1 Hidden Destination in Africa

Senegal

Destinations

Île de Fadiouth (Fadiouth Shell Island)

Senegal · Fatick Region

Imagine an entire West African village where the very ground beneath your feet, and even the graves of your ancestors, are made entirely of billions of discarded clam and oyster shells.

For centuries, the Serer people of Fadiouth have built their entire community on an accumulation of shell middens, creating a dazzling white...