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8 Day itinerary in The Gambia, Africa

Experience Gambia

The Gambia is a small West African country, bounded by Senegal, with a narrow Atlantic coastline. It's known for its diverse ecosystems around the central Gambia River.

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Overview

Physical Difficulty

Easy
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Recommended Age

Everyone

Operated in

English, Spanish

GUIDANCE

Driver as a Guide

starting point

Banjul

trip type

Private

trip attributes

Hiking

Rafting

Rural home stays

Indigenous culture

Snorkeling/Diving

Skiing/Snowboarding

Kayaking

Cycling

Visit markets

Meet local people

Outdoors & Nature

Adventure

Culture & Arts

Start/End

Night

Highlights

1

Join a canoe trip to the mangrove in Makasuto

2

Bike tour to Bintang Bolong , interact with the locals along the road

3

Spot the wildlife on a boat trip to river Gambia national park

4

Visit Kunta Kinteh Island via boat

Itinerary

Mid-Range Accommodation expand_more

Day 1

place Arrival Banjul Airport to Baobab Island

Arrive at Banjul international airport where you meet your Host Tour Gambia adventure. Meeting and some assistance with cash exchange for a start. Start Drive by our 4x4 Expert Driver towards eastern Kombo, Pass by the Main town Brikama, and 7km ahead of Brikama on the south Bank road to Kuloro Village, where we take an off-road toward our eco-lodge Pass-through Tungina a small village formerly located by the river bank by the neck of the Gambia River Overnight Dinner with Camp Fire

Meals: Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Nature Camp
Day 2

place Makasutu By River and Bintang Bolong

After breakfast take a walk around the island for 30 minutes to look at the footprints of our ancestors who inhabited the island 600 years Back. We Join the boat to cruise between the mangrove, spotting Birds and wildlife, ox ester collectors Mainly by women with dugout canoes the boat trip will pass us by Mandinaba, kubuneh, and the Mandina Bolong to Makasutu . Arrive at Makasutu will follow coffee and Tea complement, and Join a canoe trip to the mangrove in a Quiet and tranquil atmosphere of Birds and reptiles. After the boat trip, we take a Forest work with our Guide who will explain the Biodiversity of African forest and its living things, Birds, Mammals, reptiles, and Plants and their uses. Also, we will visit the Palm wine tapper in the Forest, who have their Daily income from the Jungle Juice. Lunch at Makasutu Late Afternoon we take a Bike tour to Bintang Bolong, interact with the locals along the road we meet, you will learn from each other Face to Face. Visit the Riverside, it’s an old Protégés’ Tradepost and Drinks break at Bintang Bolong Camp. After we ride back to our Eco loge for a Dinner Buffet.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Bintang Bolong Lodge
Day 3

place Tendaba Boat Trip to Babolong Wet land Reserve

After breakfast ahead to Tendaba Camp, open arrival, we take a Boat trip to Baobolong wetland, For its special features of refuge for many wild Life and Birds. The Boat trip is very spectacular and it tells you how the river is important and living side by side by the people of the South and North Bank. After the boat trip we have Lunch Break and after lunch adventure Up The river to the Former Colonial island of Georgetown. we cross the Small Ferry to the North and spend the night at Janjanbureh Camp nearby the river.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Camping Sitaba Lodge
Day 4

place River Gambia National Park

Breakfast at Janjanbureh Camp After breakfast, we Join our 3-4 Hour Boat trip start at janjanbureh to Kutaur, which will highlights the Native wildlife in the River Gambia, Hippopotamus (Sea Horse) west African Nile crocodiles, Variety of Birds, Fish Eagles, Rollers , Kingfisher , Flycatchers, Palm-nut , ducks, ibis, Monkeys, Green velvet, Colubus, Baboons and the Chimpanzees in River Gambia National Park. Lunch break at Kairo Garden. At 3 pm we take an evening Boat trip to river Gambia national park for another two Hours Sporting the chimpanzees and wild life evening. After the boat trip, we join our 4x4 Van to Wassu stone circle and local Fulani, Mandinka , Wolof village around beaten tracks as an evening village tour

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Kairoh Garden Kuntaur
Day 5

place Farafenni Market and Jinack Island

We drive back by the north to Farafeni Market and see how the local People toil to Make a day-to-day living by selling local Vegetable markets, we continue our way back and have lunch at Jajari Village at Morgan Kunda lodge. The two main villages of Jinack Kajata and Jinack Niji, are in the north-eastern end of the largely sandy isle, while the international boundary between Gambia and Senegal runs through the northern end of the isle. However, the local Mandinka and Serer inhabitants move freely across the border to Djinack Diatako, a fishing-orientated village across the border, in the Saloum Delta National Park.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6

place Jufureh to Kunta Kinteh Island and Banjul

Early morning working around the Coast of the Atlantic and after breakfast Continue our trip to James island, Visit the Museum to see the records and left Materials from the slave Era. Kunta Kinteh Island is a small island in the Gambia River which joins the Atlantic Ocean. Its location in the middle of the river made it a strategic place to control the waterway. Visited by explorers and merchants in their search for a sea route to India it became one of the first cultural exchange zones between Africa and Europe. By 1456 the Island had been acquired by Portugal from local rulers and the construction of a fort began. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/761/ We take a pirogue boat to the island and see the remains of the island with our Local Guide in the boat. Lunch break at Barra ferry Terminal and cross to Banjul the Capital city of The Gambia.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Lemon Creek Hotel
Day 7

place Paradise Beach

Start 10 am from the hotel to the south of the Gambia, to the border village of Kartong, visit the reptile farm which is education from the Gambia REPTILES, Take a Break at the beach for some hours and evening at 4 pm we stop at Tanji Fishing village to see fishing boats are coming lots of fish. Breakfast at the hotel 10 am from hotel visit the coastal town of Bakau, visit the katchically crocodile pole and the Craft market, lunch break and take a drive back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Lemon Creek Hotel
Day 8

place Departure

Breakfast at the hotel Transfer to the airport for onward flight services End of services.

Meals: Breakfast

What’s Included

Accommodation expand_less

  • Nature Camp
  • Bintang Bolong Lodge
  • Camping Sitaba Lodge
  • Kairoh Garden Kuntaur
  • Lemon Creek Hotel

Meals expand_less

  • Dinner (6)
  • Breakfast (7)
  • Lunch (5)

Transport expand_less

  • Airport pick up and drop off Banjul Airport
  • Boat from Banjul to Makasutu
  • Bike ride from Makasutu to Bintang Bolong
  • Georgetown ferry toJanjanbureh

Activities expand_less

  • Bike ride in Bintang Bolong
  • Boat ride in Bitang Bolong
  • Boat Trip to Babolong Wet land Reserve
  • Boat ride in River Gambia National Park
  • Visit Farafenni Market
  • Explore Kunta Kinteh Island
  • Barra Ferry Crossing

Not Included expand_less

  • International Flights
  • Meals not specified as included
  • Optional Activities
  • Tips for Guides and Drivers

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