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Why Travel Should Be for Everyone – Babacar’s Mission for Inclusion in Senegal

  • Writer: Malia
    Malia
  • 5 days ago
  • 3 min read

Updated: 4 days ago

Inclusive travel in Senegal:

Blabacartours guide assisting elderly woman in a wheelchair into accessible tour van – inclusive travel service in Senegal
Blabacartours

Discover how Babacar, founder of Blabacartours, creates accessible, human-centered tours – with dignity and care.

Not everyone walks the same path.And not everyone can walk it at all.

But Babacar believes that everyone deserves a way forward. A seat in the vehicle. A place at the table. A view of the ocean.

He’s the kind of man who notices before you speak.Who slows the pace before you even ask.


A Different Kind of Guide

Babacar isn’t just a guide.He’s a quiet force. One who makes space – literally and emotionally – for those who are often left out.

From travelers with physical disabilities to older guests who move a little slower, his tours

Babacar Diagne   Founder of Blabacartours

are designed not to impress, but to include.

What makes it special is not the perfect route or the polished vehicle.It’s the feeling that you

matter here.


What Inclusion Looks Like on the Road

Every tour is adapted with care – not just to show the sights, but to honour the people seeing them.


✅ Transport

  • Accessible vehicles with ramps or low steps

  • Safe, calm entry and support

  • Space for mobility aids without stress


✅ Accommodation

  • Partner hotels with accessible rooms

  • Supportive staff who understand real needs

  • Step-free pathways and simple comforts


✅ Pacing

  • Flexible schedules

  • Unhurried itineraries

  • Options for extra breaks or private moments


✅ Presence

  • A guide who looks after you, without looking down on you

  • Who knows when to step in – and when to give space

  • Who never makes you feel like the reason something is complicated


What People Say

“I thought this would be a trip with limits.It turned out to be a trip with freedom.”– Guest from France, wheelchair user
“He didn’t make me feel fragile.He made me feel seen.”– Guest from Italy, post-surgery traveler

Inclusion Is Not a Feature – It’s a Philosophy

There are no badges on Babacar’s shirt.No labels on the door.But there is dignity in the way he opens the car.There is respect in every slow step he takes beside someone.

The kind that doesn’t need to be said out loud.Because it’s felt.


A Note from the Road

There’s a moment that stays with anyone who’s watched Babacar work:

A woman in her sixties, a stroke survivor, is helped into the van.Not with pity. Not with fanfare.Just with a gentle hand and a steady rhythm.

Later, she says, “This was the first time I felt like a tourist again – not a patient.”

That’s what makes these tours different.Not the destinations – but the ways people arrive there.


Travel as a Human Right

Inclusion isn’t about special treatment.It’s about equal joy.

It’s about someone with a cane walking slowly to the edge of Lac Rose – and smiling, because no one rushed them.It’s about having time to breathe in the desert air.It’s about belonging, wherever your body, mind or story may be.


For Those Who Thought It Wasn’t Possible

If you've ever been told "This trip isn’t for you" – maybe now it is.

If someone you love wants to see Senegal but hesitates – this might be the time.

Accessible travel doesn’t have to mean less adventure.It just means more thought, more care, and the kind of guide who makes you forget you ever worried.






Certified guide. Real experiences. Everyone welcome.

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