Students take part in a variety of cultural excursions in Dakar and other cities and towns in Senegal, including an optional weekend village stay. In the past, students have made trips to Gorée (the historic slave fort), Saint-Louis (for the annual jazz festival), Touba (Senegalese Islamic Holy City), Toubab Dialaw, Lac Rose, and the Women’s Museum (Le museé des femmes), as well as a five-day trip to The Gambia.