Price: £1995/person
Arrive anytime, today is just an arrival day. We will spend the night in our hotel near the coast.
Overnight in Kololi.
Meals included: None
We spend the next two days not too far from the Capital city. We will visit Abuko Forest Reserve during the day, looking for mambas, forest cobras, lizards and birds. During the night we go to some old plantations to look for mambas, clawed frogs, Nile monitors, green snakes (Philothamnus) and racers (Psammophis sp). We will also have the chance to find chameleons, ball pythons, geckos and other diurnal snakes.
Overnight in Kololi.
Meals Included: Breakfast
For the next two days, we will move towards the Southwest of the country.
We will hire boats at day time to photograph birds, and to look for the Western African Crocodiles, as well as other diurnal animals.
During the night we will herp some ponds and flooded areas to look for frogs, rock pythons, cobras and more snakes. We will have a very good chance seeing forest cobras here.
Overnight near Marakissa.
Meals Included: Breakfast
We stay in the region, but we move to a different location for the following two days. During the day we will go to the coast near Kartong to check wells and look for the endemic Armitage’s skink (Chalcides armitagei), the only endemic vertebrate from Gambia.
During the night we will road cruise and hike for puffadders, Angolan garter snakes (Elapsoidea semiannulata), House snakes (Boaedon fuliginosus), Ball pythons (Python regius), Herald snakes (Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia), Egg-eating snakes (Dasypeltis gansi), Spotted Wolf snakes (Lycophidion albomaculatum) and many other reptiles.
Overnight near Siffoe.
Meals Included: Breakfast
We will have a longer drive today, towards the inland of Senegambia Central, which will be our base for the final two nights.
During the day we will do hikes and try our luck with the Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthemanticus) and other diurnal snakes. Also flipping rocks can be very effective in this area of the Savannah.
During the night we will hike and look in ponds for turtles, snakes and cool frogs like the running frogs (Kassina sp). In this area new discoveries are always possible.
Overnight near Tendaba.
Meals Included: Breakfast
We will drive back to Banjul Airport (3h) where the trip finishes. Please book onwards travel after 13:00.
Meals included: Breakfast
Throughout the holiday we will be staying at hotels, villas and guest houses. All accommodation will be en-suite. Accommodation is usually comfortable, but get more rustic the more central we go.
Prices & Inclusions
30th July to 8th August 2026 – 6 Spots
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Holiday Price: |
£1995/person |
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| Single Supplement | £250/person |
Inclusions
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On this holiday we will discover the reptile and amphibian diversity of this West-African country. There haven’t been a lot of herpetology records or studies made in Gambia before, so the chances to find new country records are quite high.
The holiday takes place during the wet season, therefore periodic torrential rains can be expected. We will do a mix of activities by looking for animals on the fields, do boat trips on the river and road cruise at night.
The Gambia: The Gambia is Africa’s smallest (non-island) country that is dominated by the Gambia River. The country is quite flat and is surrounded by Senegal. The vegetation on the uplands is savanna, but inland and mangrove swamps can also be found along the river. It is a birding hotspot, but the country is also home to mammals, reptiles and amphibians.
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