Pick up from the airport upon arrival to the Hotel at the coast, birding starts on the way to familiarise yourself with common birds which invariably whets your appetite. With enough time at our disposal, we will be birding around the immediate surroundings. First night stay at Lemon Creek Hotel Bijilo.

Kout Creek and the rice fields, Gunjur Forest, and Kartong wetlands. A few minutes drive to Kotu for a couple of hours where we will have a walkabout along the Nature Trail, rice paddy fields, cycle track, and Golf course. The boat trip will be organized for an hour. Later proceed to Gunjur and Kartong about 47km to Coastline. Driving along the South Gambia road will give us the opportunity to spot a few species like Lizard Buzzard, Black Shouldered Kite, African Golden Oriole, Osprey, Palm-nut Vulture, capuchin Barbler, Green Hylia, Greater Painted Snipe, Grey Headed Kingfisher, white Fronted plover amongst many waders at the Beach, water-holes, scrubs, and the reedbeds.

Early start after breakfast our journey up country begins from the South driving 160 km all the way crossing on the North via Soma and Farafenyi Town a crossing through the Senegambia bridge and overnight stop at Morgan Kunda Lodge, it will take us a long day drive with frequent stops. But during the cause of this journey stops will be made at key sites like Mandinaba rice fields, Farasutu abd Pirang Forest, Kampanti rice, Bamakuno Forest, and kiang West Lower River Region. Expected species on the way are Long Crested eagle Greyish Eagle Owl, African Goshawk, Pygmy Kingfisher, African Scops Owl, Northern White Faced Scops Owl, White Potted Fluftail, Verraux’s Eagle Owl, Bateleur eagle, Martial eagle, Bronze Wing Courser, yellow Penduline Tit, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill and many more.

After breakfast early start again, we will go to the border with Senegal where the visa process will take us half an hour. We will drive 95km to Koalack for a night’s stay. But on the way, we are going to make a series of stops then to the Island of Kausemar where we will see the spectacular view of Swallow-Tailed Kites roosting in their tens of thousands. The site hosts various species like Black Bellied, White Bellied and Savel’s Bustards, and Sudan Golden Sparrow. Little Green Bee-eater and we will have a surprise view of Jackal spotted Heyna.

Now Senegal which is 18 times bigger than the Gambia has a lot to offer we are going to travel wide and sometimes far apart between various spots for special birds. We will start our journey further North heading to Saintluis another sprawling city then we later end up in the Parc De Djoud for an overnight stay. On the way, there will stop at Richard Toll, Tip along the stretch of Touba, Gosas, Roso, and Many key stops. We will expect species like Black srub Robin, Green Winged Pytilia, Cricket Warbler, Stone Carlew, Sennar Penduline Tit, Huroswft, Cream-colored Courser, Greater and Lesser Flamingos, River Prinia, Arabian Bustard, Chesnut Bellied Sand Grouse, Black Crowned Crane, Zebra Waxbill, African Pygmy Goose, Boat trip will be conducted to see more in the river like African Fis Eagle Ducks, Warthogs, Monitor Lizzard, Nile Crocodile and many more.

we still are staying at the Parc De Djoud for another night this will allow us to explore far more key spots in the Park.

early start after breakfast heading toward Podor North most areas close to Mauritania for specific birdS known to be at that very site for many years, Golden nightjar, cream-colored courser, and many more. We will have a night stop at the lodge It will certainly be a long drive too as usual but that will be interrupted by intermittent stops in between key sites.

we will depart earlier after breakfast heading back where we will have an overnight stop at Saint Louis. This will allow us to reach some of the sites left on the way where the Quel Plover is spotted, Bustards, Chestnut Bellied Starling, Blue Nap Mousebird and many more.

early start from Saintluis we will drive slowly towards Kaolack for another night stop over. On the way birding along the sites not visited previously to increase the list. For the fact that Senegal is big wwe can only visit some of the places when returning back

Our last morning in Senegal, after breakfast we will depart for the border at Farafenyi heading further to North Bank Region in The Gambia and overnight stay at Bansang Riverside Lodge on the South Bank. The journey will take another long day of birding. We will stop at Farafenyi Wetland and rice fields for Black Crown Cranes, Red Necked Falcon, Pearl Spotted Owlet, Spotted Thickness, Yellow Crown Bishop, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Western Banded Snake eagle, Sahel and Exclamatory Paradise Whydahs, African Hawk Eagle and many more, still, more of these sites will be visited along the way, Kaur Wetland, N’jaw Water-holes, Wassu Stone Circle Kuntaur Rice Fields then Georgetown commonly known as JanJanbureh.

After Breakfast in the lodge we will be conducting a boat trip in river Gambia and have a forest walk at kunKilling Forest before leaving the Island and heading to Tendaba Camp where we will have a night stop.
The forest host some bird species like Adamawa Turtle Dove, Martial Eagle Stone Patrich, Snowny Crowned Robin-Chat, White Crested Helmet Shrike, Baboons, African Paradise Flycatcher, Red Colobus Monkey, Green Velvet Monkey.
On the way to the Tendaba area, we will make a few stops at Kundang Wetlands and Rice fields for Black Coucal, African Pygymy, Sacred and Glossy Ibis, Carmine Bee-eater, Sarge Warbler, Aquatic warbler Red Throated Bee-eater and many more.

Last but not the list for our birding tour, we are going to have a boat trip after early breakfast along the creeks from river Gambia at Kissi and Tunku Belongs. Birds expected here are white Backed Night Heron, Goliath Heron, White Throated Bee-eater, Yellow Billed Stork, African Fish Eagle, Pel Fishing Owl, African Finfoot and mny more. After a successful boat trip we will now check out and head back to the coast going via Kiang West National Park, Bateling Track, Lower Kiang Interior Road where we will be expcting more species like Scarlet Chested Sunbird, White Shouldered Black Tit, Brown Backed Woodpecker, Grasshopper Buzzard, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Yellow White Eye, Senegal Batis Chesnut Crowned Weaver, Whited Fronted Black Chat, and many more.
Now back at the Hotel conclude our successful 12 days birding tour which will no doubt leave exciting memory of the Gambia Birding Tours.