Places to visit
The following is a brief (i.e., not exhaustive) alphabetical list of all the places of importance (ornithologically speaking) that we reckon you should have visited before completely birding out the Gambia:
- Abuko National Park and the Lamin rice fields
- Bansang and Basse quarries
- Bijilo Forest Park
- Bremen bridge
- Brufut woods
- Camalou corner, Katchakali, Bund road and the Woman’s co-operative fields outside Banjul
- Casamance
- Denton bridge
- Janjangbureh (Georgetown), particularly the river ride around the islands
- Kartung sand mines and Gunjur coastal wetland
- Kaur Wetlands
- Kiang West National Park particularly Bateling track & airfield
- Kotu creek, cycle path, sewage ponds and Fajara golf course
- Mandina Ba
- Marakissa, woodlands, river and dried river pan
- Niokolo-Koba (around the Simenti Hotel)
- North Bank, Barra to Karang and Jinak (Niumi National Park)
- Pirang (shrimp farm and the revered 2,500 years old cotton tree) and Faraba-banta bush track
- Tanji bird reserve (including Paradise Inn)
- Tendaba and Bao-Bolong (fresh water mangroves)
- Tumani Tenda
- Yundum (old by the airport) and Basara Woodland
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