Riu Baobab

Sam hotel super,jedzenie znakomite ,woda butelkowana w barze przy recepcji . Restauracje tematyczne poprawne ale bez szału, obsługa cudowna ,przyjazna. Plaża super, baseny również . Czystość i dobra kuchnia to atuty. Piękne animacje wieczorne .Bardzo dobrze zaopatrzony sklep ,przemiłe sprzedawczynie. Przeważający jęz.francuski ale angielski też da radę ;) Ochrona w stanie gotowości cały czas na całym obiekcie - plus wóz bojowy 24/7 przy hotelu. Przy ogrodzeniu na plaży kramiki z pamiątkami . Kula- miły postawny Senegalczyk sprzeda Wam i bransoletkę i wycieczkę do swojej wioski,do rezerwatu czy gdzie tylko chcecie .Wycieczki także ogarnie Wam Papis (+221 785216296 WhatsApp -info w zdjęciach) bezpiecznie i to co chcecie a nie to co oferują Wam w hotelu . Choć polecam “wieczór w buszu” z TUI . W okresie zimowym nie ma komarów ,Mugga obowiązkowo ,Mallarone według własnego uznania. Senegal-niebezpieczny,korupcja na każdym kroku. To nie 3 Świat ale 5 (moja osobista opinia) Bieda,przestępczość,mimo to ludzie przyjaźni jeśli jesteś dla nich miły i coś kupisz lub coś dasz. Ten kraj rządzi się swoimi prawami .Mimo braku obowiązku szczepienia na żółtą febrę ,nie chcieli nas wypuścić z Senegalu pod pretekstem właśnie braku w/w. Tylko dzięki determinacji i znajomości angielskiego i francuskiego udało się wyegzekwować swoje prawa. Konfiskują zapalniczki na lotnisku,prześwietlają walizki i są średnio sympatyczni. -Polecam wycieczkę Bandia a także po przeciwnej stronie rezerwat Lwòw , warto odwiedzić wioskę oraz Dom dziecka ,który prowadzą siostry Nie polecam przemieszczania się samemu ,zawsze warto z “zaprzyjaźnionym lokalsem” Senegal -czerwony ląd dla “wybranych”

Hotel znakomity, blisko do Dakaru i innych atrakcji. Jeśli chodzi o wycieczki, to świetnie je organizują chłopaki z plaży Pako i Emilio oraz Malik, można zobaczyć to, czego nie zobaczy się z okna autobusu na pewno i można im całkowicie zaufać.

We stayed at the hotel in April for two weeks. I have chosen it to celebrate my birthday. I have enjoyed staying at this hotel. It is big and beautiful but there are things which need some fine tuning I think. Reception Team. I would give them 2,5 or 3 out of 5. When we arrived at the hotel we were offered a welcome drink which was very much appreciated. However, the customer service at the reception needs lots of improvement in my opinion. We arrived on the 14th of April and my birthday was a few days later so we asked to book a restaurant for that day. We were told that all the restaurants were already fully booked. After some negotiations eventually we were offered a place in one of the restaurants. I think it could have been offered without disappointing conversations. If you travel so far to celebrate your birthday there could have been more understanding and empathy displayed. We only needed 2 places and the restaurants we visited throughout our stay were never 100% full. The other unpleasant experience was when I was trying to exchange some money one day. The lady was counting the money for 15 minutes at least without making any notice of me being present and waiting to be served. I understand that I probably came in the wrong time;-), but she could have said "sorry I need to finish it" or something similar. She could have made an eye contact and she could have smiled at least. Rooms and cleaning. The rooms were of good quality and I think that the majority of them were facing the sea. However, our room was so far to go to and was above the restaurant area and close to some kind of generators to the right of the building so there was constant noise. I am very sensitive to noises and it can impact my sleep a lot. Maybe we could have spoken to the reception and asked them to change a room but after restaurant booking experience I was in no mood to go and ask. The room was cleaned daily and the cleaning ladies were lovely. I would give 5 out of 5 for cleaning in the rooms. However, the communal areas like corridors were not cleaned to a high standard and when we were doing our lengthy walks to the room we could see things in the corridors and it felt that they needed to be cleaned as well. Overall facilities and entertainment. I think it is a lovely big hotel so I was quite pleased with what it had to offer. I used sauna in the spa area on a few days and the ladies there were very lovely. There were also some water slides at the hotel which can be a bonus for some. The swimming pools always had sunbeds available and overall had a nice vibe. What was lacking though is the information regarding of what was on offer by various entertainment teams. I would have loved to attend the Wolof language lessons which apparently were taking place at the hotel but it was really difficult to understand when and where they are happening. We haven't seen many shows but a few we saw were not of great quality I am afraid. Though the dancing and music after the shows were absolutely great. Food and drinks. There was plenty of food on offer and you could always find something to eat. Though some things needed to be cooked better or much better. I felt that some training in cooking can benefit the hotel staff as the amount of money spent on the food products was truly impressive. I stayed at another hotel in Senegal a few years ago and the cooking there was nearly perfect. So I know there is a great potential which is currently not fulfilled by RiuBaobab and the proper training is the key in my opinion. Gardens. I think the people who looked after the gardens deserve 5 out of 5 as it might be quite difficult to create such an oasis in this part of the world. The surrounding area. I do love going to exotic countries and I can appreciate that some countries have challenges but the waste management is a huge problem in Senegal. As we walked along the beach a lot we saw lots of rubbish brought by the tides each day. I was thinking on the solution and I failed to come up with one as it seems that it doesn't matter how much effort the hotel is undertaking to remove the rubbish from the beach and adjacent areas it will always be there as the ocean seems to be used as waste management facility. Maybe sharing the tourist dissatisfaction with the local and tourist authorities can improve the situation. At the end of the day they are interested in tourists coming but if the environmental situation is not addressed there won't be any tourists as it is highly unpleasant to go to the ocean and to have someone's shoes or pants floating your way. As someone mentioned earlier it would be great to organise a cleaning operation on the beach next to the hotel but what I could gather it wouldn't tackle the root cause of the issue as more and more rubbish will be brought in by the ocean. However, I strongly believe that the hotel at least can raise an awareness of the issue with the local communities and the tourists can also do their part. One of the things would be to maybe arrange some kind of waste skips in 3 mile zone from the hotel both ways on the beach so everyone who is walking the beach can put at least several pieces of rubbish found on the beach there. It would have been happy doing it as we walked around 2 hours each day. Despite the negatives mentioned in my review I did like the hotel and had a nice time there.

I love everything about your Hotel, food, service and professionalism of the staff. I aim looking forward re-visit .

Good hotel. Staff really attentive. Really clean place. Food was steady and good variety of food. Rooms were spacious. Only complaint was fridges in rooms only had water. No fizzy pop, beer or snacks. Could be improved to be honest. Unfortunately the beach wasn’t great. So much rubbish at either edge of the property that the beach and sea was spoilt. The beach had dead rats and a dead goat one day!!! Pools were really clean and well kept. Good location if you’re going on safari - about an hour away from the park.