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Gambia Birdwatching
Tour Operators |
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Lodges
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African
Bird Club
A 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)
such as Abuko Nature Reserve. |
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Avian
Adventures (ATOL bonded company)
They can arrange wildlife holidays
to Gambia for local RSPB
and Wildlife Trust groups, photographic societies or
just groups of friends. The tour is between the 21st
to 28th January 2011. |
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BirdQuest
(ATOL protected)
A classic introduction to
Afro-tropical birding holidays operating from
Lancashire, England. The company's dates are
departure on 2nd December with the trip ending on
16th December 2011. Please note that group size limit for excursions
is set at 12. |
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Birdfinders
A British organisers offering bird
safaris during the winter season in for 10 days
between the 11–25 November 2011, 25 November 9
December 2011 & 16–30 November 2012.
The organised package excursions lasts for 14 nights
& their price includes return flights, accommodation
& trips. |
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Bird
Tours of The Gambia
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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Gambia Experience
A selection of birdwatching tours
from the UK as well as
providing general package tourist vacations
for you to choose from. The birdwatching tours
available are the Malick Suso Tours, Tanji Week,
Plover Week.
Available dates commence from January to
10 April 2011. Numbers are limited so book early to
avoid disappointment.
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Halcyon
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 bird
habitats in Gambia. |
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Limosa Wildlife Holidays
Their ornithological trips to Gambia are two
separate week treks starting
January 2011.
They also have the "Africa's Jewel in the Sun"
trip which is an annual two week separate tours commencing
Tue 25th January - Tue 1st February 2011 and another
commencing on Fri 25th February - Fri 4th
March 2011. 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. |
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Naturetrek
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 and tour dates cover the
periods 28th October 2011 - Tue 8th November 2011. Dates and costs are subject to
confirmation in their next year's brochure which is
out now. |
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Sunbird Tours
The English based tour operator's
travel dates are from 18 November to 25 November
2011. James Lidster is the team leader along with a
local avian enthusiast. The Maximum group size is 14
with 2 leaders. The single room supplement is £100.
Departures will be from London. |
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Willie de
Vries Willaertstr |
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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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Local Specialists: |
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Bax Birding
Tours
Under the expert guidance of Bakary
Manneh he will arrange to take you to the best
locations in The Gambia for birds and other
wildlife. |
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Bird Tours
Gambia
Offering guided trips to Kotu Creek,
Fajara Golf Club, Abuko Nature Reserve, Tanji Bird
Reserve, Brufut Woods, Faraba Bantans Bush Track,
Tujering Woods and up river to Tendaba Camp,
Marakissa River Camp, Pirang Ponds and Rice Fields,
Baobolong Wetland Reserve, Bansang and Georgetown.
Tours into Senegal can be organised to Niokolo Koba
and Fathala Game Park. A standard itinerary lasts
for 12 days. |
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Dreambird
Safaris
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
The page 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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Ebrima Barry
Field trips to Kotu, Banjul,
Pirang, Faraba Banta and Tendaba area. |
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Momodou
Barry - Birdwatching Guide
He offers half and full-day trips or
longer, including transport, and takes you to
various birding trips around the coastal areas such
as Koto Stream, Yundum Airport, Tanji Nature
Reserve, the Faraba Banta Bird Reserve, Brufut
forest, Marakissa, Pirang Fish Ponds, Abuko Nature
Reserve and other inland areas of The Gambia.
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