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Le Champlain · Africa

Senegal and Guinea-Bissau: Dakar and the Bissagos Archipelago

8 nights · 29. December 2026 - 6. January 2027 · Dakar → Dakar

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Eight nights aboard Le Champlain take you from Dakar into one of West Africa's most unusual cruising grounds: the UNESCO biosphere reserve of the Bissagos Archipelago off Guinea-Bissau. Some eighty islands and islets, many uninhabited, form a mosaic of mangrove forests, sandbanks and silent lagoons. The matrilineal Bijagós culture, saltwater hippos, marine turtles and thousands of waterbirds make the region unique. The marina and sixteen Zodiacs of Le Champlain enable landings where regular ships cannot follow. The voyage ends where it began, in Dakar.

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Leg 1 · Embarkation

Dakar

Atlantik – Sandstrand auf den Kapverden

Dakar is the westernmost capital of Africa, set on the Cap-Vert peninsula …

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Leg 2

Insel Caravela, Bissagos

Leg 3

Insel Carache, Bissagos

Leg 4

Bolama, Bissagos

Bolama is an island in the Bissagos archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Guinea-Bissau and served as the colonial capital of Portuguese Guinea from 1879 to 1941 …

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Leg 5

Insel Caravela, Bissagos

Leg 6

Insel Carache, Bissagos

Leg 7

Dakar

Atlantik – springender Buckelwal

Dakar is the westernmost capital of Africa, set on the Cap-Vert peninsula …

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