Tour info
We can offer to guide you for 1 day on a birdwatching/ photo event (or part of a day); you can also book a photo hide (photo sessions usually last from 3 hours up to half a day.)
On top of that, we can arrange boat tours on the Gambia River and canoe trips in a wetland south of Brikama.
And of course, we are experienced in guiding birdwatching and photo tours through The Gambia and Senegal.
We can organize 1 week tours (or shorter) up to 2 week tours (but that is on you to decide!). The accommodations we use during a tour are well known places for us. Specially in the interior part of both countries luxury varies from simple to moderate. But, the food is good, you can be sure to have a decent bed, normal toilet and shower, always many birds in the vicinity of the accommodations and you can charge your phone and/or camera batteries.
It is also possible to book a camping based tour. Or partly camping and partly lodge accommodation. We have a number of 2 person tents, with room for extra luggage.
During a tour we can make short hikes (always in a slow pace, because we want to see interesting birds and maybe photograph them).
People who are interested in photographing birds from a short distance we can make very happy. In recent years we have build at least 5 different photo hides through out The Gambia! In our chapter Photo Hides you can obtain more information about the various hides.
Another opportunity to make good pictures of birds is a guided canoe trip. You, as our guest, don’t have to worry about paddling the canoe. That is our job. You are sitting in the front and can focus entirely on birdwatching and/or making pictures.
Our boattrips on the Gambia river are usually open motor boats with experienced skipper.
Last but not least, Burama often cooperates with a small group of qualified and enthousiastic men and women. When we need extra guides ,in case we have a bigger group or several canoes at the same time, they assist us.