La Cabane Rasta, guesthouse on Mar Lodj Island, Senegal

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La Cabane Rasta

Five simple rooms facing the mangroves

La Cabane Rasta is single-story and has only five rooms. Two Standard rooms sleep two in a double bed, two others take up to three people, and a family room sleeps up to six: sixteen guests in all. Every room has a private bathroom and every room looks out over the river and the mangroves.

Comfort is deliberately basic, and it is better to know that before you cross: no air conditioning, no television, no private terrace in the rooms. What the house offers instead is outdoors: a garden, a shared terrace with tables and chairs facing the mangroves, and swimming in the bolong (mangrove creek), since there is no pool.

Breakfast is included in the price of every room. The bar-restaurant, built on stilts, serves local and international food, with vegetarian options, and room service is available. The house also offers housekeeping, a guide and pirogue trips in the delta.

Check-in is between 1 p.m. and 8 p.m., check-out between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Children are welcome, and so are pets; parties are allowed and smokers accepted. A resident rate is available on request.

It suits couples and travelers looking for an island and a screen-free room rather than a hotel, families and small groups of friends who take the room for six, travelers from the Senegalese diaspora, long stays lived to the rhythm of the tides, and Dakar residents ready to drive three hours and take a boat across for a real long weekend.

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Where La Cabane Rasta is located

The house is on Mar Lodj, an island in the Sine Saloum Delta, in the Fatick region. It can only be reached by pirogue, from Ndangane, on the opposite bank: you leave the car on the mainland and cross.

From Dakar, allow about three hours' drive to Ndangane, then the pirogue crossing. From Blaise Diagne International Airport (AIBD), about two hours to Ndangane. The house does not run a shuttle: a transfer from Dakar airport to the landing stage saves you finding your way on arrival.

Around it, from nearest to farthest: Ndangane and its landing stage, just opposite; Fimela, the main town of the municipality, on the mainland; Palmarin, between ocean and lagoons; and Joal-Fadiouth, the shell island, on the way to the Petite Côte.

Things to do nearby

On the island and in the bolongs

Here, the pirogue replaces the car: everything starts from the jetty.

Bird Island. The pirogue trip the house organizes, two hours through the bolongs to the bird colonies. Birdwatching
A day in the delta. The same pirogue, but for a full day, meal included, from island to island. Island excursions
The mangroves at sunset. A short trip on the water late in the day, before dinner on stilts. Pirogue trips
Paddle yourself. Kayak or canoe through the bolongs around the island, at your own pace. Paddleboard, kayak and canoe

If you stay longer

Joal-Fadiouth. The shell island, its wooden bridge and its shared Muslim-Christian cemetery, a day trip via the mainland. Guided cultural tours
The delta villages. With a guide, on foot on the island or by pirogue to neighboring villages. Traditional sites and villages

Validity 01/01/2026 - 31/12/2030

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Standard room for two - La Cabane Rasta

Room for two in a double bed, with a private bathroom and views over the river and the mangroves, at La Cabane Rasta, a guesthouse rated 8.0/10 on international platforms, on Mar Lodj Island in the Sine Saloum Delta. Breakfast included.

Standard room for three - La Cabane Rasta

Room for three with a private bathroom and views over the river and the mangroves, at La Cabane Rasta, a guesthouse rated 8.0/10 on international platforms, on Mar Lodj Island in the Saloum Delta. Breakfast included.

Family room for six - La Cabane Rasta

Family room for six with a private bathroom and views over the river and the mangroves, at La Cabane Rasta, a guesthouse rated 8.0/10 on international platforms, on Mar Lodj Island. Breakfast included; the room for families and groups of friends.