Mar Lodj

Climate

The travel season in Mar Lodj and Senegal more generally corresponds with the dry season, beginning in mid-October and continuing to early-June. This time of year is characterized by relatively little rainfall, lower humidity and milder temperatures. Temperatures range in the mid to high seventies. June through October constitute the wet season and see increased rainfall and rising temperatures, typically peaking in August and September.

Understand

Mar Lodj also spelled Mar Lothie is the name of an island in the Saloum delta, as well as the largest village on the island.

Peacefully protected near the mouth of the Sine-Saloum delta,half a day’s drive and a short pirogue ride from the commotion and noise of Dakar, the islandof Mar Lodj is a calm and refreshing sanctuary. The local population, the perenniallyfriendly and laidback Sérères, live in the island’s three villages of Mar Lodj, Mar Soulou,and Mar Fafaco, as well as on the quaint island-within-an-island of Mar Wandié. MarLodj, the largest, has a population of about 2000 and is the only village on the island tobe predominantly Catholic. Some ten campements and lodges spread along the island’sbeaches provide a range of accommodations.