Dakar-Plateau
Dakar-Plateau is an arrondissement in the Dakar Department, and forms the central district of the city of Dakar.
Dakar-Plateau is an arrondissement in the Dakar Department, and forms the central district of the city of Dakar.
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Worth seeing in and around Dakar-Plateau
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Gorée
Île de Gorée is one of the 19 communes d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal.
2.5 km · one of the 19 communes d'arrondissement (i.e. districts) of the city of Dakar, Senegal; World Heritage Site · Wikipedia - 02House of Slaves
The House of Slaves and its Door of No Return is a museum and memorial to the victims of the Atlantic slave trade on Gorée Island, 3 km off the coast of the city of Dakar, Senegal. Its museum, which opened in 1962 and was curated by Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye until his death in 2009, is said to memorialise the final exit point of the slaves from Africa.
2.6 km · museum and memorial to the Atlantic slave trade on Gorée Island, Dakar, Senegal · Wikipedia - 03IFAN Museum of African Arts
The Théodore Monod African Art Museum in Dakar, Senegal is one of the oldest art museums in West Africa. It was promoted by Léopold Senghor, the country's first President.
2.3 km · art museum in Dakar, Senegal · Wikipedia - 04Museum of Black Civilizations
The Museum of Black Civilisations is a national museum in Dakar, Senegal, that opened on 6 December 2018. It is directed by Hamady Bocoum, an archaeologist and researcher at Cheikh-Anta-Diop University.
1.6 km · museum in Dakar, Senegal · Wikipedia - 05Dakar Grand Mosque
The Grand Mosque of Dakar is a mosque in Dakar, Senegal, situated on Allée Pape Gueye Fall, in the Dakar médina.
2.4 km · mosque in Dakar, Senegal · Wikipedia - 06National Library of Senegal
The National Library of Senegal is located in Dakar, Senegal.
2 km · national library, part of the National Archives of Senegal · Wikipedia - 07Our Lady of Victories Cathedral, Dakar
The Our Lady of Victories Cathedral or Cathedral of Dakar, is a religious building that serves as the Catholic cathedral in the city of Dakar, the capital of the African country of Senegal, which is the seat of the Archdiocese of Dakar. The sanctuary was built on the site of an ancient Lebu cemetery, whose land was granted by the government to the church.
2.2 km · Roman Catholic cathedral in Dakar, Senegal · Wikipedia - 08Historical Museum of Senegal
The Historical Museum of Senegal in Gorée is a museum attached to the Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire and located on the island of Gorée, in the bay of Dakar, Senegal. The museum is dedicated to showing and commemorating the different stages of Senegal's history from ancient times to the country's independence.
2.3 km · building in Senegal · Wikipedia - 09Musée de la Mer
The Musée de la Mer is a museum located in Gorée, Senegal. The museum contains various documents and photos on marine animals in Senegal with a collection of 6,000 species.
2.3 km · museum in Gorée, Senegal · Wikipedia - 10Place de l'Obélisque
The Place de l'Obélisque is a central plaza in Dakar, Senegal.
3.7 km · central plaza in Dakar, Senegal · Wikipedia
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Getting to Dakar-Plateau
- Airports
- Blaise Diagne (DSS), 37 km · Banjul (BJL), 170 km
- Stations
- Autonomous Port of Dakar, 1 km
- Banjul (Yundum) → Dakar-Plateau170 km · quickest by road, 6h 39m · $28–38
- Bissau → Dakar-Plateau370 km · quickest by air, 6h 31m · $250–380
- Nouakchott → Dakar-Plateau411 km · quickest by air, 7h 22m · $310–460
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No local-transport research exists yet for Dakar-Plateau
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Dakar-Plateau. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inA state-owned ferry runs between Dakar and Ziguinchor in Senegal's Casamance region (below The Gambia).
- Get inThe Joola, one of the former ferries on this route, capsized in a storm while overloaded in 2002, regarded as the second deadliest maritime disaster in recent history.
- Get inThe Aline Sitoé Diatta, built in 2008, is the current ferry.
- Get inThe ferry runs overnight and takes around 16 hours in each direction.
- Go nextSine Saloum Delta — Just north of the border with Gambia, the Delta has amazing mangrove forests that you can tour by pirogue (a motored canoe).
From Wikivoyage: Dakar, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Dakar-Plateau
Dakar-Plateau is 3 km from Dakar, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.