Le poulet yassa avec du riz et un peu de sel du lac, celui que ma mère met de côté avant que les camions ne passent.
- My favourite corner of the neighbourhood
- La crête de dune entre le lac et l'océan, à sept heures du matin. On voit les deux eaux en même temps et on n'entend rien.
- What teranga means to me
- Donner ce qu'on a sans faire d'histoires. Si vous arrivez à quinze heures affamé, on ne vous demandera pas si vous avez réservé le repas.
- What I always recommend
- Dormez une nuit au lieu de venir à la journée. Entre dix-sept heures et neuf heures, le lac ne ressemble à aucune photo que vous avez vue.
Upper floor of a listed colonial house on Saint-Louis island, wrought-iron balcony.
House rules
Immeuble classé : calme exigé.
Île Nord, Saint-Louis
Eighteenth-century streets, houses with wooden galleries, the 1897 bridge at the end — and the river on both sides at once.
- Families
- Nightlife
- Nature
The property is somewhere in this area
Getting there
From Dakar: 265 km, 4 h 30 — motorway to Thiès then the N2 via Louga; buses and shared cars from Baux Maraîchers drop you at Sor bus station on the mainland, 10 min by taxi from the island (1,000-1,500 CFA). From AIBD, 4 h by the same route without entering Dakar. Air Sénégal links Dakar to Saint-Louis in 45 min, a few rotations a week. On the island everything is done on foot or by cart; Guet Ndar is 10 min away across the Moustapha Malick Gaye bridge, and Djoudj park an hour by road.
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Approximate location : Île Nord, Saint-Louis.