The Fathala Wildlife Reserve is located 12 kilometres north of the Gambia-Senegal border in Senegal. You will be picked up early in the morning from your hotel and head to Banjul, the capital city where you'll board the ferry to Barra and experience the hustle and bustle with the local people. After approximately one hour cruising on the River Gambia, you reach Barra to continue driving through numerous villages before reaching Amdalaye/Karang, the Gambia-Senegal border for passport formalities.

From there you enter Senegal to drive for approximately 30 minutes to reach the Fathala Park. At Fathala, a 4x4 ex-army truck will be waiting for you to start a 2-hour safari within the park. In the reserve, you can enjoy the natural environment of the bush and get the chance to spot animals as zebras, rhinoceros, giraffes, monkey and many more. After that you can enjoy a nice pizza lunch of your choice and a drink before departing back to the border to catch the ferry to Banjul.

Great guide, good knowledge and experience. Ferry service great on the new ship, old ship not so great and a long wait at security

Felt like the guide just wanted to get back home and all felt very rushed

Having to wait 2 hours for the ferry

We were collected from the hotel at 7 am, breakfast wasn’t served until 7 which TUI would have known. It took 5 hours to reach the safari park where we then started the 2 hour safari. We did see most of the animals in the park and the tour itself was ok. We were then finally given some food - pizza!! We are in The Gambia - why not something slightly more authentic. It then took a further 3 hours to get back to our hotel. We came away from the very long trip feeling like we had wasted a day.

The hotel was lovely the room great food nice. Staff friendly. Trip well worth it especially the safari. AirPort terrible what a shambles people pushing shoving shouting. No organisation at all utter chaos. Why you have to put cases through a scanner before exiting airport is beyond me no one checked them just seemed to be a pointless exercise to cause mayhem. people pushing, pushing in, shouting abuse at people. Just to get cases on and off not a good first impression of Gambia

Guide was very knowledgeable and helpful

Kohokohdat

Lähde 4x4-maastoautoseikkailulle
Näe jännittäviä villieläimiä lähietäisyydeltä
Täydellinen elämys lapsille - saa mielikuvituksen lentoon

Tärkeä tietää

Remember to bring:

It is recommended to bring water, wear sunglasses, sunscreen, a hat, and comfortable shoes
You will need to present a valid passport
Yellow fever vaccine proof is a must

Peruutusehdot

Saat 100% hyvityksen, jos peruutat viimeistään 48 tuntia ennen kuin aktiviteetti alkaa.

Retken hintaan sisältyy

Pääsymaksut
Lounas
Opastettu kierros
Kuljetus ilmastoidulla bussilla
Nouto hotellilta ja kuljetus hotellille

Varausmaksu

Hyviä uutisia! Tähän varaukseen ei kuulu lisämaksuja.

Sijainti

Tapaamispaikka:

Pick-up available from selected hotels in Serrekunda. You'll meet the driver outside the reception area at the scheduled time. The first pick-up will be from Coco Ocean Hotel at 6.25 am followed by the next stops every 5/10 minutes: Holiday Beach Club 6.35 am, Senegambia Beach Hotel 6.35 am, Bamboo Garden Resort 6.45 am, African Princess Beach Hotel 6.50 am, Tamala Beach Resort 6.50 am, Sunset Beach Hotel 7.00 am, Bakotu Hotel 7.00 am, Kombo Beach Resort 7.00 am, Ngala Lodge 7.10 am, Ocean Bay Hotel & Spa 7.15 am, Sunbeach Hotel & Resort 7.15 am.

Retken tarjoaja

Gambia Tours

Miten ihmiset ovat arvioineet elämyksen

4/5

Kaikki arvostelut on vahvistettu

Perustuu 70 arvosteluun

Arviointiluokat

Turvallisuus

5/5

Palvelu

5/5

Henkilökunta

5/5

Hinta-laatusuhde

5/5

Kaikki arviot (70)

5 tähteä (24)

34%

4 tähteä (30)

43%

3 tähteä (12)

17%

2 tähteä (3)

1 tähti (1)

M
Maria and Tony
Matkusti puolison kanssa
23. huhtikuuta 2026
4.2
Iso-Britannia
Great guide, good knowledge and experience. Ferry service great on the new ship, old ship not so great and a long wait at security
L
Liam
Matkusti yksin
18. huhtikuuta 2026
2.2
Iso-Britannia
Felt like the guide just wanted to get back home and all felt very rushed
R
Ry
Matkusti puolison kanssa
22. maaliskuuta 2026
4.6
Iso-Britannia
Having to wait 2 hours for the ferry
S
Sarah
18. helmikuuta 2026
1.8
Iso-Britannia
We were collected from the hotel at 7 am, breakfast wasn’t served until 7 which TUI would have known. It took 5 hours to reach the safari park where we then started the 2 hour safari. We did see most of the animals in the park and the tour itself was ok. We were then finally given some food - pizza!! We are in The Gambia - why not something slightly more authentic. It then took a further 3 hours to get back to our hotel. We came away from the very long trip feeling like we had wasted a day.
S
Suzanne
Matkusti puolison kanssa
16. tammikuuta 2026
5
Iso-Britannia
The hotel was lovely the room great food nice. Staff friendly. Trip well worth it especially the safari. AirPort terrible what a shambles people pushing shoving shouting. No organisation at all utter chaos. Why you have to put cases through a scanner before exiting airport is beyond me no one checked them just seemed to be a pointless exercise to cause mayhem. people pushing, pushing in, shouting abuse at people. Just to get cases on and off not a good first impression of Gambia
J
Jobro62
Matkusti puolison kanssa
10. tammikuuta 2026
5
Iso-Britannia
Guide was very knowledgeable and helpful