Pet a rescued animal or stroll through a lush forest to observe monkeys at Abuko Nature Reserve, Gambia's first nature park with a protected status. Established in 1968, this popular tourist destination covers 107 hectares (264 acres), its landscapes ranging from savannahs to evergreen forests. In addition to over 270 bird species, the protected area shelters monkeys, antelopes, squirrels, monitor lizards, porcupines, and cane rats. Other notable residents include the famous Nile crocs and other reptiles, including pythons, green mambas, and forest cobras. Use our Banjul vacation builder to visit Abuko Nature Reserve on your trip to Banjul, and learn what else travelers and our writers recommend seeing nearby.
Abuko Nature Reserve reviews
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If you are staying at a beach resort, the drive to this place is long, bumpy and polluted. Once there the entrance fee isn’t much - but OF COURSE you need a guide. Then they’ll try to rent you...
If you are staying at a beach resort, the drive to this place is long, bumpy and polluted. Once there the entrance fee isn’t much - but OF COURSE you need a guide. Then they’ll try to rent you... more »
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Myself and my partner enjoy nature reserves and also sighting animals and so we believed that this would be the perfect place to visit. We got a taxi there and the taxi driver would wait 2 hours...
Myself and my partner enjoy nature reserves and also sighting animals and so we believed that this would be the perfect place to visit. We got a taxi there and the taxi driver would wait 2 hours... more »
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We visited and we're very disappointed. The crocodile pool is all overgrown which makes it hard to see them. Our guide was good but our only highlight was seeing the hyenas. Needs money spending on it or it will be a forgotten place.
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It’s a pretty impressive place, still a shadow of what it used to be. It has monkeys, crocs, hyenas, snakes etc. A perfect place for birdwatchers and for an afternoon with family. The footpaths are beautiful and impressive art is sold around the hyena cages.
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