Dakar - Post Report Question and Answers
Are local sports classes and/or activities available for kids?
Direct experience with gymnastics, capoeira, multisport outdoor activities at King Fahd, surf camps and lessons. Here's a more comprehensive public google doc on activities: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ya5nU0A2jIbcIx66GseE_LH5BEC7y7XWGhE4hYgZisQ/edit?fbclid=IwAR09s-sr9y5WX9M_yCnp1Pk2g2_dIM1xEEiiNMq6BeoWOzw2IGpC6JVpzEA - Oct 2024
There are a few reputable soccer academies but unfortunately for girls it can be tough as they are predominantly with boys. There is a gymnastics academy here that is well equipped. You can easily find classes in martial arts. Generally the Club Olympique and the French military base offer the widest variety of activities for kids. ISD and Dakar academy also offer after school activities. - Apr 2022
Yes. You can find classes in most sports, as well as horseback riding, ballet and music. - Jul 2020
ISD offers several sports and there are activities available in town, such as horse-backing riding, swimming lessons, etc. - Dec 2019
Yes, yoga, ballet, capoeira, surf, and swimming. - Dec 2018
Yes for kids at the ISD. - Dec 2018
The international school offers soccer, basketball, volleyball, etc. There are local swimming instructors and an equestrian club. One of the local hotels offers a sports class. Dance classes are available, as are karate, tae kwan do, tennis, fencing, and other sports. Senegalese love their sports, and they love kids. - Apr 2016
Soccer, of course. ISD also has swim teams. There are a couple of after-school surf classes. The instructors pick up kids, take them to the beach, and then bring them back. - Aug 2015
The local school has a great swimming team as well as soccer. There are also two adult softball teams at the Embassy that play other teams. The season starts in October and runs through February. It's a wonderful past-time and a great way to meet other expats in Dakar. - Aug 2014
Schools offer sports teams (particularly ISD the American school) where they travel to other countries to complete against other regional schools in swimming, volleyball, soccer, basketball, etc. The French school offers various afterschool activities that run all year long. Surfing, sailing, horseback riding available for kids as well (not school related). Ballet but not modern dance. - Apr 2014
Usually through the school, and there is a soccer club organized by a Brazilian family. - Mar 2012
Limited but you can find them. Soccer is a favourite Senegalese past time. - Aug 2011
Yes - there are programs in soccer and other sports available through the schools and Club Atlantique - generally open to both local and expat kids - Jan 2011
Yes. There are a fair amount of sports and other after-school activities available for kids at ISD. - Feb 2010
Yes - clubs host things for kids - even for non-members and schools. Horseback riding. - Feb 2010
Yes. - Jan 2010
Yes, we played tennis and swam year around. - May 2009
