A picnic on Sipo Island is a day on the water in the Saloum Delta, setting off from Toubacouta and ending with your feet in the sand. The option includes a guide, the crossing, lunch, oysters, local juices and swimming, as a half day or a full day.

What the option includes

A single package covers everything that makes up the outing: the guide, the crossing to the island, lunch, oysters, local juices and swimming. The rate is a flat price per group, for 5 or for 10 people, and the outing is available as a half day or a full day.

The choice between half day and full day comes down to the time you have. The half day suits a stop within a stay in Toubacouta; the full day leaves more time on the beach and in the water. The options for 5 and for 10 people suit a small group of friends, a family or a larger group that wants to share everything.

The Saloum, a delta best seen from the water

Toubacouta is the southern side of the Saloum Delta: greener, more river-like, tucked into the mangroves, very close to Gambia. You sleep on land while everything happens on the water, which explains an outing like this one: the crossing is part of the experience, even before you reach the beach on Sipo Island, in the Sine-Saloum Delta.

If you live in Senegal, it is a group outing that breaks away from the usual beach-and-hotel pattern, more original than a day in Saly. If you are visiting the delta, it is a chance to move from a mangrove landscape to a beach, with a local meal on site.

Toubacouta and Sipo Island

The outing leaves from Toubacouta, in the Fatick region, in the heart of the Sine-Saloum. Our page on Sipo Island tells you more about the island.

Extending your stay in the delta

Around Toubacouta, an island excursion lets you discover other villages and islets, a pirogue ride in the mangrove shows the delta up close, and birdwatching finds a natural setting here. A private beach day rounds off a longer escape.