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Casa Mara Guest House

3.0 star property
Travelers can escape to this peaceful retreat for rejuvenating body treatments, enjoy a game of billiards, or simply relax by the inviting pool

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In the heart of the entertainment district, Casa Mara Guest House is your haven. Enjoy a delicious breakfast buffet on the sun-kissed terrace or indulge in rejuvenating spa treatments. With an outdoor pool, restaurant and bar, dry cleaning/laundry services plus free WiFi and helpful concierge services this guesthouse has everything you need.

Reviews

7.8 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Breakfast included
  • Pet friendly
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

Room options

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Courtyard view

Standard Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • Garden view
  • 27 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Tempur-Pedic beds, individually decorated, desk, blackout drapes

Standard Double Room

  • Garden view
  • 27 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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Tempur-Pedic beds, individually decorated, desk, blackout drapes

Superior Single Room

  • Garden view
  • 29 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Superior Double Room | Tempur-Pedic beds, individually decorated, desk, blackout drapes

Superior Double Room

  • Garden view
  • 27 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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Superior Triple Room | Tempur-Pedic beds, individually decorated, desk, blackout drapes

Superior Triple Room

  • Garden view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Sofa Bed

About the neighborhood

Located in Dakar, Casa Mara Guest House is in the entertainment district. Iba Mar Diop Stadium and Monument du Millénaire are local landmarks, and some of the area's activities can be experienced at Nautilus Plongee and Des Almadies Golf Club. Centre Culturel de l'Ambassade de la République Islamique d'Iran and Magic Land are also worth visiting. Visit our Dakar travel guide
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Sicap Amitie 3, Dakar

What's nearby

  • Cheikh Anta Diop University
    15 min walk - 0.8 miles
  • African Remembrance Square
    3 min drive - 1.3 miles
  • Centre Culturel de l'Ambassade de la République Islamique d'Iran
    3 min drive - 1.5 miles
  • Marché Fass
    3 min drive - 1.3 miles
  • HLM Market
    4 min drive - 1.6 miles

Getting around

  • Dakar Station
    22 min drive
  • Blaise Diagne Intl. Airport (DSS)
    59 min drive

Restaurants

  • Planet Kebab
    19 min walk
  • Bazoff
    9 min walk
  • Urbanista
    9 min walk
  • Le Mermoz
    13 min walk
  • Lulu Cafe
    2 min drive

About this property

Casa Mara Guest House

Guesthouse in the entertainment district
Consider a stay at Casa Mara Guest House and take advantage of a free breakfast buffet, a terrace, and a garden. Treat yourself to spa services, such as a facial, a body treatment, or a body wrap. The on-site restaurant offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Free in-room WiFi is available to all guests, along with dry cleaning/laundry services and a bar.
Other perks at this guesthouse include:
  • An outdoor pool along with sun loungers
  • Free self parking
  • A billiards/pool table, smoke-free premises, and a front-desk safe
  • An elevator, tour/ticket assistance, and luggage storage
Room features
All guestrooms are individually decorated, and offer comforts such as air conditioning, in addition to amenities like free WiFi.
More conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Bathrooms with rainfall showers and free toiletries
  • Plasma TVs with satellite channels
  • Wardrobes/closets, daily housekeeping, and electrical adapters/chargers

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired internet
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • 24-hour pool access
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Pool loungers
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Body scrubs
  • Body wraps
  • Facials
  • Manicures/pedicures
  • Massage

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • 1 building
  • Built in 2012
  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Tempur-Pedic mattress

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Plasma TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Limited room service

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Air conditioning
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Electrical adapters
  • Individual decor

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 1:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets stay free

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A tax is imposed by the city: XOF 1100.00 per person, per night

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher

We should mention

24-hour pool access
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Casa Mara Dakar
Casa Mara Guest House
Casa Mara Guest House Dakar
Casa Mara
Casa Mara Guest House Guesthouse Dakar
Casa Mara Guest House Guesthouse
Casa Mara Guest House Dakar
Casa Mara Guest House Guesthouse
Casa Mara Guest House Guesthouse Dakar

Frequently asked questions

Does Casa Mara Guest House have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool. Pool access is available 24 hours a day.

Is Casa Mara Guest House pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property.

How much is parking?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Casa Mara Guest House?

Check-in start time: 1:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight. Late check-in is available during limited hours.

What time is check-out at Casa Mara Guest House?

Check-out is at noon.

Where is Casa Mara Guest House located?

Situated in the entertainment district, this guesthouse is within 2 mi (3 km) of Cheikh Anta Diop University, Centre Culturel de l'Ambassade de la République Islamique d'Iran, and African Remembrance Square. Marché Fass and HLM Market are also within 2 mi (3 km).

Can I cancel my reservation for free and receive a full refund?

Yes, this property offers free cancellation on select room rates, because flexibility matters! Please refer to the property cancellation policy on our site for more details about any exclusions or requirements.

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Reviews

Casa Mara Guest House Reviews

7.8

Good

8.4

Cleanliness

6.4

Location

8.4

Staff & service

7.8

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 19 out of 59 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 25 out of 59 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 59 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 59 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 59 reviews

Reviews

Verified

8/10 Good

Chikako

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice breakfast in a buffet style
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2026
Verified

8/10 Good

Bernadette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
J’ai occupé une jolie chambre mais sans fenêtre. La porte d’entrée est vitrée mais elle donne sur une cour intérieure où les gens prennent le petit déjeuner, travaillent à l’ordinateur ou discutent juste en face de cette porte. Ils peuvent voir ce qui se passe dans la chambre. Il faut donc toujours garder les rideaux fermés. C’est donc une chambre complètement borgne.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Verified

