Fair Play Gambia
Fair Play Gambia
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Saturday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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The Fula Princess is Gambia’s only live-aboard river cruising pirogue, offering a private charter service on the beautiful River Gambia Private luxury boat charter Friendly, experienced crew Fully licensed, registered and insured Trained chef serving delicious food Sleeps four guests in two double berths inside or on top deck Kayaking, fishing,bird watching,, nature, culture and local life
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Annalisa B
Brussels, Belgium72 contributions
Nov 2023 • Friends
A trip of 24 hours on the River Gambia has completed our visit to the country.
We have navigated downstream from Janjanbureh until the Baboon Islands where we have seen the Chimpanzees, from the boat as you cannot step ashore, to preserve the wilderness of the animals residing there.
We have been accompanied by lots of birds and cocooned by the fantastic crew who has led us there, explained everything, fed us with delicious food, and prepared the boat for the night.
We have navigated downstream from Janjanbureh until the Baboon Islands where we have seen the Chimpanzees, from the boat as you cannot step ashore, to preserve the wilderness of the animals residing there.
We have been accompanied by lots of birds and cocooned by the fantastic crew who has led us there, explained everything, fed us with delicious food, and prepared the boat for the night.
Written 30 November 2023
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Ety F
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Nov 2023 • Friends
Amazing ! So beautiful !
We spend 3 incredible days in the boat with the best crew ever
Yusuf and Modou , both marvelous persons , full of details , delicious food and kindness.
The boat is the best and the river is just a dream , at night you can see all the constellation and millions of shining stars ,
One of the most beautiful trips I have done.
Thank you Dave , Yusuf and Modou.
We spend 3 incredible days in the boat with the best crew ever
Yusuf and Modou , both marvelous persons , full of details , delicious food and kindness.
The boat is the best and the river is just a dream , at night you can see all the constellation and millions of shining stars ,
One of the most beautiful trips I have done.
Thank you Dave , Yusuf and Modou.
Written 24 November 2023
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Pekka P
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Nov 2023 • Solo
Did an amazing adventure with FairPlay Gambia with two days hiking and two days kayaking. Getting up river provided for amazing local hospitality, once-in-a-lifetime experiences exploring local villages, mysterious stone circles, and stunningly beautiful natural landscapes.
David was very helpful in arranging everything and even showing me around the local spots (definitely go to Bendula’s bar!) on my rest day in between. Great chance to meet some real characters!
FairPlay Gambia also source everything from the local communities, providing employment to some great local guides, putting every much needed dalasi into local communities.
If you want a genuine, once-in-a-lifetime adventure with lots heart and soul, this is it!
A big thanks particularly to David and Che!
David was very helpful in arranging everything and even showing me around the local spots (definitely go to Bendula’s bar!) on my rest day in between. Great chance to meet some real characters!
FairPlay Gambia also source everything from the local communities, providing employment to some great local guides, putting every much needed dalasi into local communities.
If you want a genuine, once-in-a-lifetime adventure with lots heart and soul, this is it!
A big thanks particularly to David and Che!
Written 20 November 2023
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Aaron S
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Nov 2023 • Friends
We went to Janjanbureh with 7 friends because we saw the nice website of Dave. Because we are all young we decided to so the kayaking tour. We did not regret it, The full tour is quit long but you see some animals and in the end we had a nice sunset. Also the day before the tour we arrived at late in the nigt and thanks to dave he arranged a nice mael and place to stay. Already one worry less after a long drive from Senegal. I would reccommend everyone this expirience.
Written 10 November 2023
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Jack H
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May 2023 • Solo
I did a 4 night hiking and kayaking tour down the River Gambia with Fair Play and had a fantastic time. Dave (the owner), was extremely helpful, responsive and flexible when it came to planning out the experience and my other guides were friendly, knowledgeable and reliable as well. There is so many options when booking with this company, and given how accommodating and reliable they are, I would not hesitate for a second to recommend them to fellow travellers. A tour with Fair Play is an excellent way to see and experience the real Gambia.
Written 17 July 2023
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Thanks Jack. It was a pleasure. Looking forward to seeing you back one day.
Written 17 July 2023
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Hayley S
14 contributions
Jun 2023 • Friends
We did a group cooking tour with Yusfa. We started at the markets and bought all of the ingredients and then headed back to the chefs compound. We made akara and yassa as we had requested. We had such a great time! The food was delicious. It was a truely authentic experience.
Written 26 June 2023
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Thanks Hayley and thanks to all of you for coming and being such great guests! Delicious yassa. If I'm ever looking for another chef I'll let you know!!
Written 30 June 2023
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2 contributions
Apr 2023
We did a one-night/two-day trip with FairPlay Gambia with our three young kids and had a lovely experience. The crew was kind and accommodating and everyone had fun, including the kids who loved seeing hippos and chimps and swimming in the river! Communications with Dave was also great. We highly recommend it!
