Gambia holidays offer the chance to combine a taste of Africa with a fantastic beach break. With fascinating lifestyles and landscapes to explore, you’ll be able to bask in warm, sunny weather wherever you go.

It may be Africa’s smallest nation, but Gambia boasts an incredibly varied landscape, including sandy beaches, lush tropical forests, mangrove swamps and wooded savannah, all dominated by the mighty River Gambia.

Most of the touristy beach resorts are on Gambia’s Atlantic coast, including the palm-fringed golden stretches of sand at Kotu, Bakau and Fajara. But, wonderful though these are, it would be a shame to miss out on some of the other unique sights and sounds you can experience on Gambia holidays.

Thanks to its location on a migratory flight path, and large number of different habitats, from salt estuary to woodland, Gambia is truly a bird watcher’ paradise. From plover to kingfisher to heron, from hummingbirds to vultures, you’ll be amazed at the sheer variety of species (300 in all), even if you don’t leave the tourist coast. A specialised tour with a guide will allow you to see and identify even more.