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Dakar in 3 days

Plateau and lunch on the first morning, Gorée early on the second, the market and the airport on the last; every long leg is a car and the last day ends with the bags already in it.

Days

3

Plan status

draft

Walking

6km

default plan, all days

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Days
Pace

Relaxed: up to 2 routed stops a day, starting 09:30. Normal: up to 3. Packed: up to 4, from 08:30.

Interests

The original 3-day plan.

Day 1 — Plateau morning and a Thieboudienne lunch

EasyLow time risk~3 km (1.9 mi) walkno long stairsno taxi
  1. 08:00–08:09Walk to Place Soweto
  2. 08:09–09:09IFAN Museum of African Arts
  3. 09:09–09:21Walk to the cathedral
  4. 09:21–09:56Cathedral of African Remembrance
  5. 09:56–10:02Walk to the square
  6. 10:02–10:22Place de l'Indépendance walk
  7. 10:22–10:30Walk to the market
  8. 10:30–11:20Kermel market
  9. 11:20–11:30Walk to lunch
  10. 11:30–12:30Thieboudienne lunch, Plateau canteen

Switches if the ground changes

  • heat IFAN Museum of African Arts → Hotel lobby café on the Plateau (AC) (5′)
Why this route?

DFL 3 = PFL 3 + OFL 0 · walk 3 km (1.9 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 n/a · relax L0 · yield 26 · option value 0.67

trace: generated 108 · rejected none · frontier 7 · seed 3511682074 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Hotel or AC café 14:00–17:00; a car to Ngor for the evening if you are staying on the Plateau.

Day 2 — Gorée by ferry, a 12:30 lunch on the island

EasyLow time risk~0.4 km (0.2 mi) walkno long stairsno taxi

leave byLeave House of Slaves, Gorée by 11:55 to keep the 12:30 last seating.

86 min of buffer left; holds while the queue at House of Slaves, Gorée stays under 86 min.

  1. 08:00–08:55Short walk or car to the ferry quay, then the boat (timetable field-verify)
  2. 08:55–09:55House of Slaves, Gorée
  3. 09:55–10:02Walk to lunch
  4. 10:02–12:30Buffer / wander near Your lunch on Gorée
  5. 12:30–13:30Lunch on Gorée 12:30hard

What this plan gives up

  • L2Skip Gorée Historical Museum (optional) — protects: Lunch on Gorée 12:30.
  • L2Skip Gorée lanes and southern fort (optional) — protects: Lunch on Gorée 12:30.

Switches if the ground changes

  • heat House of Slaves, Gorée → Café terrace on Gorée (5′, then 9′ p90 to the anchor)
Why this route?

DFL 0.9 = PFL 0.4 + OFL 0.5 · walk 400 m (0.2 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 1.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 86′ · relax L2 · yield 8 · option value 0.67

Deadline: last seating 12:30 → latest arrival 12:20, slack 15′

trace: generated 18 · rejected p50_after_latest_arrival×8, p_late>0.15×3 · frontier 5 · seed 3511682074 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Know the last boat back before you land; the ferry timetable is field-verified.

Day 3 — Sandaga market, car to the airport at 10:00

EasyLow time risk~2.7 km (1.7 mi) walkno long stairsXOF 2,000 taxi

leave byLeave Grand Mosque of Dakar by 09:15 to keep the 10:00 boarding.

14 min of buffer left.

  1. 07:00–07:20Walk north (heat, traffic, crowds)
  2. 07:20–07:50Sandaga market
  3. 07:50–08:10Walk (heat, traffic)
  4. 08:10–08:40Grand Mosque of Dakar
  5. 08:40–08:52Taxi back to the hotel for the bags
  6. 08:52–10:00Buffer / wander near Hotel pickup (bags) → Blaise Diagne airport
  7. 10:00–11:00Car to the airport at 10:00hard

What this plan gives up

  • L1Taxi XOF 2,000 (Taxi back to the hotel for the bags) — protects: Car to the airport at 10:00.
  • L2Shorten Sandaga market to 30 min (minimum worthwhile visit) — protects: Car to the airport at 10:00.
Why this route?

DFL 3.2 = PFL 2.7 + OFL 0.5 · walk 2.7 km (1.7 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 2.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 14′ · relax L2 · yield 10.3 · option value 0

Deadline: boarding 10:00 → latest arrival 09:50, slack 19′

β vs α: time risk 0% → 2%; margin -44 min; -XOF 1,500.

trace: generated 20 · rejected p_late>0.15×2 · frontier 10 · seed 3511682074 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Blaise Diagne: allow 60–100 min for the road plus 2.5–3 h before an international departure.

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