Written 24 April 2023
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Thank you very much for your comments! It was a pleasure to have you all onboard. Hope to see you again one day.
Written 21 June 2023
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peter carty
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Mar 2023
The whole experience was a trip of a lifetime. Waking up with the River and sipping tea whilst watching some stunning birds and wildlife was just delightful. Yusapha, lamin and the skipper were good compamany and easy to be on the boat with. Lamin created greta mealas from local market food. Yusapha knew everyone in Janjanbureh we met his mother in the market and he took us into the school to meet staff and pupils. His local knowledge was great and he was able to put it over in an interesting and entertaining way.
David was very helpful and source of great information imparted in his favourite bar. A great project with true local connections to Gambia
David was very helpful and source of great information imparted in his favourite bar. A great project with true local connections to Gambia
Written 15 March 2023
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Thanks very much Peter. Will pass your kind words on to the crew. Best wishes from us all and hope to see you again.
Written 21 June 2023
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Brandon P
3 contributions
Jan 2023
I took a one-night cruise on the boat from Bintang to the Senegambia bridge at New Year's 2023. On the first afternoon we saw lots of dolphins. The dolphins were very playful and really put on a show jumping out of the water. It was so impressive, I didn't know that dolphins did that in the wild!
We also took a mangrove tour in the smaller boat. The upriver mangroves are very peaceful and clean, with lots of African darters as well as various types of cranes. I am not a birding person but even I enjoyed the opportunity to observe an unspoiled habitat like the mangroves.
The crew are consummate professionals. Special recognition goes to Mr Camara, the chef on the boat, who is an absolute wizard. I have no idea how he works his miracles with a shipboard kitchen, but I can say without a doubt that the meals he prepared were the best that I had in Gambia. Absolutely amazing!
We also took a mangrove tour in the smaller boat. The upriver mangroves are very peaceful and clean, with lots of African darters as well as various types of cranes. I am not a birding person but even I enjoyed the opportunity to observe an unspoiled habitat like the mangroves.
The crew are consummate professionals. Special recognition goes to Mr Camara, the chef on the boat, who is an absolute wizard. I have no idea how he works his miracles with a shipboard kitchen, but I can say without a doubt that the meals he prepared were the best that I had in Gambia. Absolutely amazing!
Written 8 February 2023
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Thanks Brandon. Great to have you with us. Looking forward to seeing you back for the next leg to Janjanbureh!
Written 21 June 2023
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Jos V
Amsterdam, The Netherlands1 contribution
Jan 2023
Still looking for an extra wow experience for your Gambia trip; the RiverGambiaNationalPark trip last January with the Fula Princess was ours.
Despite the disclaimer, we saw them all: crocs, hippos, chimps and baboons. Lots of chimpanzees and baboons.
The friendly crew will do everything they can to give you a fantastic trip. The captain brings you as close as possible to everything, the cook prepares delicious meals with fresh vegetables, fruit and in our case fish. And the guide helps you with everything and makes sure you don't miss anything.
Many thanks again to everyone at the Fula Princess and we hope to be back.
Despite the disclaimer, we saw them all: crocs, hippos, chimps and baboons. Lots of chimpanzees and baboons.
The friendly crew will do everything they can to give you a fantastic trip. The captain brings you as close as possible to everything, the cook prepares delicious meals with fresh vegetables, fruit and in our case fish. And the guide helps you with everything and makes sure you don't miss anything.
Many thanks again to everyone at the Fula Princess and we hope to be back.
Written 6 February 2023
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Thanks so much for your kind words. It was great to see you and we look forward to seeing you back. Best wishes until next time.
Written 21 June 2023
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Hamburg, Germany87 contributions
Anyone interested in sharing a trip on the Fula Princess? I booked it for the time 20th to 24th of January 2020. That means I guaranteed the booking of the whole boat to Fairplay Gambia and now I am looking for ppl to share the trip with.
I am 52 years old, from Germany, call myself a seasoned traveller and like to keep it rough and simple while on the road.
As a special there is the Kankurang Festival in Janjanbureh from 17th to 20th of January, Janjanbureh is where the trip starts.
If you are interested, send me a message and you will get the detailed itinary. Cost per person will be 540,-€, I do NOT earn anything in this, it is the price Fairplay Gambia takes for the trip. You can check this independently with them.
Regards, Marcus
JamboHouse
Lamu Island, Kenya941 contributions
Good morning, do you offer boat trips on Gambia River for several nights (not only one or two nights)?. Thank you. ARNOLD
djiggler
Scarborough, UK15 contributions
yes they do! We spent 5 nights but they do trips of different lengths depending on availability
