The horse-cart ride in the Sine-Saloum takes you through the Serer villages of the delta at the horse’s pace, from the island of Mar Lodj to the Simal bush and Ndangane. Three options, of 1 hour, 2 hours or a full day, priced per person.

Three ways to roll through the delta

Three options are offered, all priced per person: a 1-hour village visit by horse cart, a 2-hour visit of Mar Lodj by horse cart, and a full-day horse-cart ride. They differ in time and in range: one village for the first, the island of Mar Lodj for the second, a wider loop for the third, which reaches the Simal bush and Ndangane.

The horse cart is a way to discover the delta without a pirogue or walking, at the horse’s pace, with time to greet every village you pass through: you watch the villages, the fields and the rice paddies, you say hello, you stop.

If you live in Senegal, it is a slow outing to fit into a stay in the Saloum, to share with children or parents. If you are visiting, it is a way to see the Serer villages without a backpack or effort, with a driver who knows the tracks.

Mar Lodj, Simal and Ndangane

Mar Lodj is one of the islands of the delta, among the best-known stops of the Sine-Saloum; the Mar Lodj page tells of its life. Ndangane is the northern gateway to the Saloum: the last stretch of tarmac before the water, the jetty where you park the car and where the delta begins, a handy base. Simal completes the loop. The Sine-Saloum as a whole is a slow-paced Senegal, travelled by pirogue, between salt water and mangrove, part of the Fatick region.

To extend your time in the delta

The pirogue ride is the other way to discover the bolongs (tidal creeks), and horse and camel rides also exist in other forms. To understand the delta before you go, the Sine-Saloum Delta page tells of its islands, its Serer traditions and its birds.