Gambia

Brikama

Gambia

Population
77,700
Currency
GMDD74.5/$

Brikama is a city in Western Gambia and with a population of over 57,000, one of the largest in the Gambia.

Guide content adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Brikama". Source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Weather

Live

28°C

Moderate drizzle · feels like 34°C

  • 85%
  • 9 km/h
  • AQI 20
  • SunThunderstorm24° / 29°
  • MonModerate drizzle25° / 30°
  • TueThunderstorm with slight hail24° / 30°
  • WedLight drizzle23° / 30°
  • ThuThunderstorm26° / 30°

Measured at 13.271, -16.649 · Africa/Banjul

Brikama map

Getting there

Getting around

Get around

editedit source

What to see

  • 1 Makasutu Culture Forest (north of Brikama). A 1000-ha reserve of mangroves, palm groves and savannahs with baboons, monkeys, birds and monitor lizards. About 45 min from Banjul - a D1300 taxi ride, and the driver will wait for you.

What to do

  • Brikama Woodcarvers' Market.

Where to eat

Drinking & nightlife

Shopping

Brikama is known for wood carving and for its musicians.

Where to stay

Brikama is more a stopover and transportation hub and hardly any tourist stay overnight in town. However, there are still a few hotels and lodges available in town. The best room standards can be found outside of the centre of town.

  • Domorr Deema Mini Hotel, ☏ . Also known as the Domorrdeema Guesthouse, on Mosque Road, Brikama. It has a restaurant, is kept tidy and neat, but has only 4 tiny rooms with fans and shared WC / shower room.
  • Alla La Daaroo Guesthouse. Alla La Daaroo has 7 rooms with shared bathing facilities & is an eco-guest-house set in a large tropical nature garden near Brikama Village.
  • Geedema Lodge. This is a 12 roomed accommodation in Fula Kunda Village which are all with ensuite shower rooms. They are roundhouse huts in African style. Live life in an African village environment.
  • Marakissa River Camp. Just south of Brikama Town the camp has round huts with their own shower & toilet facilities, double beds. There is also a restaurant located on the river bank.
  • Bojang Lodge, ☏ .

Staying connected

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