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.

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

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

Having to wait 2 hours for the ferry

Guide was very knowledgeable and helpful

Trippers should be made aware that the walk with the lions is extra and should bring money with them, the walk with the lion s just capped of a great experience one I would have not been able to do without the assistance of our tour guide Kamba

Well organised, a must for visitors to Gambia/Senegal. We felt safe. First class guide from Gambia Tours. Nothing too much trouble. Very knowledgeable and helpful. The safari was fabulous. Lunch was pizza-very tasty and fresh. Busy at the border but that’s the country !

Höjdpunkter

Ta en tur off-road med jeep
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Viktig information

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

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I priset ingår

Inträdesavgifter
Lunch
Guidad tur
Transport i luftkonditionerad buss
Hämtning och avlämning på hotell

Bokningsavgift

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Plats

Mötesplats:

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.

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Gambia Tours

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Suzanne
Rest som par
16 januari 2026
5
Storbritannien
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
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Maria and Tony
Rest som par
23 april 2026
4.2
Storbritannien
Great guide, good knowledge and experience. Ferry service great on the new ship, old ship not so great and a long wait at security
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Ry
Rest som par
22 mars 2026
4.6
Storbritannien
Having to wait 2 hours for the ferry
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Jobro62
Rest som par
10 januari 2026
5
Storbritannien
Guide was very knowledgeable and helpful
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Steve Knight
Rest som par
8 november 2025
5
Storbritannien
Trippers should be made aware that the walk with the lions is extra and should bring money with them, the walk with the lion s just capped of a great experience one I would have not been able to do without the assistance of our tour guide Kamba
T
TUI Musement Traveler
4 december 2025
5
Storbritannien
Well organised, a must for visitors to Gambia/Senegal. We felt safe. First class guide from Gambia Tours. Nothing too much trouble. Very knowledgeable and helpful. The safari was fabulous. Lunch was pizza-very tasty and fresh. Busy at the border but that’s the country !