Travel

TWO adventurers are on an African expedition. Ben Mead, 27, and Ben Callaway, 33, from Hailsham, are taking supplies to an 'eco camp' in Gambia. They will help set the camp up and track a route along the Gambia River. The ... [Gambia News]

AND they are off – the two Calderdale families driving 3,500 miles from Halifax, England to The Gambia have hit the road. The Rileys of Norland and the Ellis family of Norton Tower, are making the journey after falling in ... [Gambia News]

Charley is perfectly still as hands are laid gingerly upon him, but it's impossible to escape the nagging fear that stroking a 1.5m Nile crocodile isn't the greatest of plans. More than 100 of his esteemed colleagues are mere metres ... [Gambia News]

Dagain Nyan,Src: Observer ,Gambia Picture : Courtesy of Bijilo Beach Hotel As the tourist season kicks-off, tourists from different parts of Europe continue to storm the " Smiling Coast " of West Africa , The Gambia. Two hundred and eleven tourists (211) from ... [Gambia News]

Flight options to Cape Verde and Gambia from London are being increased by operator Teleticket. From July 10th 2007 Teleticket will offer a new route to Sal Rei, Boa Vista, Cape Verde departing every Tuesday from London Gatwick. ... [Gambia News]

Spanair airline,on wednesday launched its 4 weekly schedule flight to The Gambia at a ceremony held at the Banjul International Airport. The schedule flight is meant to ensure efficient and accessible travelling system between The Gambia and Spain. ... [Gambia News]

The Gambia has won an award for the second best exhibition award in the African region, at the just- concluded International Tourism Exchange (ITB) fair held in Berlin, Germany.According to a press statement issued by the Department of State for ... [Gambia News]

With no electricity, one water tap, 1500 children and only 34 teachers, Soma Lower School is rundown and overcrowded. However, it is about to experience a change for the better with a visit from thirty-two members of the Southampton University ... [Gambia News]

The plans for a five-star hotel at Juffureh in North Bank Region, is indeed a promising gift for the people of the village , the birth place of Kunta Kinte, the warrior Gambian slave, whose descendants shuffled off the shackles ... [Gambia News]

The Mayor of the City of Miami in Florida, United States of America, presented the keys to the City of Miami to the Gambian Secretary of State for Tourism, Angela Bernadette Colley, who is currently in the United States at ... [Gambia News]

T'S not uncommon for school pupils to learn about life in Africa. But it's not every day a group of youngsters from Swindon gets the chance to see what it is actually like for themselves. ... [Gambia News]

Alieu Secka, Chairman of the Gambia Hotel Association (GHA) has said that the beginning of the first quota of the winter season emerge a brilliant start, resulting in overbooking of some hotels in The Gambia. Alieu Secka made this ... [Gambia News]

Picture: Courtesy of Bijilo Beach Hotel, Gambia Preliminary estimates show that the number of tourists expected to visit The Gambia in the 2006/7 winter season will increase to 9.2 per cent, a press release, announcing the return ... [Gambia News]