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Find any place in Senegal.

Dakar, Thiès, Saint-Louis or Ziguinchor: search a place or a business and N-Ways takes you to the door, in French or English. It knows the TER, the boats to Gorée and Casamance, and where Jakarta moto-taxis may not carry passengers.

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The 3D map of Dakar-Plateau by Place de l’Indépendance, with its banks, the Hôtel de l’Indépendance and the search bar
Welcome to Senegal: the flag, the motto One People, One Goal, One Faith, the capital Dakar and the local time, 8:10 GMT, with balloons in the flag’s colours, near Ziguinchor
By TER from Place de l’Indépendance to Diamniadio: 1 h 15 min, 11 stops on TER Dakar, with the line’s frequencies, last trains and fares by zone
Capital
Dakar
Money
F CFA West African CFA franc
Clock
GMT UTC+0, all year
Drives on the
Right
Language
French Wolof is spoken widely
Dakar–AIBD motorway
2,000 F CFA A car

What works in Senegal

From the Plateau to Casamance, on one map.

N-Ways speaks French when your phone does, menus and voice included, and you can switch to English in Profile. Here's what you get on Senegal's roads, rails and boats.

  • Search by name or Plus Code

    Places, streets and businesses in all 14 regions. A Senegalese postcode covers a whole delivery area, not a door, so search by the name of the place, or type a Plus Code to find any spot.

  • Turn-by-turn, in French or English

    Spoken directions, lane arrows and road signs, with the region you're in shown on the map, like “Dakar · Sénégal”.

  • The TER in Directions

    Choose Train between Dakar and AIBD airport: the way to the station, the ride on TER Dakar with its stops, and the way on.

  • Fair fares in F CFA

    Dakar's taxis have no meter. N-Ways shows what a taxi, clando, Jakarta or bus ride should cost, as a rough guide, and your fuel at Senegal's regulated pump price.

  • Jakarta, where it's allowed

    The Dakar region bans carrying paying passengers on Jakarta motorbikes. N-Ways knows the ban area and tells you when a Jakarta trip would break it, so you drive or take a bus instead.

  • Police, rights and crash alerts

    “Police ahead” from other drivers' reports, OFNAC's free line, 800 000 900, to report a bribe demand, and crash alerts that offer SAMU on 1515, the fire service on 18 and the police on 17.

Main cities

Each of the 14 regions is named after its capital. Search any of them, or a street or business inside.

  • Dakar Dakar
  • Thiès Thiès
  • Touba Diourbel
  • Saint-Louis Saint-Louis
  • Kaolack Kaolack
  • Ziguinchor Ziguinchor
  • Mbour Thiès
  • Tambacounda Tambacounda
  • Kolda Kolda
  • Louga Louga
  • Kédougou Kédougou
  • Matam Matam

Checked 18 October 2026. Sources: SECAA (motorway tolls), CRSE (fuel), La Poste Sénégal (postcodes), Languages of Senegal, SAMU, Ministry of the Interior (17, 18), OFNAC, IANA time zones.

Trains, boats and Jakarta

Not every trip is by car.

Choose Train, Boat or Jakarta in Directions and N-Ways plans the walk to the station or the jetty, the ride, and the way on.

  • TER Dakar: every 8 minutes from Dakar to Diamniadio and every 24 minutes on to AIBD airport, last trains about 22:00. Second class costs 500, 1,000 or 1,500 F CFA by zone, and 3,000 to 4,000 F CFA to the airport.
  • Dakar–Gorée: the shuttle boat leaves about every hour for the 20-minute crossing. Only return fares are published: 1,500 F CFA for Senegalese adults, 2,700 for African residents and 5,200 for other visitors, plus the 500 F CFA Gorée tax.
  • Dakar–Ziguinchor: COSAMA's ships leave Dakar on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 20:00. An armchair costs 15,900 F CFA for a visitor; book on batobi.sn.
  • Jakarta: no paying passengers anywhere in the Dakar region. In the regions, a town ride is usually 200 to 500 F CFA.

Checked 18 October 2026. Sources: Dakaractu (TER to AIBD), Senego (TER fares), Au-Sénégal (Gorée), COSAMA, Mediaactu (Jakarta ban), Senego (fares).

By boat from Place de l’Indépendance to Gorée: 1 h 15 min with the walk to the gare maritime and about 20 minutes on the boat, a life-jacket reminder and the weather at the jetty
Directions by Jakarta from Médina to Place de l’Indépendance in Dakar: No legal Jakarta route, Jakartas are banned in Dakar Region, drive or take a bus; this ban hasn’t been confirmed since 2022, with Route through anyway

Home codes

A home code for every compound, in town and village.

