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Gambia Birdwatching
Tour Operators |
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Eco-tourism
Information
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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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African
Bird Club (ABC)
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) &
reference book materials. |
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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 for whom their scheduled dates
perhaps don’t suit. |
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Limosa Wildlife Holidays
Their ornithological trips to Gambia
are two separate week treks starting Tuesday 26th
January and the second starting 27th February 2010.
They also have the "Quest for the Crocodile Bird"
which is an annual two week tour commencing Friday
13th to Friday 27th November 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. |
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Sunbird Tours
The English based tour operator's
travel dates are between Friday 11 December to
Friday 18 December 2009, Friday 29 January to Friday
5 February 2010 and Friday 10 December to Friday 17
December 2010. 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
£40. Departures will be from London. Phone +44
(0)1767 262522 for availability. |
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BirdQuest
(ATOL protected)
A classic introduction to
Afro-tropical birding holidays operating from
Lancashire, England. The company's departures take
place on the 12th January and returning on
Tuesday 26th January
2010. Please note that group size limit for excursions
is set at 12. |
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Birdfinders
A British organiser offering bird
safaris during the winter season in the months of
November and December 2009 and 2010.
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
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 as well as
providing general package tourist vacations
for you to choose from. You
can join the UK TV presenter
Chris
Packham for 3 days from the 12th February 2010 with
an optional 3 days at Makasutu Forest. The other
trips are "Tanji Week" (17th January and
28th March 2010) and "Plover Week" (15th
November 2009 and 7th February 2010). Finally you
can choose to visit Senegal's Saloum Delta National
Park.
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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 Friday 6th November to Tuesday 17th November
2009. All 2010 dates and costs are subject to
confirmation in their next year's brochure which is
out now. |
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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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Links: |
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BirdLife
International with
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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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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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 parts of The Gambia.
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