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Serekunda
City in the Gambia

Serekunda

Serekunda is a major city and the largest metropolitan area in The Gambia.

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It is situated close to the Atlantic coast, on the Gambia River, near the capital, Banjul. Serekunda and Banjul form an urban area known as the Kombos, with about half of the population of the Gambia.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Kololi Beach

    Most people refer to it as the Senegambia as the same named hotel is located there.

  2. 02
    Kotu Beach

    A little north of the Kololi beach.

  3. 03
    Bakau Beach

    In the very north.

  4. 04
    Bijilo Forest Park

    Can bribe the animals with peanuts for better photos.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Kachikally Sacred Crocodile Pool

    Bakao (in Bakau, 10 or so blocks inland from the Bakau Craft Market), kachikally@qanet.gm.

How locals move

Getting around Serekunda the local way

  • Get aroundMinibuses and trucks are colourful, but extremely uncomfortable.

From Wikivoyage: Banjul, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Appreciating Beauty Photography (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.