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The day starts with an early pickup from the hotels taking us to Banjul to catch up with the ferry. A 35-minute ferry crossing takes us to the north bank of the River Gambia at Barra. Our first visit will be at Fort Bullen which was established by the British in 1823 for the abolition of the Slave Trade. There will be a guided tour within the fort premises and the guide will point out the strategic location of the fort and how it played an important role during the abolition of the slave trade.
Few minutes of driving takes us to Jerreh camp situated in the dense forest of Niumi, in the north bank region of the mouth of River Gambia. Upon arrival at the camp, we will be welcomed with local juice and a brief rundown of the day program will be outlined. The visit of the site gives us a chance to visit a black smith which is an iconic image of their village setting. The guide will explain the role the black smith plays in the community like making farming tools, domestic and kitchen utensils and jewelries. Visits will be made to the typical traditional village setting of mud houses and thatched huts, where today’s technology like laptops etc. means little.
Our visit of the village will be extended to the Palm wine and oil processing center. We will observe the processing of the palm fruit to a delicious Palm oil. This is a source of living for people that engage in this process and we will experience the demonstration of how they extract the palm oil from the palm kernels. The most popular vegetable oil, palm oil is used for food products, detergents, cosmetics and increasingly biofuel. A taste of the jungle juice or Palm wine will be experienced before proceeding to meet the Balanta Tribe.
This tribe symbolize the original village setting of mediaeval times, enjoys their livelihood for pig breeding and farming method. There will be a quick tour of their pig and chicken farms before driving back to the camp for lunch. Our final stop will be a family visit within the village; the visit can be made during the Safari.
A 20 to 30 minutes boat trip will take us on the river in search for dolphins. There is a great possibility of viewing dolphins but this is not guaranteed.
Return to the ferry at Barra to cruise back to Banjul and to the respective hotels.
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Gambian Home Cooking centre will give you the opportunity to spend the day in true Gambian style and learn how to cook a typical Gambian meal. After a short drive we will arrive at the “Ya Boye” home cooking centre were our host will welcome us and gives us a short orientation of the program of the day. A short drive later on will take us to Tanji Market were we collect our local products which we will use for our dish of the day, from the market we return back to the centre to take part in the making of the food from stage to stage.
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I would like to thank Gambia Tours for their great hospitality and service especially as a woman who customized a private trip alone to Senegal from The Gambia by road. Both the driver Abdulie and guide Pa makan were very respectful, flexible, friendly, knowledgeable, welcoming and took good care of my safety. They both made sure i had a great time and that i was satisfied with everything that i wanted to see and do. I enjoyed listening to all the historical and geographical knowledge Pa makan had to share and i learnt a lot from his life experiences. The hotels and transportation provided by Gambia Tours were also great and i would choose them again next time for sure
We had a great trip on your Roots tour. It was very well organised and extremely interesting. Our tour guide Zac was very knowledgeable and looked after us very well. We appreciated the refund you gave to our daughter and granddaughter as they were unable to continue with the tour. It was much appreciated and we shall certainly recommend you to other travellers.
Hello, We stayed at the Kairaba Hotel from 20-27 January and took the Roots Tour with you booked via Thomas Cook. I want to thank you for an excellent day out and in particular our appreciation for your Guide Baba.He was excellent and very knowledgeable and made the day very special. Please pass on our thanks to him & Gambia Tours.
Hi there just to say thanks for making my visit great once again. Truck tour and lazy day cruise were spot on and your guides excellent. Look forward to my next visit as soon as possible.
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We chose our holiday to Gambia with Gambia Tours. The service was great. The vehicles are air conditioned, and clean and up to date. My wife and I went on an excursion called Lazy Day Cruise; this was such a relaxing day. Thank you Gambia Tours for such a great holiday. See you soon
Our vacation was great! Senegambia hotel was very good, the food was great and the weather was great. All of the transfers and vouchers were no problem at all. The trip was absolutely seamless. All Gambia Tours services were excellent as well. I would recommend your services to anyone. Hope to return someday, perhaps when something special is offered. Thanks again for your help. I appreciated your quick responses to my questions before the trip. It was great having no "surprises". (Stayed in from December 7th to 14th, 2012)
