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Smiling Coast Experience

Visiting The Gambia is a great opportunity to experience Africa, nature, culture and of course the people. It is the smallest country within mainland Africa and is surrounded by Senegal, except for its western coast on the Atlantic Ocean. The Gambia is situated on both sides of the lower reaches of the great Gambia River. Banjul is the Gambian capital and the largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama.

Visiting The Gambia is not like visiting a Western country. Infrastructure is not organised, public transportation is not sceduled. The best and safest way to get around and experience The Gambia is by taxi or private driver. Smiling Coast Tours will show you around by private driver, for a morning, an afternoon, or one or more days. Experience The Gambia with the help of a dependable private driver who knows his country very well is an addition to your holiday. You will find our prices very reasonable and competitive compared to other private drivers.

Showing you the spots

Your tour guide

Bubacarr Manneh is the founder and CEO of the Smiling Coast Foundation & Tours. He graduated in 2022 at the American university in Kanifing, Banjul, with a degree in Human Resources, he has dedicated his career to helping Gambians to achieve their full potential. He takes great pride in his country and his main goal is to educate, aid and support his community which includes food drives, youth programs and scholarship efforts.

Plan Your Vacation

The best way to experience The Gambia is by taxi or private driver. The benefits of having a private driver instead of just taxi transportation is that your private driver will not only bring you to your destination but will guide you along to the best spots, gives you information on what to do and what not to do, wait for you or join you on your adventure and they will advise you where to go and where not to go. The will translate for you and is dedicated to give you the best experience you can possibly have while being on vacation.

On this page you will find a list of excursions. Please note that in some cases the lunch or costs of local guides, for example for nature reserves, are not included.

Some more smiling coast impressions

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