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GUINEA-BISSAU
Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau borders Senegal to the north and Guinea to the south-east and the capital city is Bissau.
The Bissagos Islands, also spelled Bijagos are a group of about 88 islands and islets located in the Atlantic Ocean. There is a high diversity of ecosystems: mangroves with intertidal zones, palm forests, dry and semi-dry forests, secondary and degraded forests, coastal savanna, sand banks and aquatic zones. The archipelago was declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1996. The Bijagos are still a traditional people and most of them practice their animist faith and speak their ethnic language, in addition to the Portuguese-African creole spoken by the majority of the citizens of Guinea-Bissau. Sea turtles lay their eggs on some Bijagos islands at night.
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to GUINEA-BISSAU
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to BISSAU
From November to February
Sea Turtles : November - December
children
Bissau city - market
mother and child
mother and child
motorbike is very popular
Bissau city - market
bird
children
bird
Meio island - beach
Meio island - beach
Anguruma island - Baobabs
bird
fishermen
birds
Joao Vieira island - lodge
around Anguruma island - flamingos
Joao Vieira island - lodge
Poilao island - beach
around Anguruma island - flamingos
fisherman
Poilao island - the turtles arrive in November and December on this island to lay their eggs - They leave the trace of their passage
Poilao island - the eggs of the previous year hatch in November and December on this island - The baby turtles run towards the sea trying to avoid the predators that await them
Poilao island - the turtles arrive in November and December on this island to lay their eggs - They leave the trace of their passage
baby sea turtle running to the ocean
The eggs, laid the previous year, hatch and the birds fly over the nests in search of an easy meal. Our guide collected the sea turtles to protect them and give them more chances of survival. They are released near the ocean.
baby sea turtle running to the ocean
Poilao island - the turtles arrive in November and December on this island to lay their eggs
Poilao island - the turtles arrive in November and December on this island to lay their eggs
Poilao island - the turtles arrive in November and December on this island to lay their eggs
Bissagos islands - cows resting at the beach
Orangozinho island - mangrove
Orangozinho island - mangrove and fishermen
Carache island - collection of shellfish by the women of the village
Orango island - house in a village
house in a village
Carache island - houses in a village
house in a village
flamingos taking off
flamingos flying
sunset
sunset
turtles come in November and December to lay their eggs
turtles come in November and December to lay their eggs
Poilao island - arrival
Meio island - landscape
Meio island - sandy beach
Meio island - sandy beach
fishermen
Orango island - village
Bissau - old city - Street view
women
Bissau - old city - Portuguese fortress
young boy
Bissau - old city - Street view
Bissagos Islands - Reparing Fishing net
Bissagos islands - Orango island - Eticoga - the mausoleum of the last Queen of the Bijago, Okinka-Pampa
Bissagos islands - Orango island - Eticoga - the mausoleum of the last Queen of the Bijago, Okinka-Pampa
Bissagos islands - Orango island - Eticoga - the mausoleum of the last Queen of the Bijago, Okinka-Pampa
Bissagos islands - woman bringing wood at home for cooking
Bissagos Islands - collecting shellfish
Bissagos islands - Woman preparing a meal
Bissagos Islands - woman and child
Bissagos Islands - young boy
Bissagos Islands - cathedral
Bissagos Islands - statues in a museum
Bissagos Islands - landscape
Bissagos Islands - young boy
Bissagos Islands - how far are these cities ?
Bissagos Islands - Palm vulture
Bissagos Islands - Heron Goliath
Bissagos Islands - woman collecting shellfish
Bissagos Islands - Egret
Abyssinian Roller
Bissagos Islands - woman
Bissagos Islands - pretty bird
Bissagos Islands - selling food along the road
Bissagos Islands - collecting shellfish
Bissagos Islands - young girl
Bissagos Islands - shop
Bissagos Islands - just caught fresh fish
Bissagos Islands - fresh fish on the grill
Bissagos Islands - turtle
Bissagos Islands - Fish eagle
Bissagos Islands - bird
Bissagos Islands - palm tree roots
Bissagos Islands - baobab
Bissagos Islands - palm vulture
Bissagos Islands - bird
Bissagos Islands - flamingo
Bissagos Islands - making a wooden seat
Bissagos Islands - stork
Bissagos Islands - woman
Bissagos Islands - shop
Bissagos Islands - girl
Bissagos Islands - boy
Bissagos Islands - mothers and children
Bissagos Islands - preparing the rice
Bissagos Islands - boy
Bissagos Islands - boys
Bissagos islands - Women
Bissagos islands - boy
Bissagos islands - Bijagos people are animist - here offerings for their spirits
Bissau city - street view
Bissau city - street view
Bissau city - street view
Bissau city - street view
Bissau city - street view
Bissau city - street view
Bissagos islands - Sacred building for the Bissagos people
Bijagos people still have their own animist "religion" with spirits
Bissagos islands - Sacred building for the Bissagos people
Bissagos islands - Boat Captain
Bissagos islands - Map
Bissagos islands - children in a village
Bissau city - restaurant - menu on the wall
Bissagos islands - Wooden Sculpture in a Museum
Orango island - landscape
Bissagos islands - Vulture with a red head
Bissagos islands - Lapwing bird
Bissagos islands - Jacana
Bissau - old port - wreck
Bissau - old port - cow waiting a ferry ?
Bissau - old port - wreck
Bissau - old city - street view
Bissau - old port - fishing boats
Bissau - old city - street view
Bissau - old city - Portuguese fortress
Bissau - old city - Portuguese Fortress
Bissau - old city - Portuguese Fortress