6/10 Okay

david

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

adresse sympathique

L'équipe d'accueil est très sympathique. Le restaurant est délicieux et l'ambiance parfaite. Certaines chambres très jolies, d'autres humides, mal situées près des bureaux et de la réception. La piscine était en travaux lors de notre passage donc pas utilisable. Bon rapport qualité prix si vous avez l'une des jolies chambres.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023
Verified

6/10 Okay

Norbert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Kleines, aber ZU KLEINES Frühstückbuffet (Weißbrot, KEINE Croissants, Marmelade, Nutella, Kuchen, O-Saft, guter Kaffee, hart gekochte Eier, Schinkenwurst, Käse, Kartoffeln und Grünsalat). Gutes Internet, OhneTV
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2022
Verified

8/10 Good

Sacha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort

Un cadre très agréable

Le cadre est très agréable, le bar restaurant propose des produits de qualité. J'aurai toutefois préférer une chambre côté court pour éviter les réveils à 4h dû au coque d'à côté. Problème également de pression d'eau dans la chambre 15. Le matelas n'était pas très confortable également. Mais malgré cela j'y retournerai... Dans une autre chambre.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Isaac

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great room, excellence service and food both breakfast and dinner were great.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022
Verified

6/10 Okay

FRANCK

Douche avant late check out Bruyant
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2022
Verified

8/10 Good

Patricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

agréable et sympathique

Séjour très agréable, hôtel a taille humaine, très accueillant et sympathique, sans prétention petite piscine très bien pour se relaxer en fin de journée restaurant très bon je serai prête à revenir lors de mon prochain déplacement professionnel
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2022
Verified

6/10 Okay

DIODIO

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nous avions reservé 2 chambres au meme prix et avons demandé 
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Roberto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Me ecantó la limpieza y orden en este albergue. Especialmente el canto de pajaros.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Eivind

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Friendly staff and nice place to hang

Staff were all friendly and helpful. The restaurant on the roof is amazing and have a nice selection of Gin in the bar :) the rooms are basic but large.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Ambiance boutique hotel

Un petit hotel à taille humaine qui donne l'impression de dormir dans un jardin à la campagne et pas en plein Dakar. Très bon petit déjeuner simple et fait maison, service aux petits soins.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Riad-like guest house. The room was correct. The staff was extremely helpful, they are caring and service-minded. They supported to find taxis every day of my stay and were ready to help with anything!
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

CATALINA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Casa Mara

everything was perfect and the hotel is really nice
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Philippe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

personnel très dévoué , attentionné à la clientèle

la chambre a besoin d'un sérieux refraichissement la restauration est bonne, petit déjeuner à volonté basique avec parfois quelque bonne surprise
Stayed 10 nights in Mar 2019
Verified

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff shouted at me in front of many guests and diners as they had no experience with expedia pre paid bookings. I was humilliated - Mr Sidaty was genuinely shouting at me that he was going to frogmarch me to ATM while threatening to block me from leaving the hotel in the morning ('you'll see, you'll be late to the airport'). He later conceded but had refused to attempt to read my receipt or to contact the person in charge of pre laid bookings as it was a Sunday and they don't work Sundays... Upon requesting a glass of wine after this crappy experience, and with no other guests eating at this time, Sidaty disappeared into the office and for 15 minutes proceeded to chat with the guard, insisting all the time he was coming. I had to request 4 times to get served. Final straw was that I twice notified of my early departure and was twice told by Mr. Sidaty that a breakfast pack would be ready to go for me in the morning, which unsurprisingly it wasn't.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Fredrik

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Pleasant little hotel

Nice hotel with pleasant atmosphere and friendly staff. Tapas restaurant on top with somewhat uneven quality of food. Not much in the surounding area but taxis a plenty
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Un oasis en ña ciudad

Muy agradable y buen servicio. De felicitar la atención de Marcel. La comida muy buena tb.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Bianka

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

kleines aber schönes Hotel Zimmer sehr sauber

zweckmäßig eingerichtete Zimmer -ausreichend- nur ein kleiner Kühlschrank zum kühlen der Getränke fehlte in unserem Zimmer, bei längerem Aufenthalt wäre dies zweckmäßig Personal TOP sehr freundlich--fast familiär...wir werden dort wir unterkommen
Stayed 9 nights in Mar 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Doudoubite

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

My CasaMara Experience

This hotel was very convenient, and delighted my experience during my stay in Dakar. The staff was very friendly and ready to help with any need that came up. I will definitively recommend the CasaMara hotel to anyone.
Stayed 19 nights in Sep 2017
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Top-Notch Value!

Incredible service and comfort at a wonderful price. I stayed for 18 days and could not have been happier with this guesthouse - especially with the friendly staff. I'll definitely stay here again on future visits to Dakar.
Stayed 18 nights in Jul 2017
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Christine

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Detained and threatened by the owner and staff

We prepaid via the app but when checking out, a staff member insisted we had not paid, despite my email and credit card evidence to the contrary. He refused to check their email for confirmation of payment. Things escalated when the owner turned up and turned violent, trying to wrestle us out of the car, yelling and then his mates turned up on masse and stopped our car from leaving. It was very frightening. They refused to listen to us or check their email. When the office lady turned up, the owner agreed to check his email, to discover we were right all along and tried to apologise and we were released. The hotel itself was lovely but this experience was so frightening, I cannot give them any more than the minimum one star. The incident should have happened and could easily been resolved.
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had a great time. Really loved this hotel. A breath of relief.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

María Teresa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hotel limpio y practico

Hotel céntrico con habitaciones majas y limpias; buen desayuno y posibilidad de comer o cenar a buen precio; personal muy agradable; todo muy recomendable.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Maeve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Le personnel est très accueillant, l'ambiance est chaleureuse et reposante. Je m'y suis sentie comme chez moi et j'y retournerai à coup sûr !