Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
34
Chapman's
G1
35
Come Inn
F5
Sinatra's
(see 40)
36
Weezo's
E3
Entertainment
37
Aquarius
A7
38
Destiny's
C4
39
Jokor
G6
Shopping
40
Bakau Market
G2
Information
41
Cultural Encounters
E3
42
Guinea-Bissau Embassy
F2
43
Mauritanian Embassy
B7
44
Medical Research Council
E3
45
Net Bar
G2
46
Senegalese Embassy
F5
Stop Steps Pharmacy
(see 25)
47
UK Embassy
E2
48
US Embassy
F4
Transport
49
Brussels Airlines
B6
50
Hertz
E7
Kachikally Crocodile Pool
WILDLIFE RESERVE
( 7782479;
www.kachikally.com
;
off Salt Matty Rd, Bakau; admission D60; 9am-dusk)
One of Gambia's
most popular tourist attractions is a sacred site for locals. As crocodiles represent the
power of fertility in Gambia, women who experience difficulties in conceiving often come
here to pray and wash (any child called Kachikally tells of a successful prayer at the pool).
The pool and its adjacent nature trail are home to 78 fully grown and several smaller Nile
crocodiles that you can observe basking on the bank. If you dare, many are tame enough
