Gambia
Republic of the Gambia · Western Africa
The Gambia is a small, narrow country along the length of the Gambia River in West Africa, almost completely surrounded by Senegal. Besides beaches and wildlife, The Gambia is known for the town of Juffureh, made famous by Alex Haley's Roots. It is known as the Smiling Coast.
Guide content adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Gambia". Source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Weather
Live29°C
Light drizzle · feels like 35°C
- 82%
- 14 km/h
- AQI 23
- SunThunderstorm24° / 30°
- MonModerate drizzle26° / 30°
- TueThunderstorm with slight hail24° / 30°
- WedLight drizzle25° / 30°
Measured at the country centroid, not a specific city.
Money
Livedalasi (GMD)
- $1 USD
- D74.5
- €1 EUR
- D86.1
Reference rates for 2026-08-08. Indicative — not the rate a bureau will give you.
What a trip to Gambia costs
Visas, flights, beds, food and everything in between, priced for your party and your dates. Every line shows its own arithmetic, so you can disagree with the parts you know better than we do.
Your trip
8 days on the ground
Estimated cost
$2,412
$1,206 per person · $151 per person per day
- $100
Visa & entry
$50 × 2 — typical tourist visa or eVisa fee
- $1,216
Flights
$608 return × 2 · 4,684 km
- $430
Accommodation
$61/night × 7 nights × 1 room · Standard
- $208
Food & drink
$13/person/day × 8 days × 2
- $80
Local transport
$5/person/day × 8 days × 2
- $16
SIM & internet
$8 per person, once × 2
- $144
Attractions
$9/person/day × 8 days × 2
- $38
Travel insurance
$2/person/day × 8 days × 2
- Subtotal
- $2,233
- Miscellaneous (8%)
- $179
- Total
- $2,412
Budget at a glance
Per day
$301
Per person
$1,206
Family of 4
$4,823
7 days
$2,412
14 days
$3,321
30 days
$5,398
The 7, 14 and 30-day figures re-price the whole trip at that length — flights and visas do not repeat, so a month is far from four times a week.
A planning estimate, not a quote — ground costs are modelled from a cost tier for Gambia, not scraped from live inventory. Your settings are saved to this device.