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
Live28°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
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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