A 500-metre wooden bridge links Joal to Fadiouth, an extraordinary island built entirely on seashells.
Joal, birthplace of President Léopold Sédar Senghor, marks the meeting point between the Petite-Côte and Sine Saloum. Across the wooden footbridge, Fadiouth’s lanes and houses rise over layers of shells.
Visitors discover raised millet granaries and the shell cemetery where Catholics and Muslims rest side by side, a powerful symbol of coexistence.
