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Gambia Birding Tours
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 25 reviews
 by Gordon Starkebaum
Great Gambia Birding
Which tour would you recommend?: anyone

This is a great bird-guiding company! My wife was in The Gambia to work on a Rotary International project so we chose to bird from our home hotel in Banjul. I chose Gambia Birding Tours based in large part on the website: I was not disappointed. We spent 3 full days with Jammeh Yankuba and we were totally impressed. Not only is Jammeh an expert birder and photographer, he is a thoughtful guide, making sure we could see the birds he spotted and that I got great photos. When needed, he would play the bird songs to attract curious birds. We really enjoyed the canoe trip in the mangroves: he patiently followed a gorgeous Malachite Kingfisher until it posed in perfect range of my lens. In our 3 days we saw a great range of habitat and bird species; I counted at least 60 new life birds. We have birded in Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Argentina and the birding with Gambia Birding Tours is clearly in the league of those birding tours. I highly recommend them!

 by Danny Rumble
Outstanding
Which tour would you recommend?: 10 or more

Very appreciative of Yankuba and the gents that I joined on a 10 tour Feb/March. The birds and wildlife exceeded all expectations. After the set tour was finished, Yankuba put together a plan to go after some wanted targets during the extra days that I had left, and he once again exceeded what I thought was possible during that time. Thank you once again for an amazing trip.
Danny

 by Guillem Arrufat
Nov-dec 11-day tour
Which tour would you recommend?: All

We traveled to Gambia as a group of four at the end of November and beginning of December for an 11-day tour. Before our arrival, Yankuba kept in touch with us and organized the route. Although we couldn't do the tour with him, we were guided by another excellent guide named Madi Faye, who treated us wonderfully, and we thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Our driver, David, was also outstanding. Gambia is a fantastic destination for birdwatching and for other interesting fauna and flora, and we were able to enjoy it to the fullest with the help of Madi and David, as well as the great organization provided by Yankuba. Highly recommended!

 by Jordi Jofre
Our trip
Which tour would you recommend?: 10 days

In late February and early March 2025 we did a 10 day trip with Yankuba. We really enjoyed our time in the Gambia. The country is great and so are the birds. Yankuba prepared a fantastic itinerary to visit the different habitats in the country and we got 280 species!!! Yankuba is a great guide both at finding birds and at sorting out the logistic details. Recommend it 100%

Jordi and Juan

 by Zoe Taylor
Fabulous
Which tour would you recommend?: Chimpanzee & bird tour

Just got home from our unfortetable trip to the Gambia. We had an incredible 4 day trip. We saw 155 species of birds, Chimpazees, crocodiles and hippos. Our guide Madi was briliant so knowledgable and friendly he went above and beyond to make our trip really special. Even writting out all the species that we saw on our trip. If you love wildlife you will love a trip with gambia birding tours. Thank you for a fabulous tour Madi

 by Bart & George
10 days birding & photo tour
Which tour would you recommend?: All tours

In February we booked a 10-day trip with Yankuba. Everything was well arranged and during the tour there was good consultation to fine-tune our wishes. Because we like to take photographs, it was nice that Yankuba thought along about lighting, for example.
In addition to more than 220 bird species, we also saw many other animals, including 5 species of monkeys. It was also very special that together we discovered a new species for Gambia, the Amur Falcon, a very cool experience. We can definitely recommend a tour with Yankuba and hope to come back again ourselves!

 by Marina
Amazing days birdwatching
Which tour would you recommend?: Birding

I booked two days tour myself alone, and I am very satisfied with my choice, as I had a nice guide, with a lot of birds knowledge, very kind and very commited to show me the species I liked the most. Also I appreciate a lot Yankuba's help to arrange my accomodation, etc. I would recommend it a lot!

 by Theo
Good guidance
Which tour would you recommend?: every tour

We had 4 days with Jankubah and enjoyed his expertise in finding the wanted birds. He has great knowledge of the wildlife in the Gambia and were to find the birds.

 by Cynthia
Absolutely fantastic trip!
Which tour would you recommend?: 10 days Gambia Tour

November 2024

I planned this trip with Yankuba nearly a year ago. He answered all of my questions, planned absolutely everything for me, organized the best days possible of this unforgettable trip!

Yankuba and Kaddy are lovely! They go above and beyond to make sure your trip is a success whether you are a birder or a photographer!
They know the best places, they spot the birds at the speed of light, no matter how small they are 🙂

Yankuba took us to the chimpanzees tour and this was a very emotional moment for me! I had been dreaming about this for most of my life and he made sure I had an amazing time.

I can't thank Kaddy enough for her kindness, she took great care of us. She's Santa's little helper 🙂 this team is simply perfect.

I came back home with lots of stars in my eyes, lots of memories to cherish and the wish to return to this beautiful place.

Do not hesitate to contact Yankuba, he'll tailor a program just for you.

THANK YOU for everything! 🙂

 by Bart
Yankuba is your go to for a great tour
Which tour would you recommend?: BIRDS AND CHIMPANZEE TOUR

In March 2024 we went on the "BIRDS AND CHIMPANZEE TOUR" with Yankuba.

Yankuba is a real birder, he really knows his birds and mammals and will go above and beyond for his customers.

Yankuba makes sure he knows your wishes and will go to live up to them. When you are a hardcore birder Yankuba will show you everything Gambia and Senegal has to offer you. If you want a bit of birding and some sightseeing he has no problem changing the program and take you there where you want to go.

We had 2 lovely days where we got to see over a minimum of 80 species of birds (probably even way more, but this is wat i know for sure by the book) i was able to take photos over more than 50 species and the highlight of the trip for us was a great boattrip with an amazing sighting of the chimpansees.

In the we can say we had 2 great days with Yankuba and his driver who brought us save around the Gambia.

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