Gambia OVERVIEW
Jutting sharply like a thin skewer into African body, Gambia is a country of an intriguing shape and equally fascinating contents. "Blink and you'll miss it" might be too exaggerated a phrase here, but the country does certainly not top the rank for the biggest on the globe. Its mere 500-by-50-kilometer straw-like body rewards travelers with a delicious cocktail of sunny days, superb surf and kaleidoscopic landscapes, though.
For many holidaymakers the tiny dimensions are just enough to cherish their piece of heaven. The happy bunch includes connoisseurs of high-end resort treatment (steer towards Kololi and Fajara), eager birdwatchers (focus your binoculars in the Bao Bolon Wetland Reserve for the best of the feathery fellows) or simple beach pleasure-seekers (Banjul and countless fishing villages, all have a cozy sun-kissed spot for you). The diversity of landscapes which spectacularly morphs from sandy beaches, verdant tropical forests, muddy swamps and large areas of wooded savannah, is a guarantee of a holiday packed with things to remember. The coasts lure with an idyll of "doing-nothing" whose serenity is disturbed only by fetching yet another exotic smoothie. The breathtaking nature reserves of Kiang West National Park and River Gambia National Park enchant not only the wild-thing lovers and the capital Banjul, stranding on the south side of the magnificent river estuary, promises a fair dose of bustling markets to pracisre your haggling skills and nightlife to break the fun-in-the-sun routine. Should you feel like learning a thing, why not try some dancing to the accompaniment of Gambia's national instrument, the kora, or get a bit ecstatic over a djembé? The possibilities are many in this Kunta Kinte's land, once so popularized by the famed Alex Haley's novel, the Roots.
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