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Gambia Birdwatching
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Eco-tourism
Information
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African
Bird Club (ABC) |
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A UK based resource guide for ornithologists
planning on going for birdwatching holidays to
Gambia. On their website they also have additional
help for birdwatchers such as over 40 local contacts
for official bird guides in Banjul, birding hot
spots, species list, Important Bird Areas (IBA's) &
reference book materials. |
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Gambia Experience |
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As well as providing general
package tourist
vacations they also have a selection of options for birdwatching tours
for you to choose from. This includes one where you
can join the UK TV presenter
Chris
Packham
on the
13th February 2009 to Chimpanzee Island. The other
trips are "Tanji Week" (18th January 2009
& 5th April 2009) and "Plover Week" (16th
November 2008 & 8th February 2009).
The company has an Air Travel Organisers' License. |
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Halcyon |
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A UK tours
company who claim to
offer "The Complete Birding Holiday in The Gambia". Your vacation
would consists of accommodation
and 6 full days birding covering a varied
range of habitats. They also have available
visits to the Niokolo Koba National Park in Senegal. |
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Avian
Adventures (ATOL bonded company) |
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Situated at Stourbridge, West Midlands they
offer the option of either a 10 night or 14 night
stay in November 2008 and January 2009 respectively.
They can arrange wildlife holidays for local RSPB
and Wildlife Trust groups, photographic societies or
just groups of friends for whom our scheduled dates
perhaps don’t suit. |
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Limosa Wildlife Holidays |
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Their ornithological trips to Gambia
are a two week trek in November, 2008 and 6 nights
January / February 2009. They are based in North
Norfolk and have available tours on the coastal
areas
exploring savanna, forest and shore staying in
comfortable hotel setting in 20 acres of bird-filled
tropical gardens, an overnight stay upriver, at
Tendaba as well as Mangrove ‘creek-crawl’ by
motorised pirogue in wall-to-wall sunshine spotting
a feast of fabulous feathered friends. |
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Sunbird Tours |
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The English based tour operator's
travel dates are between Friday 5 December to 12
December, 2008 and Friday 30 January to Friday 6
February 2009 and Friday 4 December to Friday 11
December 2009. James Lidster is the team leader
along with a local avian enthusiast. The Maximum group size is
14 with 2 leaders and the single room supplement is
£40. Departures will be from London. Phone +44
(0)1767 262522 for availability. |
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BirdQuest
(ATOL protected) |
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A classic introduction to
Afro-tropical birding holidays operating from Lancashire, England.
The company's departures take place in January of
2009 and
2010 with the group size limit for excursions
set at 12. |
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Birdfinders |
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A British
organiser offering bird safaris during the winter
season in the month of November 2008 up to 2009.
The organised package excursions lasts for 14 nights
and their price includes return flights,
accommodation and trips. |
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Bird
Tours of The Gambia |
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Homepage of a locally
based tour guide named Junkung Jadama
offering trips
to many birdwatching locations. His website also
features an extensive
pictures gallery of
around 50 species
with there common name. |
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Birds of The Gambia & Firefinch Adventures |
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These 2 week adventure
tours from the USA
also include a Senegal (Sahel) extension and are
lead by the experienced team leaders Clive Barlow
and Andy Lamy. Places to visit include among others
Tanji, Tendaba, Georgetown, Basse, Brufut Woods,
Banjul, Kotu Creek and Saint Louis. The site also includes a
photos, streaming
videos of birds,
& useful links. |
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Naturetrek |
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A UK
based bird tours operator taking you on a 12-day safari
holiday
to interesting localities along the course of
the River Gambia. Their itinerary dates cover the
periods 7th Nov - 18th Nov
2008 and 6th Nov - 17th Nov
2009. |
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Willie de
Vries Willaertstr [Netherlands] |
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A Netherlands based company which
provides two weeks or one-week trips. It gives you
the opportunity to visit the best locations where
you can see numerous species of birds. Visit Bijol
Island which is an unique Island in the Gambia where
Herons, Terns and Gulls breed and where you can spot
Kelp Gulls, White-fronted Plover, and sometimes
Pomarine Skua, Audouin’s Gull and the British storm
petrel. |
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BirdLife
International
and
Field Guides |
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Large number of websites & related resources for the 'Smiling Coast
of West Africa'. |
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Local Specialists: |
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Alex Tours |
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Locally owned and operated and helps
to supports the local economy. Excursions include
coastal, forest, neighbourhood, up-river. Tourist
funds helps to support
a nursery school of over 300. |
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Dreambird
Safaris |
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DreamBird Safaris is run by a couple
of Gambian guides (Lamin & Touray) who aim to
offer a wide variety of expeditions with the aim of
showing you some of the ornithological delights, a
wide scope of natural habitats as well as giving you
the chance to meet people in the villages in this "Jewel of the African Sun". |
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Laibo Manneh |
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The website of an experienced local
guide who with his team offer trips to Bijol
Islands' Coastal Dune Scrub Woodland, Madiyana
Waterways, Pirang, Bonto Woods, Farababantang Bush
Track, Camaloo Corner, Batokunkun Bush Track as well
as other ornithological sites. |
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Momodou
Barry - Birdwatching Guide |
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He offers half and full-day trips or
longer, including transport, and takes you to
various birding trips around the coastal areas and
inland.
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