Boston, Massachusetts USA -- Spector Travel of Boston is offering their annual African American Roots and Culture Tour to Senegal and The Gambia. The program is being offered to those who have an interest in exploring their black heritage.

This eight-day tour includes two nights in Banjul, The Gambia and three nights in Dakar, Senegal. In Senegal the tour group will travel by ferryboat to Goree Island’s infamous slave house and in Dakar they will visit Independence Square, the Presidential Palace, the University of Dakar, the handicraft village of Soumbedioune, the Grande Mosquee and the bustling Sandaga and Kermel markets. Travelers will visit Juffureh, a village located in The Gambia that was made famous by Alex Haley’s "Roots".

In Banjul participants will go shopping at the Banjul market for woodcarvings, jewelry and African artifacts and they will be stopping at an orphan village, health center and nursery/primary school, so that passengers will be able to donate clothing, medical and school supplies that they have brought from America.

The cost is only $1,599.00 per person double occupancy, plus tax and includes round trip economy airfare New York to Dakar, 5 nights first-class hotel, 5 breakfasts, sightseeing, transfers, hotel tax and service charge. single rate is $1899.00 per person.

Departure date: 19 November – 26 November 2005

For more information contact:
Spector Travel of Boston, Inc.
Africa Tourism Consultants
Established 1989
www.spectortravel.com
africa@spectortravel.com

Phone: (617) 351-0111 OR
1 800 TRY AFRICA ( 800 879-2374 )
Fax: (617) 351-0110