Cooking stay in Senegal! 8 days 7 nights 

€423 excluding air ticket and except during school holidays

  €493 during school holidays, excluding air ticket

 

Responsible and solidarity tourism or gastronomic journey? Why choose? Palabres sans Frontières combines the two! You will live in total immersion in a 500 inhabitants village. You will discover different population, culture, traditions and you will have the opportunity to learn the Senegalese cooking's secrets!

 

 

Journey's programme :

 

Day 1: Arrival at Dakar and transfer to Keur Samba Yacine

 

Day 2 : Meeting with the village community. Welcome ceremony (songs and dance), presentation of the village associations and planned activities throughout the stay. The tourists settle into the guest hut. Preparation of a bissap for the following day : brew of hibiscus dried flowers. Dinner with the village youths.

                                              

 

Day 3 : Cooking lesson No. 1 :

Morning : Introduction to the Senegalese cooking : choice of the menu, identification of the shopping list, departure with the women's group to Notto's market in order to buy the ingredients

Noon: lunch with the families

Afternoon : Introduction to the preparation of a traditional dish : the Yassa (marinated chicken with onions and lime, served with white rice

 

 

 

 

 

Day 4 : Excursion to Thies, a horse drawn carriage tour of the town, a guided tour of the tapestry and decorative arts factory, shopping for the plait workshop, coconut fritters and « fatailles », lunch at a Senegalese restaurant, a visit to the craft market. Dinner with the village youths.

 

 

 

Day 5 : Cooking lesson No. 2

Free morning, lunch with the families Matinée libre, repas dans les familles
Afternoon : preparation of « fatailles » : fritters stuffed with fish, leeks and parsley, accompanied with a hot tomato sauce.
Evening : percussions workshop , dance and weaving hair

 

 

Day 6 : Visit to Gorée Island...

                                    

 

 

 

Day 7 : Cooking lesson No. 3

Morning : Conclusion about the Senegalese cooking : It's your turn! Today, you are the chef!
You are going to cook your own fish couscous!

 

 

Day 8 : Departure from the village