Gambian Bird Watching Hotel: Bird Watching Holiday in Gambia, West Africa.

The Gambia and Senegal not only provide an ideal introduction to African birding--The Gambia has well over 500 species in a small area (Africas smallest country)--but they are also great places for those birders who have already visited Eastern and Southern Africa and wish to complement their life lists with scores of specialties.

BIRD WATCHING HOLIDAYS IN THE GAMBIA

This area has become known a s a Birdwatcher’s Paradise, with the native Egyptian Plover or Crocodile Bird attracting some of the keenest ornithologists in the world. Even within the grounds of the Seaview Gardens Hotel or our neighbouring hotel there is a variety of species to enjoy all on our doorstep.

There is one bird species every 21.0 km2 with one of the rarest being the Golden Cukoo native to Foni.

The local Bird Watching tour operators below offer local excursions with shuttle services running from Seaview Gardens Hotel. If it is specifically a Bird Watching Holiday you are looking for, then we offer a complete itinerary for the duration of your stay – whether that is 4 days, 1 week, 2 weeks etc.

Your guide will pick you up from the hotel & take you to the best bird watching spots in the area, dependant on what types of birds you are keen to see. There is the option to mix & match for the duration of your stay & all Bird Watching destinations can be decided by you.

Typical costs for a full day’s Bird watching with lunch ranges between £20 & £50 dependant on guide, but a full weeks fishing should cost no more than £200 all-in.

LOCAL BIRD WATCHING TOURS

GAMBIA BIRD WATCHING – Moudou Barry has 11 years experience in ornithology & undertakes trips to Cape Creek, Crocodile Pool, Abuko Nature Reserve, Koto stream amongst others. One of our Recommendations.

BIRDING GAMBIA – will take you around in the hope of showing you a large part of the hundreds of bird species that fly around in The Gambia. To realise this you will have to go into Gambia, although in the coastal area also are about 325 species detectable.

TIJAN THE BIRD MAN – is a very good birder, very good on bird calls/songs, knows all the locations a re-known good companion

DREAMBIRD SAFARI – is run by Gambian guides Lamin & Touray who 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 local villages

BIRDS SPOTTED IN THE GAMBIA INCLUDE...Egyptian Plover, Chestnut-bellied Starling, Blue-bellied Roller, Senegal Parrot, Bearded Barbet, White-spotted Flufftail, Sudan Golden Sparrow, Mali Firefinch, Dybowski's Twinspot, Western Bluebill, the elusive White-crested Tiger Heron, Violet Touraco, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Swamp Flycatcher, Verreaux's Eagle Owl, Stone Partridge, Red-throated Bee-eater and Four-banded Sandgrouse amongst others.