Our Tours
Experience The Real Gambia
Please note, this list is not exhaustive and simply identifies our most popular trips. New itineraries are constantly being developed and all trips can be adapted and tailor-made to meet individual or group requirements. Please contact Saidou Jallow to discuss your requirements.
Tour costs are available on request after first registering your interest with Saidou Jallow by phone, email or contact form. All our adventure tours feature reliable transportation (by 4×4, minibus or bus) and are accompanied by a driver/mechanic.
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BAOBAB ISLAND -day tour
Pick up from hotel
Brief stop at the brikama early morning vegetables market
Arrival on the island and drink break of local extracts from bush tea,baobab juice etc
Extensive boat trip deep in the mangroves.
Spot wild crocodiles and birds
Visit the women’s vegetables gardens
Lunch and forest walk
€75/pp
SENEGAL- Fathala wildlife Tour
Early morning pick up
Drive to Banjul
Ferry crossing to the north
Drive to the border
Passport stamp
4×4 safari,spot Giraffes, rhino, antelopes, warthog’s, buffalos, zebras etc
Lunch at the border
The journey back to the ferry and to the coast.
Price €89/pp
Lunch,water,soft drinks etc.
SIMPLE GEORGE TOWN - Overnight
Early morning pick up. Banjul ferry
North bank road
Boat trip at the River Gambia National park
Chimps -Baboons- Hippos
Travelling on the north bank only
Overnight in a back to basic camp Janjanbureh
Price € 145pp
SERREKUNDA MARKET/SOUTH GAMBIA
Pick up from hotel at 9am.
Boat Serrekunda market.
See how the local women make the and dye.
See how the Fulani people recycle Coca-Cola can drinks into cooking pots, spoons, forks, irons, etc.
Boat trip in the mangroves.
Off-road drive.
Lunch at Paradise Beach.
Visit the fishing village of Tanji and see all the colourful fishing boats coming to roost.
Price €59/pp.
What’s included?
Lunch,4×4,boat trip guide,driver and soft drinks included
ACCLIMATIZATION TOUR
9am to 15:00
Crocodile Pool
Drink break at Calypso and the Baobab tree restaurant
Brief stop at the Tanbi wetlands
Visit the local women who process the peanuts to make peanut soap etc
Banjul Albert market
Arch 22
€45/pp
COOKING LESSONS
This is an opportunity to cook and taste Gambian dishes
Most popular dishes are
Domoda ( peanut sauce)
Chicken Yassa
Fish /Beef Benechin (fried rice with vegetables)
You go the local market with my wife and do the shopping together.
Cook together at home. Here you are taught how to make Gambian dishes in traditional style.
Price €35/pp
HIDDEN GAMBIA - Overnight (2 DAYS)
Minimum 4 participants
This is a tour that bring you into direct contact with the real Gambia outside the tourist areas. Markets, people,wildlife etc.
DAY 1
Pick up from hotel at 9am.
Boat Serrekunda market.
See how the local women make the and dye.
See how the Fulani people recycle Coca-Cola can drinks into cooking pots, spoons, forks, irons, etc.
Boat trip in the mangroves.
Off-road drive.
Lunch at Paradise Beach.
Visit the fishing village of Tanji and see all the colourful fishing boats coming to roost.
Price €59/pp.
What’s included?
Lunch,4×4,boat trip guide,driver and soft drinks included
DAY 2
Breakfast and Introduction to the day’s activities
Tour of Bansang
Visit the cable pulled ferry
The Bansang market
Tour of George town historical places
The dilapidated slave house built by freed slaves. The Canons etc
Cross to the North bank.
Visit the Stone circles
The weekly Nomads market (only on Mondays)
Lunch at the kauren Hill top restaurant
Cross the bridge to the south Bank and the drive back to the hotel
Price is €149pp . All-inclusive. Meals, guide, transport, accommodation.
What’s not included? Tips and personal expenses.
