Gambia Luxury Villas: Holiday Villas To Rent In Gambia

Luxury Holiday Villa To Rent In Gambia from only £75 per person per week*

Situated at Gunjur only 30 minutes from Banjul Airport and a short walk from the beach, Arijaana Villa provides an idyllic location for a relaxed holiday break.

This beautiful Villa was completed in 2007 to a high specification, has its own private pool, beautifully maintained gardens and sleeps six persons in spacious comfort.

Arijaana Villa is eco friendly using solar energy to provide the power for its modern facilities including satellite TV and wet room, fresh water comes direct from the borehole.

Many interesting activities and places are accessible from Arijaana Villa and there is a variety of dining available locally. There is a helpful management team available from the local village where the renowned friendly local Gambian welcome awaits.

Included is a car and driver to take care of your inclusive airport transfers and is available for further hire at reasonable cost for trips/tours etc.
*Based on full occupancy.

Arijaana Villa was comfortable and well equipped, the staff were very helpful and friendly without being intrusive in any way. The garden was lovely with flowers, fruit trees and a swimming pool and the Villa was in a quiet area with the true Gambia around it.

Arijaana Villa is available at prices starting from £450 per week, one third deposit is required on booking, with the balance payable six weeks prior to reservation date.

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Gambia Property Investments For Sale

Gambia Property Investment and Development Opportunities For Sale

The dramatic Sahel Beach Front Residence at Bijilo Beach in The Gambia is a new development of luxury apartments, townhouses and villas nestled between the Atlantic Ocean, a 137 acre rain forest nature reserve and the exclusive, luxury, 5 star Coco Ocean Hotel, Spa.& Holiday Resort.

The residential complex affords stunning 10-30m panoramic views of the Atlantic from every unit, a commanding hillside location, high quality European specs and a host of extra features. All residences include large balconys and 3,5m ceiling height. Luxury three-to-five bedroom residences range in size from approximately 220sqm to 440sqm of living space, all enjoying constant sea breezes.

This is a unique property development for the Gambia with a hillside location, high spec luxurious European design and exceptional and breathtaking sunset views views over the Atlantic Ocean. Buying into this unique rainforest residence is far less expensive than comparable holiday homes in the usual holiday sun destinations in Europe or more exotic long haul tourist sun spots in The Carribean or the Far East

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Tourism Stakeholders Storm Gambia for ATA Congress

As the Africa Travel Association's (ATA) 35th Annual World Congress holds in Gambia next week, stakeholders across the tourism spectrum in the West African country are gearing up for ATA's hallmark event.

More than 200 tourism and travel professionals from around the world are expected to attend the four_day event, which will be held at the Sheraton Hotel Resort and Spa in Gambia.

According to Alieu Secka, Chair of the Gambia Hotel Association (GHA) and head of the Congress Host Committee, "Gambian tourism stakeholders are thrilled by this opportunity to share with the participants the legendary Gambian hospitality, which has evolved and been refined over the years."

The congress will engage international delegates in discussions on a broad range of industry topics, such as marketing and branding, niche markets and emerging trends, African Diaspora travel to Africa, hotel standards, responsible tourism, sustainable travel, and hospitality education.

WORLD CUP: Mexico to face Gambia in warmup

Mexico will meet Gambia in its penultimate World Cup tuneup May 30 at Hans-Walter-Wild Stadium in Bayreuth, Germany.

El Tri was originally scheduled to play Portugal that night, but negotiations broke down over Portugal's insistence that Mexico turn over its training base in South Africa, the Thaba Ya Batswana hotel outside Johannesburg, to the Portuguese.

Mexico refused and Portugal, which will be based in South Africa at the Valley Lodge in Gauteng, scrapped the friendly.

By replacing Portugal with Gambia on its four-game series of European exhibitions, Mexico is taking a huge step down in class -- Portugal is ranked third in the latest FIFA rankings, Gambia is 93rd. But the new matchup gives Mexico a chance to test itself against a team that plays an African style, important since Mexico opens the World Cup on June 11 against South Africa.

Seaview Gardens Hotel:Gambia

Luxury Hotel, Conference & Wedding Venue in The Gambia

The Seaview Hotel is a privately owned and managed bespoke, four star hotel in Gambia. Furnished to a high standard The Seaview Hotel offers a wide range of rooms & accommodation for short term, long term or overnight guests.

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The Gambia Jumps Three Places up in Latest FIFA Rankings

The Gambia has moved three places up in the latest Fifa/Coca Cola world ranking for March reports Gambia Now.

The country moved from 98 in the world to 95, but still maintains its last month’s continental record at 22, a single spot behind neighbours Senegal in both levels.

Senegal, which still remains in the same position in Africa as in February dropped from 91 to 94 this month at the global stage.

African Champions Egypt, have dropped out of the top ten in the world. The Pharaohs dropped seven places to 17th on the list and it means there is no African team among Fifa’s top 15.

However, Egypt remains the highest placed African country in the rankings.

Cameroon is next in 20th place, followed by Nigeria in 21st and Ivory Coast in 22nd.

