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Cap Skirring (Senegal) - 
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CLUB MED CAP SKIRRING
B.P. 9 ZIGUINCHOR
Telephone: (221) 33 993 52 22
Fax: (221) 33 993 52 12
GMT time difference : 0
B.P. 9 ZIGUINCHOR
Telephone: (221) 33 993 52 22
Fax: (221) 33 993 52 12
GMT time difference : 0
If you choose a package with transport, the price is inclusive of the return air fare and transfer to and from the Resort.
For customers who have not bought the transport package.
Airport / Resort, transfer by taxi
Transfer from Cap Skirring airport to the Resort takes around 5 minutes.
Transfer from Ziguinchor airport to the Resort takes around 1 hour 45 minutes.
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Price : Winter 2008 2009 (prices given as an indication, subject to exchange rate):
Airport 1 km (0.6 miles) from the Resort.
Flight time (indicative):
Paris: 6 hrs 30 mins
Unmanned outdoor car park with 20 spaces at no extra cost.
Airport 70 kms (45 miles) from the Resort.
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Currency: FCFA
Club Med Pass® payment card®
This card enables you to charge to your account all purchases made within the Resort during your stay.
The card will be issued against a 250 Euro deposit (pre-authorisation by Visa, Club Med Amex, Amex or Mastercard).
To make life easy during your stay, we propose a whole range of services:
- Beach towels
- Against deposit
- Club Med Boutique®*
- Internet* : 5 Internet access points near Reception (at extra cost).
- Winter 2008 2009 (prices given as an indication, subject to exchange rate) :
Connection: - 30 mins: 2 Euros
- 60 mins: 4 Euros
- Winter 2008 2009 (prices given as an indication, subject to exchange rate) :
- Local craftwork boutique*
- Photographer*
Vaccinations and medical treatments
It is imperative that you check the required procedure before your departure.
Vaccination against yellow fever (in an authorised centre) is complusory, even if there is no official obligation.
Vaccinactions recommended:
Mosquitos can transmit certain viral or parastic diseases; the use of tropical mosquito repellents directly on the skin or clothes is recommended.
Risk of the most dangerous form of malaria (falciparum) means that serious prevention is necessary (chemoprophylaxis and mosquito repellents).
Vaccination against meningitis may be advisable (in the case of close and prolonged contact with the local population in the dry season between December and June).
Nurse present in the Resort.
Hospital (Dakar) : Located at about 1 hour flight to Dakar
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| Official country name: Republic of Senegal Capital: Dakar Land area: 196,720 km² Population: 11.6 million inhabitants Peoples and ethnic groups: Wolof (36 %), Sérère (17 %), Fula (17 %), Tuculor (9 %), Diola (9 %), Mandingue (9 %), Malinké, European (1 %) and Lebanese Languages: French (official language) and Wolof for most of the polulation. But also Diola, Fula, Malinké and Mandingue Religions: 85 % are Moslems. Traditional religions are practised by 6% of the population Christians represent about 2% Political institutions: presidential régime President: Abdoulaye Wade Prime minister: Macky Sall GDP: 18,868 billion $US GDP per capita: 1,813 $US Annual growth rate: 1,7% Inflation: 0,8% Principal activities : Based on agriculture, the Senegalese economy has been dependent on groundnuts for over a century, even if it has also turned to rice and cotton Since the 1980s income from fish exports has overtaken the income from groundnuts. Tourism represents 10 % of the country's income. Principal partners: France, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mali, Algeria, China and Japan. |
The best season to go to Senegal is the dry season, which lasts from the beginning or mid-October to the end of May or June according to the regions. During the dry season (in winter) it nearly does not rain but it is cool in the morning and in the evening. You can go bathing all year long in Senegal. The temperature of the sea goes from 21°C (70°F) between February and April to 27°C (80,6°F) in October and November.
GMT time difference : 0
Météonews provides live weather news for this Resort and forecasts for the next 5 days.
Credit cards accepted (for payments only) :
Other means of payment:
Bureau de change close to Reception
Cash point
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