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Grand Yoff
Commune d'arrondissement in Dakar Region, Senegal

Grand Yoff

Grand Yoff is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal.

Plan a trip to Grand Yoff→From Dakar

As of 2013 it had a population of 185,503.

It is composed of 66 sub-districts, each represented by a district delegate. Grand Yoff is part of the Parcelles Assainies district. The neighborhood of Grand Yoff is the most populated neighborhood in Dakar, and the 7th most populated in Senegal.

How locals move

Getting around Grand Yoff the local way

  • 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).
  • Go nextNegotiate a fair price with a guide, and remember that once you get into the Delta, it's difficult and expensive to get around any way besides by pirogue.
  • Go nextThe overnight ferry from Dakar to Ziguinchor is affordable and comfortable.
  • Go nextDetails on the ferry: The boat leaves from Dakar on Tuesdays and Fridays at 20:00 and from Zig on Thursdays and Sundays at 15:00, arriving 15–17 hours later.

From Wikivoyage: Dakar, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Senfablab (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.