Bakau
Bakau is a town on the Atlantic coast of Gambia, west of Gambia's capital city of Banjul.
Bakau is a town on the Atlantic coast of Gambia, west of Gambia's capital city of Banjul. It is known for its botanical gardens, its crocodile pool Bakau Kachikally and for the beaches at Cape Point. Bakau is the first major suburb outside Banjul and the most developed town in the Gambia. Close to Bakau and Banjul is Gambia's largest city, Serekunda.
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Worth seeing in and around Bakau
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Independence Stadium
Independence Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bakau, Gambia. It is currently used mostly for football matches, although it is also used for athletics, concerts, political events, trade fairs and national celebrations.
1.8 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Pipeline Mosque
The Pipeline Mosque is the main mosque of Serekunda, The Gambia.
2.9 km · mosque in Gambia · Wikipedia - 03University of the Gambia
The University of The Gambia is a non-profit, co-educational public institution of higher education, emerging as The Gambia's first officially recognized tertiary institution, and fulfilling the longstanding desire to improve the educational landscape. Prior to this critical development, students often emigrated to Senegal or Europe for greater educational opportunities, both costly and rare, especially in the newly independent economy.
2.9 km · public university in Kanifing, The Gambia · Wikipedia - 04Kachikally Museum and Crocodile Pool
The Kachikally crocodile pool is located in the heart of Bakau, Gambia, about 10 miles from the capital Banjul. It is one of three sacred crocodile pools used as sites for fertility rituals.
1.4 km · Museum & Crocodile Pool · Wikipedia - 05American International University West Africa
American International University West Africa is a medical school in Serekunda, The Gambia. Established in January 2011, the university offers medical programs leading to a Doctor of Medicine Degree.
2.5 km · university in Serekunda, The Gambia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bakau
- Airports
- Banjul (BJL), 17 km · Blaise Diagne (DSS), 139 km · Osvaldo Vieira (OXB), 209 km
- Dakar → Bakau158 km · quickest by road, 6h 32m · $24–34
- Bissau → Bakau215 km · quickest by road, 5h 25m · $23–32
- Nouakchott → Bakau518 km · quickest by air, 8h 17m · $290–430
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bakau
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bakau. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundMinibuses and trucks are colourful, but extremely uncomfortable.
From Wikivoyage: Banjul, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Bakau
Bakau is 5 km from Serekunda, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Serekundacity in The Gambia4.4 km
- Kololicity5.2 km
- Greater Banjul Arearegion of the Gambia consisting of the City of Banjul and the Kanifing Municipal Council5 km
- Kanifing Districtdistrict of the Gambia4.2 km
- Kanifinglocal government area of the Gambia4.5 km