Le Papayer Écolodge

We stayed with Laurent and Fanta at Le Papayer in November 2018. Our stay was incredible! Laurent and his team know the region very well. Laurent and Assan took us on his 4x4 to a incredible day trip to Mlomp and Pointe Saint Georges. This day trip was definitely the highlight of our stay in Casamance. I highly recommend staying with them if you visit Casamance and are interested in getting to know more than just Cape Skirring (there's much more than that to get to know in the region!). Aside from that, Laurent, Fanta and Assan are so kind and interesting to get to know! And Fanta is a great cook! We would not have enjoyed Casamance as we did without their company!

An exotic stay in a green setting. We were lulled by the sound of the waves and the birds. Thanks to the team who took care of us. We felt like home!

In our view a much much more basic place than can be expected for the price: it's a bit run down, we were put in a room without a window / any natural light, not too well maintained, warm water *should* work but in practice you'll have a cold shower...it's not extremely terrible but for the price (and given the presentation) it should be a lot better. Owner is mediocre at best in terms of service. For example, if he doesn't feel like it he won't arrange transport and you're essentially stuck in a pretty remote place. Similarly, when we signaled that our room without natural light is not great, we couldn't move to another room because they were not prepared...but they were available & preparing is not that hard if you're service-oriented. Breakfast very simple without fruits, eggs, or similar which is also more basic than can be expected for the price. If you like to be in a remote place, the location is quite good and beautiful, the beach is right there which is good, but for us the negatives outweigh the positives by a lot. --EDIT-- It seems the owner has even forgotten we were ever there...wish we could do the same!