The name of your quartier or village and a short number, unique in the whole country: Ouakam 2512 leads a courier, a taxi or an ambulance to your gate. Codes start provisional and are confirmed by the people who live there.

Open N-Ways at home, tap Get my code, and share it in one tap.

Get my code Read the research paper

For developers: look codes up, find the code at a point or decode them with the home codes API guide. No key is needed.

Host it yourself: every code, the areas, the engine and a ready-made server are open at github.com/n-ways/open-addresses-senegal, free to run on your own servers under their licences (data ODbL 1.0, engine Apache 2.0). Credit when you use it: N-Ways Addressing for Senegal, © N-WAYS LIMITED (nways.ng)

Ouakam 2512OuakamDakar
Ouakam Official name, in small printOUAKAM 2512 · DAKAR as written on plates and forms, with the zone

Borders with Guinea-Bissau and Guinea

Crossing by road, with the papers ready.

N-Ways names the border post in your steps, says whether you stop once or twice, and lists the papers to bring.

  • Mpack–São Domingos on the road from Ziguinchor to Bissau: separate posts, you stop on each side. Since 12 August 2026, buses and taxis no longer run straight through: passengers change at the border.
  • Kalifourou–Sambaïlo on the road from Vélingara to Koundara: separate posts.
  • Bring a passport or ECOWAS travel certificate, a yellow fever card, and for the car its papers and an ECOWAS Brown Card.

Checked 18 October 2026. Sources: O Democrata (Bissau–Ziguinchor transport), ECOWAS Brown Card.

What N-Ways does in Senegal

Every screen here is the real app in Senegal. Swipe through each row.

  • Searching for “pharmacy” in Dakar: Pharmacie medina, Pharmacie l'Emmanuel, Blaise Diagne and more, on the map and in the list

    Find what’s near

    Pharmacies around Dakar, with their opening hours.

  • On foot in Dakar: the last 25 m to the entrance of Marché Sandaga, at street level

    Right to the door

    The last metres on foot, to the entrance of Marché Sandaga.

  • Driving in Dakar: in 220 m, turn right onto Route de la Corniche Ouest, then the roundabout’s 2nd exit; Senegal’s flag on the turn card

    Turn-by-turn in Dakar

    Every turn called with the street’s own name, on Dakar’s roads.

  • Driving in Dakar: the “Pothole, left lane 540 m” banner, a pothole other drivers found ahead

    Potholes, lane by lane

    Know which lane the pothole is in before you reach it, across Dakar.

  • Driving in Dakar: the “Police ahead 690 m” alert under the turn card, from other drivers’ reports

    Police ahead

    Other drivers’ reports warn you before a checkpoint in Dakar.

  • Your rights in Senegal: the country’s emergency numbers (17, 18…) and how to report police misconduct

    Your rights in Senegal

    Senegal’s emergency numbers and where to report misconduct, one tap away.

  • Driving in Dakar, asking by voice “How far to Rufisque”; the answer: Rufisque · 31 km · 31 min

    Ask while you drive

    “How far to Rufisque?” Tap the mic and ask, in English or French.

  • Offline maps in Dakar: “Map area, 14 Oct” downloaded (5 MB), ready to use with no signal

    Maps without data

    Save the Dakar map area once and it works with no signal.

What it fixes for you, free.

The everyday problems of getting around, and what N-Ways does about each. No subscription, no account needed.

  1. “Call me when you reach the junction.”

    Addresses that don’t exist on any map. Search a postcode, a digital address or a landmark, and N-Ways walks you to the door.

    See how
    On foot in Dakar: the last 25 m to the entrance of Marché Sandaga, at street level

  2. Data finished halfway there.

    Save the map for offline use and keep going with no signal. It tidies itself when storage is short.

    See how
    Offline maps in Dakar: “Map area, 14 Oct” downloaded (5 MB), ready to use with no signal

Works with Apple CarPlay.

Connect your iPhone and N-Ways opens on your car’s screen: the same map and voice as on the phone, with big buttons made for driving. A trip you started on the phone carries on in the car.

