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Kololi

Posted by: travelhouseuk on: October 6, 2008

The longest-established of the resorts fringing The Gambia’s sun-bleached Atlantic coastline, Kololi is a mixed bag of dignified, low-rise hotels and rustic guesthouses jumbled together with tourist-trap restaurants and brash nightspots. The quarter known as the Senegambia area, a development hotspot, is the hub of The Gambia’s mainstream tourist industry; in peak season its main [...]

Banjul

Posted by: travelhouseuk on: October 4, 2008

The Gambian capital is a low-key city with a distinctively tropical flavour. Situated right at the mouth of the River Gambia, it was settled by the 19th century colonial British; from this strategic base they controlled the lucrative river trade. Today, the everyday activity around Banjul’s intercontinental port is as frenetic as ever, and the [...]


 

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