Sub Saharan Africa

Insurance

 

We recommend that you obtain comprehensive medical and travel insurance before travelling. This should include cover for medical treatment and evacuation, accidents, cancelled flights and stolen cash, credit cards, passport and luggage. You should check any exclusions, and that your policy covers you for all the activities you want to undertake.  For more general information see Travel Insurance.

If things do go wrong when you are oversees then this is How We Can Help.

Registration

We recommend that British passport holders travelling to Senegal register via our LOCATE service to tell us when and where you are travelling abroad or where you live abroad so our consular and crisis staff can provide better assistance to you in an emergency.  More information about registering with LOCATE can be found here.
 

Replacement Passports

 

The British Embassy in Dakar does not issue passports and before setting off, you should ensure that your passport has sufficient validity and a plentiful supply of unused pages. Applications for new passports are accepted in Dakar for forwarding to the British High Commission in Banjul for processing, but this may take up to five weeks. If a courier is used, the cost will have to be borne by the applicant.

 

Money

 

Credit cards are accepted in larger establishments that cater for tourists.  You should be aware that a commission is added for their use.  There are ATM facilities in Dakar, but banking facilities are sporadic in the rest of the country.