Aerial Views of Our World Back to the full guide
Kaolack Region · Senegal · Street View

Senegambian stone circles — Street View

Explore Senegal and The Gambia’s stone circles: four UNESCO clusters, carved laterite pillars, burial evidence and practical guidance for visitors.

The Senegambian Stone Circles are spread across a broad stretch of West Africa shared by Senegal and The Gambia. The UNESCO property is serial: it brings together four component groups rather than one continuous archaeological park. Wassu and Kerbatch lie in The Gambia; Wanar and Sine Ngayène are in Senegal. The map pin attached to this Aerial Views record is in the Nioro du Rip area of Kaolack Region, close to the Senegalese Sine Ngayène component. It is a regional locator, not a marker for every circle across both countries.

That distinction matters when planning a journey. UNESCO describes more than 1,000 stone circles and related tumuli in a territory about 100 kilometres wide and 350 kilometres long along the Gambia River. The four inscribed component groups contain 93 circles and associated sites, while the wider megalithic landscape is much larger. A visitor cannot see the whole property in a single stop. The more useful question is which cluster to reach, how local access works, and what the stones can—and cannot—tell us about the people who raised them.

Read the full guide

Where it is: Nioro Du Ri, Senegal · 13.6911115, -15.5225017

Street View nearby