The Gambia is the easiest place in West Africa to start birding, and its neighbours add very different birds. Yaya plans each trip around what you most want to see, from a single country to a combined tour.
Your home base
Easy, high-yield birding on the coast and along the river, with kingfishers, bee-eaters and sunbirds reachable in a day from your hotel. Every one of Yaya's tours starts here.
Extend by road
Surrounds The Gambia on three sides and adds Sahelian birds, the Saloum Delta, Djoudj's waterbird spectacle and the Egyptian Plover site at Wassadou. Two of Yaya's tours already cross the border.
A rainforest extension
Upper Guinea rainforest birds that don't occur in The Gambia, headlined by the White-necked Rockfowl. Best as a stand-alone extension after your Gambia trip.
Yaya's existing cross-border tours, each pairing the Gambian coast and river with a different part of Senegal.
A fully guided private birding tour combining the best of coastal and inland Gambia with the forests, wetlands and wildlife-rich landscapes of Eastern Senegal, including Niokolo-Koba National Park. Designed for serious birders seeking Gambian specialities, Sahelian species, woodland birds and waterbirds, at a comfortable and enjoyable pace.
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A comprehensive birding, wildlife and nature tour combining the finest habitats of The Gambia with Northern Senegal's Saloum Delta — coastal wetlands, mangroves, woodland, rice fields, savannah and riverine forest, plus a boat excursion to the Scissor-tailed Kite colony at Kousmar.
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