Plage de la Pointe des Almadies

Relatively clean, somewhat rocky beach. Food/drink venues. Westernmost point of mainland Africa just to south. There are several hotels under construction as of December 2024 that may eventually close off public access to the beach when completed. In the interim, security guards monitoring the construction sites may try to get you to pay a 'fee' to access it, but that is not legitimate. Playing a little dumb is usually sufficient to make them give up.

outdoors

Getting there: at northwest tip of peninsula, just west of US embassy and King Fahd Palace

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Listing from Wikivoyage: Dakar, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.

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