N-Ways on CarPlay by day: in 320 m, turn onto Ikorodu Road, with the green F266 sign, 2.0 litres of fuel, the Lagos flag and arrival at 8:15N-Ways on CarPlay at night: the same turn card on the dark mapN-Ways on CarPlay: two routes to Ikeja, 22 min via Ikorodu Road or 27 min, with Overview and GoN-Ways on CarPlay: Bad road ahead, in 340 m, for about 570 mN-Ways on CarPlay: search results for Ikeja City MallN-Ways on CarPlay: moving the map, with Done and the back-to-the-car button

The next turn onto Ikorodu Road with its green road sign, fuel for the trip in litres and the arrival time.

The map turns dark when your car switches to night.

Each route’s time and distance before you set off, then Go.

Bad road ahead, in time to slow down.

Places, businesses and postcodes, picked from a list.

Look around, then one tap brings the map back to the car.

Shown on a drive in Lagos.

Turn by turn
The distance, the road’s name and its green sign, and on iOS 18 the lane to be in.
Spoken directions
Through the car’s speakers, turning your music down while it talks.
Warned in time
Potholes, bad road, crashes, traffic lights, tolls and borders ahead. “Still there?” takes one tap.
Find your way there
Places, businesses and addresses, or Home, Work and your recent trips.
Pick your route
Time and distance for each before you go, and a faster way offered on the road.
Report from the wheel
Crash, police, traffic, roadworks, hazard or closure, from six big buttons.

Part of the N-Ways app for iPhone. You need an iPhone and a car with CarPlay.

Also on iPhone, in testing: your next turn, the road sign and your lane on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.

Your trips, your data.

Your trips stay yours

We don’t sell where you go, and ads never get your trip history.

No account needed

Search and drive without signing in. Sign in only to keep places and points on another phone.

Recordings stay on your phone

A checkpoint video is never uploaded unless you choose to back it up.

Delete it all

Remove your account and everything in it at any time. Privacy policy

Building an app for Senegal?

The N-Ways Maps Platform: the maps, address search and routes behind the app, as APIs and SDKs for the web, Android and iOS. Free calls every month, then prices in your own currency.

Get an API key Explore the platform

Your business, on the road to it.

A short billboard shows to drivers heading your way, only when they’re stopped or slow, never near a turn. Pay for the days you choose.

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Questions about N-Ways in Senegal

How do I find an address in Dakar?

A Senegalese postcode covers a whole delivery area, not a door, so search by the name of the place, street or business, or type a Plus Code to find any spot. N-Ways covers all 14 regions, in French or English.

Can N-Ways show me the TER in Dakar?

Yes. Choose Train between Dakar and AIBD airport: the TER runs every 8 minutes from Dakar to Diamniadio and every 24 minutes on to AIBD, with last trains about 22:00. Second class costs 500, 1,000 or 1,500 F CFA by zone, and 3,000 to 4,000 F CFA to the airport.

How much is a taxi in Dakar?

Dakar’s taxis have no meter. N-Ways shows what a taxi, clando, Jakarta or bus ride should cost, as a rough guide, and your fuel at Senegal’s regulated pump price.

Can I take a Jakarta moto-taxi in Dakar?

Not as a paying passenger: the Dakar region bans carrying paying passengers on Jakarta motorbikes, and N-Ways tells you when a Jakarta trip would break the ban. In the regions, a town ride is usually 200 to 500 F CFA.

How do I get to Gorée?

The shuttle boat from Dakar leaves about every hour for the 20-minute crossing. Only return fares are published: 1,500 F CFA for Senegalese adults, 2,700 for African residents and 5,200 for other visitors, plus the 500 F CFA Gorée tax.

Does N-Ways work in Ziguinchor?

Yes, and in every regional capital from Saint-Louis to Kédougou. By sea, COSAMA’s ships leave Dakar for Ziguinchor on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 20:00; an armchair costs 15,900 F CFA for a visitor, booked on batobi.sn.

Is there a free GPS app that works offline in Senegal?

N-Ways is free, and it can save a city for when there’s no signal; maps you stop using tidy themselves away when your phone runs low on space. The map works in your browser at map.nways.ng.

How do I cross Senegal’s southern borders by road?

Mpack–São Domingos, on the road from Ziguinchor to Bissau, has separate posts, and since 12 August 2026 buses and taxis no longer run straight through: passengers change at the border. Kalifourou–Sambaïlo, on the road from Vélingara to Koundara, has separate posts. N-Ways names the post in your steps. Bring a passport or ECOWAS travel certificate, a yellow fever card, and for the car its papers and an ECOWAS Brown Card.

Where are you going in Senegal today?

Type a place or a business. N-Ways does the rest, in French or English.

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