The majority of changes in this month’s rankings are due to the devaluation of results from last year and the fact that the final of the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations final was played in February and not January like this year.

More movement can be expected in the next edition of the rankings, as considerable number of matches was played on 3 March. This was a date reserved for friendly matches in the international match calendar.

It is an opportunity for many teams not just those who have qualified for South Africa 2010, to make progress in the rankings.

South Africa presently is the only team representing Africa at the World Cup that remains outside the continent’s top ten. They are placed 16th in Africa and 81st overall.

Spain continues to occupy the top spot in the world rankings ahead of Brazil and the Netherlands.

US Embassy Celebrates Black History Month

The United States Embassy on Friday organized an event marking this year's Black History Month. The Black History Month, celebrated every February is dedicated to recount the achievements of African-Americans who stood up against slavery.

Speaking at the event held at the US Embassy, the envoy of the United States to The Gambia, His Excellency, Mr. Barry Wells said "February is significant in American calendar, as it is the month set aside in honor of transformational achievements by African Americans in all walks of American life, from Martin Luther King Jr. an icon of the Civil Rights Movement to the historic election and inauguration of the first African American president of the United States of America Barack H. Obama.

According to him, though blacks have reached the highest pedestal of achievement, there are hundreds of thousands of African Americans whose contributions have never been acknowledged and are lost in the history of the United States. “It is for them we celebrate,” he remarked.

Speaking further, the American ambassador said that February was chosen because of the historical events that had taken place in the month such as the 15th Amendment which gave Blacks the right to vote, and also the birthdays of former President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglas.

He hailed Alex Hailey's contribution for the awakening of 'Diasporans' to the horror of slavery.

“Alex Hailey's epic book 'Roots' has served over the last thirty years as a symbol of the slave trade and the suffering endured by many Africans who were enslaved during that time” he said, adding that through Hailey's work many Black Americans know about the history of The Gambia and have dreamt of paying homage to the country and witness a part of their own history.

“I myself have been moved during my trip to Juffereh by the memories that remain in that village and on James Island. Many lives were lost during the slave trade and places like Juffereh, James Island, Albreda and Georgetown have significant memorial sites dedicated to their memories.

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Gambia Celebrates 45th Year of Independence

Gambians from all works of life gathered at the July 22nd Square in Banjul for celebrations marking the country's 45th Independence anniversary. President Yahya Jammeh used his traditional message to the nation to hit back at his critics.

“Today, we have more than 600 graduates here in The Gambia, 50 medical doctors, in 15 years, trained by the Gambia government. Today we are accused of bad governance,” the president told hundreds of supporters.

“Let nobody fool you. We are seeing the difference between the Gambia 400 years under British rule and Gambia 30 years after Independence and 15 years after the July 22nd Revolution,” he stressed.

But the president also had some words of encouragement for Gambians.

“We must be ready to work harder and for longer hours with the little salary that our country can afford now until such time that the Gambia is wealthy enough to pay fat salary,” he stated. And he added ‘‘this is what the Japanese, Chinese and Singaporeans had to do before becoming economic giants.’’

As a tradition, the Gambian leader highlighted a series of development projects his government undertook within the past one and half decade – education, energy, health, etc.

As far as President Yahya Jammeh is concerned non but Gambians themselves can develop the nation.

“Nobody is going to develop our country for us. Only we Gambians working together and pulling our efforts can make this country into an economic super power,” he said.

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Fakebbeh Drammeh ; The Gambian Tiger Woods

Introduced to the game by Alhagie Drammeh, Fakebba grew from a novice, carrying golf kits in the shrubs of the Fajara club to become champion of the course, standing tall above members from home and abroad. By the time he turned professional, Fakebba's captivating skills have won him not only a collection of trophies but also, the admiration of not just his compatriots but the entire expatriate community members of the club, who fittingly compared him only to the world best player, hence the name Tiger Woods. And like his name shake, Fakebba did not disappoint fans and club members, by winning almost everything that was ever staged as a professional prize at home in addition to reputable outings on international courses. Well Tiger, has been missing at the home course for a while prompting his fans to ask what he is up to particularly at a time when solid movements are being done back home to popularise the game.

Gambia News : Gambia Red Cross Creates a Family Links Website on Haiti

The Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS) in Banjul on Wednesday disclosed the creation a family links website on Haiti to accelerate the process of restoring contacts between separated family members.
According to a press release from the GRCS, "As a result of the earthquake which hit Haiti on 12th January 2010, thousands of people within Haiti and abroad have lost contact with their loved ones. The Red Cross movement has created a family links website to accelerate the process of restoring contacts between separated family members. This website offers the possibilities for persons in Haiti and abroad to publish their own names and the names of their relatives with whom they are striving to restore contact.

"The ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) has deployed two Restoring Family Link (RFL) specialists and within less than 24 hours, 6,000 persons were registered as being sought for by their relatives or have confirmed being safe and well,” the release said.

The release went on to urged members of the general public to contact the Gambia Red Cross Society Tracing Services for any RFL needs to restore contact with loved ones with whom contact is lost, listing some telephone numbers.