Gambia to Fathala Wildlife Park: Rhinos & Giraffes Safari

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Duration6h

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

The moment you realize the guide actually knows where the animals are

You get picked up at your hotel, ferried across the river to Senegal, and driven into Fathala Wildlife Park in a 4WD with a guide who researched animal locations that morning. Expect to see zebras, giraffes, antelopes, and rhinos in their natural habitat, with time for questions about behavior and the ecosystem. Private transport means no other groups, and your passport gets you across the border.

Step-by-step itinerary

Travel and visit Fathala Wildlife Park

Pick up at hotel in Gambia
Travel to ferry port in Banjul
Cross river by ferry
Enter Senegal with passport
Drive to Fathala Wildlife Park
See zebra, giraffes, antelopes, rhinos
Guide explains animals and habitat

The Experience

The ferry crossing from Banjul takes maybe twenty minutes, and you're standing on the deck watching the river widen when it hits you — you're about to leave Gambia entirely. Your guide has already spent the morning tracking where the animals moved, so when you step into the 4WD on the Senegal side and head toward Fathala Wildlife Park, you're not driving blind. That's the thing that separates this from a random drive through the bush. The guide has done the homework.

Once you're in the park, the landscape opens up in a way that doesn't happen from a hotel balcony. Zebras move in small clusters, giraffes bend their necks at angles that seem impossible, and antelopes scatter when the vehicle gets close. Rhinos are there too — solid, unhurried, the kind of animal that makes you understand why people travel thousands of miles to see them. Your guide can explain what you're looking at, why the animals behave the way they do, what the habitat actually supports. It's not just pointing and moving on.

The whole day is private transportation, which means the pace is yours. No waiting for other groups, no schedule that doesn't match what's happening on the ground. You'll need your passport for the border crossing into Senegal — that's non-negotiable — but the guide handles the logistics. The ferry, the vehicle, the route into the park, the timing around where the animals are most active. You just show up at your hotel in Gambia, and from there it's all arranged.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup in Gambia, ferry transport across the river to Senegal, a 4WD vehicle for the drive into Fathala Wildlife Park, and a private guide who has researched animal locations that morning and can answer your questions about behavior and habitat throughout the day.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPets welcomeInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Gambia Excursions

Is this one for you?Right for travelers staying in Gambia who want to see African wildlife without arranging their own transport or border crossing. The full day out — ferry, drive, and park time — is what makes spotting multiple species possible with a guide who knows where they are.