Tambacounda City - Senegal

Tambacounda is the major city stop on the train from Dakar to Bamako in Mali. This used to belong to the Ancient Empire of Mali. This city is inside the reagion with the same name: Tambacounda which has the famous National Park of Niokolo Koba, World Heritage

Tambacounda is famous for its rich djembe (type of traditional drum from senegal) and dance culture and heritage.

Here on the picture you can see Touba written on the wall. Touba stands for this very famous city where anually people go to this festival to see their Marabu (holy man).

Tambacounda Senegal Touba


Markets in Tambacounda

Covered Markets


(Tambacounda Senegal Markets shopping Africa)

This indoors markets can be found near the road to Dakar. Along the street and after the main police headquarters.
This is surely the place to get some scarfs and tissues with local paterns from senegal. remeber all this stuff comes from china! they are not made in senegal. the one painted yes, but the ones printed, no way. i once asked a lady where were hers tissued made and she dais dakar, ok poor woman, she know that's comming from dakar, but from china to dakar, dakar to tamba hehehe.

Street Markets


Tambacounda Senegal Africa

Street markets are very interesting to walk. You can get almost everything on the streets, from clothes to tasty mangoes! yes buy some mangoes, very cheap. you have to deal the prices, cos people will doble the actual price of things just because you're a foreigner. Driving here is mad, the streets have huge holes where your car suspension will die!

Local Shops


Tambacounda Senegal Local Shops Africa

you can see how do the local senegalese shops look like. you have fancy supermarkets on some of the major petrol stations with expensive european stuff (low quality one of course), but this place you get the real thing!