Kanifing
Kanifing is a municipality, local government area and district in the Gambia.
Kanifing is a municipality, local government area and district in the Gambia. It is part of the Greater Banjul Area, to the west of Banjul, and is governed by Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC).
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Worth seeing in and around Kanifing
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.
2.4 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Pipeline Mosque
The Pipeline Mosque is the main mosque of Serekunda, The Gambia.
1.8 km · mosque in Gambia · Wikipedia - 03Kachikally 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.
3.2 km · Museum & Crocodile Pool · Wikipedia - 04University 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.
1.8 km · public university in Kanifing, The Gambia · 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.
1.8 km · university in Serekunda, The Gambia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kanifing
- Airports
- Banjul (BJL), 12 km · Blaise Diagne (DSS), 143 km · Osvaldo Vieira (OXB), 205 km
- Dakar → Kanifing162 km · quickest by road, 6h 27m · $24–33
- Bissau → Kanifing211 km · quickest by road, 5h 16m · $23–31
- Conakry → Kanifing544 km · quickest by air, 7h 21m · $230–350
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kanifing
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 Kanifing. 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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If you know how people move in Kanifing – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Kanifing
Kanifing is 1 km from Serekunda, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Serekundacity in The Gambia400 m
- Bakautown in Gambia3.6 km
- Greater Banjul Arearegion of the Gambia consisting of the City of Banjul and the Kanifing Municipal Council1.3 km