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Trip to Gambia November 2024 (1 Viewer)

cbutler

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I have booked a guided trip to the Gambia from 10th to 17th November 2024.
The itinerary is as follows
Day 0 Flight arrive 20:00 Night Serrekunda
Day 1. Brufut wood Tanji and Kotu Creek. Night Serrekunda
Day 2.Mandinaba,Bonto,and Farasutu forest. Night Serrekunda
Day 3.Tendaba overnight, Barteling track, king west national Park.
Day 4.after breakfast in Tendaba boat trip, after boat trip heading head south bank stop at hot spots, via Senegambia Bridge, stop for another boat trip to the chimpanzees over night at Bansang River Side Lodge.
Day 5.After breakfast in Bansang visit to Adamawa Tuttle Dove, several hot spots African pygmy goose, overnight at Kudan Karkuba Hotel
Day 6.Birding around Kudang northern carmine bee eater etc. Overnight on the coast. Serrekunda.
Day 7 .Kartong and Gunjure forest and flight home 21:00.
The accommodation I have booked is at Badala Park Serrekunda for 3 nights at the start and one night at the end B&B costing £30 per night.
The 3 nights up river are all inclusive the price quoted by the guide is £1175, obviously that will reduce if I am accompanied and I will get a quote from the guide.
I am flying from Manchester with TUI cost £650.
The guide is Ebrima Sibideh who can easily be Googled.
I am looking for just 1 to accompany me as it gets complicate if there are any more on the trip.
The trip will be relaxed as I will be doing photography.
Feel free to message me for any questions
 
I have booked a guided trip to the Gambia from 10th to 17th November 2024.
The itinerary is as follows
Day 0 Flight arrive 20:00 Night Serrekunda
Day 1. Brufut wood Tanji and Kotu Creek. Night Serrekunda
Day 2.Mandinaba,Bonto,and Farasutu forest. Night Serrekunda
Day 3.Tendaba overnight, Barteling track, king west national Park.
Day 4.after breakfast in Tendaba boat trip, after boat trip heading head south bank stop at hot spots, via Senegambia Bridge, stop for another boat trip to the chimpanzees over night at Bansang River Side Lodge.
Day 5.After breakfast in Bansang visit to Adamawa Tuttle Dove, several hot spots African pygmy goose, overnight at Kudan Karkuba Hotel
Day 6.Birding around Kudang northern carmine bee eater etc. Overnight on the coast. Serrekunda.
Day 7 .Kartong and Gunjure forest and flight home 21:00.
The accommodation I have booked is at Badala Park Serrekunda for 3 nights at the start and one night at the end B&B costing £30 per night.
The 3 nights up river are all inclusive the price quoted by the guide is £1175, obviously that will reduce if I am accompanied and I will get a quote from the guide.
I am flying from Manchester with TUI cost £650.
The guide is Ebrima Sibideh who can easily be Googled.
I am looking for just 1 to accompany me as it gets complicate if there are any more on the trip.
The trip will be relaxed as I will be doing photography.
Feel free to message me for any questions
Ebrima is a good guide and he will find you many birds, Serrekunda is a mad place but the people are good. Looking at your itinerary your trip will not be 'relaxed' but I'm old now and cannot keep up. I'm surprised that you could get Northern Carmine, I was not aware that was possible in Gambia.
Anyway I hope you do and you will never forget it, have a great trip and let us know how you get on.
regards
Merlin
 
I'm surprised that you could get Northern Carmine, I was not aware that was possible in Gambia.
The field guide map shows them over the whole country - and I saw some at a grass fire from the bus halfway to Bassé in 1987.
Is it not worth going to the Abuko reserve these days? - used the be The Place.
 
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Ebrima is a good guide and he will find you many birds, Serrekunda is a mad place but the people are good. Looking at your itinerary your trip will not be 'relaxed' but I'm old now and cannot keep up. I'm surprised that you could get Northern Carmine, I was not aware that was possible in Gambia.
Anyway I hope you do and you will never forget it, have a great trip and let us know how you get on.
regards
Merlin
I am also not young (77) when I mean relaxed I mean I won't be hurried.
Good to hear your endorsement of Ebrima, looking at some posts there is a site for Pels Fish Owl. That is top of my list, fingers crossed.
 
I am also not young (77) when I mean relaxed I mean I won't be hurried.
Good to hear your endorsement of Ebrima, looking at some posts there is a site for Pels Fish Owl. That is top of my list, fingers crossed.
cbutler

You have given me some encouragement, Pels Fish Owl would be a great bird.
Good luck with that.

regards
Merlin
 
The field guide map shows them over the whole country - and I saw some at a grass fire from the bus halfway to Bassé in 1987.
Is it not worth going to the Abuko reserve these days? - used the be The Place.
When I was there in 2003, one was being watched, settled and sallying from a bush until a photogropher flushed it, just before I got there. I still haven't seen one though I've seen it's Southern twin.
 

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