There are 5 ways to get from Dakar to Réunion by bus, plane, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Blaise Diagne International Airport, fly to Gillot Airport
best- Take the bus from Dakar to Dakar AIBDbus
- Fly from Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS) to Gillot Airport (RUN)plane DSS - RUN
25h 18m$613–2,118Bus to Banjul, fly to Gillot Airport
- Take the bus from Dakar to Banjulbus
- Fly from Banjul (BJL) to Gillot Airport (RUN)plane BJL - RUN
2d 7h$1,128–3,138Drive to Nouakchott, fly to Gillot Airport
- Drive from Dakar to Nouakchott (NKC)car
- Fly from Nouakchott (NKC) to Gillot Airport (RUN)plane NKC - RUN
29h 6m$1,067–2,600Bus to Ziguinchor Airport, fly to Gillot Airport
- Take the bus from Terminus Liberté V to Ziguinchorbus
- Fly from Ziguinchor Airport (ZIG) to Gillot Airport (RUN)plane ZIG - RUN
33h 36m$667–2,026Bus to Blaise Diagne International Airport, fly to Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Dakar to Dakar AIBDbus
- Fly from Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS) to Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU)plane DSS - MRU
- Take the bus from Plaine Magnien to Port Louisbus
- Take the carferry from Port Louis to Saint Deniscarferry
2d 17h
Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS) to Gillot Airport (RUN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Dakar to Réunion is to bus and fly which costs $600 - $2,200 and takes 25h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Dakar to Réunion is to bus and fly which takes 25h 18m and costs $600 - $2,200.
The distance between Dakar and Réunion is 8918 km.
It takes approximately 25h 18m to get from Dakar to Réunion, including transfers.
Réunion is 4h ahead of Dakar. It is currently 20:58 in Dakar and 00:58 in Réunion.
There are 970+ hotels available in Réunion.
What companies run services between Dakar, Senegal and Réunion?
There is no direct connection from Dakar to Réunion. However, you can take the bus to Cardinal Hyacinthe Thiandoum, walk to Dakar, take the bus to Dakar AIBD, walk to Blaise-Diagne-Airport-DSS airport, fly to Gillot Airport (RUN), walk to Aéroport Roland Garros, then take the bus to Gare de St-Denis. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Parcelles Assainies, take the bus to Banjul, take the taxi to Banjul (BJL) airport, fly to Gillot Airport (RUN), walk to Aéroport Roland Garros, then take the bus to Gare de St-Denis.
- Website
- air-austral.com
Flights from Blaise Diagne International Airport to Gillot Airport via Istanbul, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Nouakchott to Gillot Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,700
Flights from Nouakchott to Gillot Airport via Istanbul, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Ziguinchor Airport to Gillot Airport via Blaise Diagne International Airport, Dubai, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
- Website
- airmauritius.com
Flights from Banjul to Gillot Airport via Lome, Nairobi, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 51m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,100
Flights from Ziguinchor Airport to Gillot Airport via Blaise Diagne International Airport, Dubai, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
- Website
- corsair.com
Flights from Blaise Diagne International Airport to Gillot Airport via Dubai, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
Flights from Nouakchott to Gillot Airport via Casablanca, Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,500
Flights from Ziguinchor Airport to Gillot Airport via Blaise Diagne International Airport, Dubai, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nouakchott to Gillot Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Nouakchott to Gillot Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,800
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Blaise Diagne International Airport to Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport via Bamako, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
- Website
- frenchbee.com
Flights from Nouakchott to Gillot Airport via Casablanca, Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,300
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Blaise Diagne International Airport to Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Blaise Diagne International Airport to Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport via Abidjan, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Phone
- +221 33 824 10 10
- support@demdikk.sn
- Website
- demdikk.sn
Bus from Dakar to Dakar AIBD
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–11
- Schedules at
- demdikk.sn
- Book at
- booking.demdikk.sn
Bus from Dakar to Banjul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–21
- Schedules at
- demdikk.sn
Bus from Terminus Liberté V to Ziguinchor
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–20
- Schedules at
- demdikk.sn
Bus from Dakar to Dakar AIBD
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–11
- Schedules at
- demdikk.sn
- Book at
- booking.demdikk.sn
- Phone
- +220 7941106
- customerservices@gtsc.gm
- Website
- gtsc.gm
Bus from Dakar to Banjul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–24
- Schedules at
- gtsc.gm
- Phone
- +230 603 8000
- Website
- mauritius-airport.atol.aero
Bus from Plaine Magnien to Port Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–50
- Schedules at
- mauritius-airport.atol.aero
- Phone
- (230) 217 2284
- coraline@mscl.mu
- Website
- mauritiusshipping.net
Car ferry from Port Louis to Saint Denis
- Ave. Duration
- 42h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- mauritiusshipping.net
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