Where Luz Caminera would send you
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Pointe des Almadies
Viewpoint
Oct 21
Pointe des Almadies★★★★★ Luz Caminera's pick
The westernmost rock of mainland Africa: no monument, just basalt ledges, white surf and seabirds at dusk; the Endless Summer wave was filmed here in 1964.
Pointe des Almadies, Almadies, Dakar, Senegal -
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Lake Retba (Lac Rose)
Attraction
Oct 21
Lake Retba (Lac Rose)★★★★★ Luz Caminera's pick
Africa's pink lake — float like the Dead Sea in water up to 40% salt. The colour is shy right now and blushes hardest January–March; salt mounds and beached pirogues line the shore all year.
Lac Rose, Dakar, Senegal -
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RAW Material Company
Attraction
Oct 21
RAW Material Company★★★★ Luz Caminera's pick
Koyo Kouoh's centre for art, knowledge and society in a 1950s Modernist villa — exhibitions, the RAW Académie, the Ker Issa residencies. The Dakar thread that runs straight into her Venice Biennale.
Zone B, Dakar, Senegal -
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Jazz Club La Cave — Hôtel Le Djoloff
Attraction
Oct 21
Jazz Club La Cave — Hôtel Le Djoloff★★★★ Luz Caminera's pick
A jazz club in a vaulted cellar, open since 2017, local and international musicians every week — the right place to end a Dakar night.
Hôtel Le Djoloff, Fann Hock, Dakar, Senegal -
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Eved & Friends — Soirée Jazz Live
Event
Oct 21
Eved & Friends — Soirée Jazz LiveOct 24 ended★★★ Luz Caminera's pick
Small-band jazz night at Le Jardin Thaïlandais, 20h to midnight; the listing gives a reservations phone.
10 rue Ziguinchor, Point E, Dakar, Senegal -
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Orchestra Baobab — film avant-première
Event
Oct 21
Orchestra Baobab — film avant-premièreOct 22 ended★★★★ Luz Caminera's pick
Preview of the new documentary on Senegal's legendary band, with the film's team present, Thursday 20h; the listing doesn't name the exact screening room, so check before going.
Cinéma Pathé Dakar, Mermoz, Dakar, Senegal