Duration: 08.00 a.m.-04.00 p.m.
Included: lunch
Price: €80,- per person (a minimum of 4 persons)
This tour will take us back to the most tragic period in the history of the Gambia Atlantic slave trade.
From all over West Africa slaves were being transported across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe and America. James Island on the River Gambia became the biggest slave yard where slaves were been sold and prepared to be transported over the Atlantic Ocean. During this trip we will use a traditional Gambian motorboat. We will get on the boat at AbCa’s Creek lodge. We will start in the Creek of Bintang through the mangroves and continue the boat trip on the main Gambia River. After 2 hours we will arrive at James Island. If we are lucky we will see the bottle nose dolphins on the way.
James Island, official named today as Kunta Kinteh Island , has been put on the world heritage list by Unesco (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/761). This tragic slavery trading period may not be forgotten. On the island we will tour to see the remains of the slavery period, like the fort with its slave dungeons. The Portuguese owned it in 1651 and it was finally possessed by the English.
After the visit on the Island we will cruise to the mainland. Albreada and Juffrureh, two major villages that were used as slave trading post and loading base. Juffureh is the place where the famous slave Kunta Kinteh was born in 1750. He became famous by the book that was written by Alex Haley about slavery. We will visit one of the old trading houses that is used as a museum nowadays.
We can read a lot of the slavery days and get a clear picture of this black page in Gambia’s history.
We will have lunch in a local restaurant along the River Gambia before we go and cruise back to AbCa’s Creek Lodge.
Price
€80 / Per Person / Per Accommodation
