Gambia ethical lodge holiday
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Basic Information...
Location: Gambia, Gunjur and nearby areas.
Date: 17 - 24 November 2011 or on request. One week.
Group size: From two to twelve people.
Accommodation: Footsteps Eco Lodge.
Price: Contact us for details.
Activities: Bee-keeping, reptile conservation, buggy trips, beach volley, birdwatching, canoeing, educational tours, turtle rescue centre excursion, fishing, relaxing, eating lovely local or European style food...
What will you be doing on this trip?
Travel off the the tourist areas to enjoy a week near a Gambian village, staying at peaceful Footsteps Eco.Lodge. Experience Gunjur and responsible projects. Gunjur is located on the coast about 45 minutes drive from central Gambia and the airport. You will stay at Footsteps Eco-Lodge, a lodge that cares about the local community and surrounding environment. They have taken responsibility thereafter.
Location: Gambia, Gunjur and nearby areas.
Date: 17 - 24 November 2011 or on request. One week.
Group size: From two to twelve people.
Accommodation: Footsteps Eco Lodge.
Price: Contact us for details.
Activities: Bee-keeping, reptile conservation, buggy trips, beach volley, birdwatching, canoeing, educational tours, turtle rescue centre excursion, fishing, relaxing, eating lovely local or European style food...
What will you be doing on this trip?
Travel off the the tourist areas to enjoy a week near a Gambian village, staying at peaceful Footsteps Eco.Lodge. Experience Gunjur and responsible projects. Gunjur is located on the coast about 45 minutes drive from central Gambia and the airport. You will stay at Footsteps Eco-Lodge, a lodge that cares about the local community and surrounding environment. They have taken responsibility thereafter.
The Itinerary...
Day 1: Arrive Gunjur and Footsteps Eco-Lodge.
Pick up from the airport and travel by car to Footsteps Eco lodge.
Day 2: Visit to Gunjur Village
After a breakfast walk into the nearby village of Gunjur with your guide for the day, Sarani.
Day 3: Birdwatching
Spend your entire day with Alex with whom you will visit various locations exploring Gambia’s bird life and nature.
Day 4: Reptile Farm and Gunjur Fishing Village
Visit the Reptile Farm, a charity founded by a Frenchman named Nuru (Luke), to educate local people about the reptiles indigenous to West Africa. In the afternoon visit Gunjur fishing village.
Day 5: Explore Footsteps Eco-Lodge
The entire day will be spent at Footsteps Eco Lodge, you will be taken on a guided information tour around The Lodge.
Day 6: Day at own leisure
Enjoy this day as you please. Go to the beach, go fishing, go exploring the area or simply relax.
Day 7: Nature and Bee Keeping Day
Spend this morning with Badara Bajo founder of the first Turtle rescue centre in The Gambia and visit the local Bolong (water estuary). In the afternoon visit the Gunjur Bee Keeping Association.
Day 8: Departure
This is your last morning. Relax until the departure and travel back home with new memories and knowledge about responsible tourism.
Day 1: Arrive Gunjur and Footsteps Eco-Lodge.
Pick up from the airport and travel by car to Footsteps Eco lodge.
Day 2: Visit to Gunjur Village
After a breakfast walk into the nearby village of Gunjur with your guide for the day, Sarani.
Day 3: Birdwatching
Spend your entire day with Alex with whom you will visit various locations exploring Gambia’s bird life and nature.
Day 4: Reptile Farm and Gunjur Fishing Village
Visit the Reptile Farm, a charity founded by a Frenchman named Nuru (Luke), to educate local people about the reptiles indigenous to West Africa. In the afternoon visit Gunjur fishing village.
Day 5: Explore Footsteps Eco-Lodge
The entire day will be spent at Footsteps Eco Lodge, you will be taken on a guided information tour around The Lodge.
Day 6: Day at own leisure
Enjoy this day as you please. Go to the beach, go fishing, go exploring the area or simply relax.
Day 7: Nature and Bee Keeping Day
Spend this morning with Badara Bajo founder of the first Turtle rescue centre in The Gambia and visit the local Bolong (water estuary). In the afternoon visit the Gunjur Bee Keeping Association.
Day 8: Departure
This is your last morning. Relax until the departure and travel back home with new memories and knowledge about responsible tourism.
"Not only is it a good way to learn about a new country but it is also a great way of meeting new people and to get an experience for a lifetime." - Fredrik Pettersen, Oslo Norway, 2008
The difference...
You will benefit the local community by visiting local projects that create local economic growth; sharing culture and tradition, supporting sustainable solutions to poverty reduction and conserving the environment. In addition you will be staying at an eco-lodge which uses solar power and has a natural filtered pool, greywater filtration system and composting toilets to mention but a few of their initiatives. |  |
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