As soon as you drop off the vehicle, your guided shopping experience begins.

The mixture of colours, sounds and tastes might overwhelm you at first, but as you get used to the crowd and the atmosphere, you will be able to start enjoying your shopping venture while getting familiar with the local products, vegetables and fruits you haven't seen before and everything else that Serekunda market offers.

Your guide will lead you through various parts of the city market and make sure you get the best deals for whatever you decide to buy.

Although it seems confusing for first-time visitors, the market area is divided into sections depending on the items of sale. The physical shops are minimarkets stocked up with everything you need in one place – be it rice, oil, matches, cleaning solution, batteries, flip-flops, spices or condensed milk – it is all available in one place, carefully distributed on the shelves, with the skills of the best Tetris player. In front of the shops, vendors with their tiny points of sale, usually on the covered floor or on the plate on the chair or wooden stall, would sell everything from soap, fruits, jewellery and make-up, fake branded watches, phone accessories, car accessories and attaya. Moving around, you will spot baby centre shops, perfume shops, fashion shops, electricity supply shops, and shops selling plastic pans, cups, brooms, baskets and bins. You might spot a bookstore and paper shop, continuing into the whole street of shops with colourful materials.