Experience Black history and culture in Dakar, Senegal May 23 - 30, 2025

Join us in Dakar to experience traditional Senegalese hospitality, surf with locals, and tap in with ancestral history.

🙌🏾 Connect with Senegalese Culture 

🏄🏾 Go Surfing with Locals 

✊🏿 Explore with like-minded Black folks 

This trip is designed for Black professionals and creatives. Our kinfolk are primarily 25-40. You must be 21+ to join us. 

Buoyant was created with Black travel, economics, and joy in mind. We host group trips and meet-ups, create bespoke itineraries, and run a members-only club. We exist to help connect our people with cool across the diaspora. So whether you’re in Atlanta or Accra, we’ll connect you with the coolest places, people, and Black-owned businesses. 

Learn more here: buoyanttravel.com

🌴 You love Black History
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We love Black folks and have visions of a united global African diaspora. So we're doing our part. ⁠
Every trip we plan is intentionally designed to connect you with Black history and culture in the places we visit. ⁠
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🌴You're Traveling Solo⁠
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You deserve to feel free while traveling; we don’t want to cramp your style. ⁠Unlike other companies, we won’t charge you extra for traveling solo. Our trips include single rooms for everyone, and 90% of our kinfolk join our trips alone.
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🌴 You Like Cool Sh*t⁠
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We put our money where our mouth is and support cool people, places, and businesses. ⁠
On every trip we plan, we support at least two (but often more) Black businesses, from photographers to tour guides and beyond. ⁠

 🌴You're Tired Of Planning⁠
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You be planning your own trips, but sometimes it’s too much. You deserve to focus on enjoyment. ⁠
We’ve been planning trips for our clients since 2017. Let us connect you with cool across the diaspora.⁠
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Fly into Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS). 

We encourage all our kinfolk to arrive by 4:30 PM on May 23, 2025, so there's time to settle in our hotel before our welcome dinner. We'll provide airport pickup details closer to the trip's start date.

 Note: If your flight arrives after the welcome dinner, causing you to miss the experience, please plan to eat at the hotel’s restaurant (or elsewhere) at your own expense. 

Monthly Payment Plans: We offer payment plans! When booking, WeTravel will show set payment dates for all travelers. For this trip, payments must be made in equal monthly installments. 

Pay with Klarna, Affirm, or Afterpay: If you'd like to partially pay, attend this trip in May and continue making payments after you return home by booking via Affirm, Klarna, or Afterpay. Book here. 

We design our trips to include a mix of experiences that aren't 100% luxury or budget; we exist for Black travelers, our kinfolk, who enjoy both types of travel. Buoyant kinfolk are like bougie aunties and uncles who still love a good deal.

You probably enjoy splurging on a unique dining experience but love street food. You adore well-designed spaces, like charming boutique hotels, and are excited to have authentic, local experiences that help connect you with Black history and culture.

Most of all, you understand that the places we're visiting are layered and nuanced. We travel knowing we are guests in someone's home, and we respect the land and people as such.

Our kinfolk are adventurous, open-minded travelers who deeply value Black history and culture and are independent. While we always provide quality customer service, we also allow free time to explore on your own or relax and rejuvenate because we know how important it is for many people to recharge their social batteries. 

By booking this trip, you consent to Buoyant using images of you taken during the trip for advertising and promotional purposes in any way we choose. You also grant Buoyant Travel a perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide, irrevocable license to use all images for promotional and commercial purposes.

  Full Terms and Conditions are outlined here: https://buoyanttravel.com/terms-conditions   

Terms and Conditions - Please read the below and this T&C's page before booking. 

By booking this trip, you agree to the following terms and conditions: 

*Accommodations are based on single occupancy. Rooms will feature one large bed. However, travelers who book together can request a shared space. Shared room choices cannot be changed after booking. We don't provide discounted rates for double-occupancy rooms. 

*Flights are not included. However, we can help you find the best flight options when you purchase the 'flight tracker' add-on. Please plan to arrive in Senegal by 4:30 PM on May 23, 2025. 

* On Buoyant trips, acts of nature, or other unforeseen interruptions, please remember that the itinerary schedule may change, but we will always find suitable replacements. 

* Travel insurance is not included, but you must participate in this trip. By booking this trip, you agree that Buoyant is not responsible for any injuries, lost or stolen property, canceled or missed flights, or death. You agree not to sue or hold Buoyant accountable for anything previously mentioned.  

* Buoyant will not provide refunds or trip/tour credits if you opt out of any scheduled itinerary activities. 

* You must be willing to provide us with a copy of a valid passport, round-trip flight, proof of travel insurance, and emergency contact information by the requested deadline of April 1, 2025.

* The trip activities, tours, and accommodations advertised by Buoyant are pre-planned and advertised as intended. Occasionally, we may need to make changes and reserve the right to do so at any time. We will notify travelers of any changes. 

* We will cross-check everything to ensure the smoothest trip possible. However, there are potential hiccups (local traffic, delayed customer service, tardy events, etc.). Please travel with a flexible attitude and open mind.

All travelers registered on this trip must sign a contract agreeing to all trip terms and conditions before attending. 

 Full Terms and Conditions are outlined here: https://buoyanttravel.com/terms-conditions  

 By booking this trip, you agree to our cancellation policy by booking this trip, as described below. 

For all trips booked before March 1, 2025, you may receive a full refund up to 48 hours after booking. Trips booked after this date aren’t eligible for 48-hour refunds. After 48 hours, all deposits and future payments are non-refundable.

• Cold feet? If you need to cancel after 48 hours, we can transfer your trip place and payments to someone else at our discretion.
• Due to existing contracts with our tourism partners worldwide, if you cancel after 48 hours, we may or may not provide future trip credits at our discretion.
  To cancel, email hello@buoyanttravel.com

If Buoyant cancels this trip, all registered attendees will receive a full refund of any trip payments made until Buoyant's point of trip cancellation. However, the deposit remains non-refundable as it is an administrative fee for our small team. 

Welcome to Dakar, the beautiful West African city by the sea, and your new home for the next week!

Today, we’ll pick you up from the airport (plan to arrive at DSS airport by 4 PM) and whisk you to our cozy boutique hotel in the heart of Dakar, where a welcome drink awaits you. 

 Now that you’re settled in, it’s time to connect with Dakar. Our journey will begin with a city tour, with stops at some of the city’s most important landmarks, like the African Renaissance Monument, to learn about its history and get a feel for the culture.  

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch 

No visit to Senegal is complete without honoring the ancestral history that connects our people. We’ll visit Goree, a tiny island, to honor the ancestral history tied to enslavement and pay homage to those who came before us.

 Meals: Breakfast & Lunch  

Dakar has a stunning coastline and is one of the best places in the world for surfing. We’ll head to a local, Black-owned surf school and restaurant for lessons with expert surfers and lunch featuring local Senegalese bites.

Meals: Breakfast & lunch

Spend today. However, you’d like to be on the beach, by the pool, or explore more of this vibrant city. You’ll get a Buoyant travel guide with the best things to do, see, eat, and experience during your free time in Dakar.

Meals: Breakfast

It’s time for more thrills! Today, we’ll experience a quad bike ride amongst beautiful baobab trees. After some free time, we’ll spend the evening sipping local wines at an intimate wine tasting.

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch 

No Buoyant trip is complete without a boat day! We’ll spend the afternoon cruise the ocean with good views and vibes. We’ll connect as a community in the evening for our farewell dinner.

Meals: Breakfast, Snacks, Dinner

We’re so glad you joined us in Senegal. Thank you for being here, kinfolk!

Meals: Breakfast