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What to see in Sénegal
Lake Retba
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Attractions touristiques dans Lake Retba
The eye-popping pink waters of Lake Retba are a must-see highlight of any tour of Senegal. Bubblegum pink Lake Retba, separated from the deep blue of the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow stretch of sand dunes, seems like something from a fantasy. In fact, the magical colour of Lake Retba is the result of Dunaliella Salina bacteria which lives in the water and produces red pigments in order to absorb sunlight. Situated around an hours drive from the capital of Dakar, Lake Retba covers 3 square kilometres and has a high enough salt content to rival the Dead Sea in Jordan!
A designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, the lake is a vital source of salt, collected by an estimated 3,000 salt miners who head out onto the waters of Lake Retba to harvest the salt from the bottom of the lake, piling their modest fishing boats high with valuable salty crystals before returning to the shore. Along the shoreline, enormous mounds of salt are cleaned and processed and commonly used to preserve fish, a staple of traditional Senegalese cuisine.
Few creatures can survive in the potent waters of pink Lake Retba except for very small fish, who have adapted to the super-salty environment. Because there are no fish to catch, Lake Retba is used solely for the purposes of harvesting salt and as a popular tourist attraction. If you are wondering whether you can swim in Lake Retba, you’ll be pleased to hear that the answer is yes! To the delight of travellers who visit Lake Retba, its milky waters are safe for swimming, but be prepared for a bouncy ride as the hypersalinity of the lake water makes it exceptionally buoyant. For the most spectacular hues of pink, visit Lake Retba in the dry season between November and June.
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Points of interests
- Trips to Djoudj and Barbarie National Park
- Trips to Goree Island
- Trips to Lake Retba
- Trips to Saint Louis
Other Points of interests
- Trips to Addis-Abeba
- Trips to Arba Minch
- Trips to Arusha
- Trips to Baher Dar
- Trips to Bati
- Trips to Bazaruto
- Trips to Chutes de Thomson
- Trips to Diani
- Trips to Entebbe
- Trips to Forêt de Jozani
- Trips to Gondar
- Trips to Jinka
- Trips to Kigali
- Trips to Kilimanjaro
- Trips to La vallée du Grand Rift
- Trips to Lac Mburo
- Trips to Lac Naivasha
- Trips to Lac Turkana
- Trips to Lake Chamo
- Trips to Lalibela
- Trips to Lamu
- Trips to Le parc national d’Arusha
- Trips to Machangulo
- Trips to Maputo
- Trips to Marais de Musiara
- Trips to Mombasa
- Trips to Nairobi
- Trips to Ngorongoro
- Trips to Parc National de Bwindi
- Trips to Parc National de Kibale
- Trips to Parc national de Tarangire
- Trips to Parc national de Tsavo East
- Trips to Parc national du lac Manyara
- Trips to Parc national du lac Nakuru
- Trips to Parc national du Serengeti
- Trips to Parc national d’Aberdare
- Trips to Parc national d’Amboseli
- Trips to Parc National Murchison Falls
- Trips to Parc national Queen Elizabeth
- Trips to Plage de Tofo
- Trips to Réserve de Samburu
- Trips to Réserve du Masai Mara
- Trips to Stone Town
- Trips to Sweetwaters
- Trips to Turmi
- Trips to Vilankulos
- Trips to Volcan Menengai
- Trips to Zanzibar
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