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Before coming to Senegal, I did some research and found that this place existed. Who knew -- a dropzone in this developing country in Africa?!? I called the operating company (in France) in advance and the DZO couldn't give me a straight answer on whether or not they would be having operations in 2011-2012 or when they would start. It turns out that they never came to Senegal this year (probably a good business decision because of the drop in tourists due to this year's small amount of election violence). If you're considering taking your rig to Senegal, be sure to call Wafou (in France) to make sure operations are ongoing in Senegal. Every time I talked to them on the phone they always seemed like fun people.

I got my a license at Skydive Orange and I now jump there on a rather regular basis. The staff are knowledgeable and friendly and the regulars there know how to welcome safe folks into their family. There is room to camp out (in trailers or tents) and loft space available in the winter cold. The Orange family loves to have fun and does it safely -- from the student program to RW organizing to the sunset load (plenty of freefliers, too). This is the closest dropzone to Washington, DC -- lots of jumpers who go to Orange are from the DC area. There are other DZs near by, but people seem to travel to Orange from all over VA and MD. Also, the Super Otter is a GREAT jump plane and Orange also gets other planes for some of its boogies. Orange is lots of fun!