We visited this Site in February 2025. We did it whith an organised tour and booked it at home via a tarvel agency in connection with a Senegalese partner agency. 

Several tour agencies in Saint Louis organise daily tours to Djoudj Reserve. The trip usually takes half a day. We started at 07 00 am and finished around 14 00 p.m. But you have to consider that the boat in Djoudi wait till the boat is full (ore almost) with tourists before it starts. 

The National Park is around 60 km from Saint Louis town (40 km is a good asphalted road, while the rest is on dirt, local roads. It takes about 90 mininutes. 

When you are lucky, as we have been, you can discover some hundreds of pink Flamigos a short time before the entrance to the park.

At the park entrance you have official state prices for everything: guide (obligatory, French and English speaking) boat trip entrance fee per person . To reduce costs a little bit you can skip the boat trip and go for walking in the park but that is not recommended as the boat trip is the most interesting part of park visiting.

The most interesting areas are those near the end of boat trip where the majority of migrating birds are located. View of thousands of pelicans (old and young, which are much darker) herons, different types of egrets, cormorants, king fisher is truelly amazing. The best time to visit the park is winter (December to March). The temperatures at this time are rather pleasant, but nervertheless beware of the sun.

Comparing all UNESCO Heritage Sites in Senegal we I found Djoudj as one of the most interesting