Facilities
Facilities
Morgan Kunda Lodge offers clean and comfortable facilities, including a restaurant, lounge, and viewing platform for birdwatching.
Our spacious twin rooms have an en-suite toilet and shower. There are ceiling and floor standing fans, plus mosquito screens in the windows and nets.
See our reviews for comments on the exceptional cleanliness of the rooms (we have the proudest cleaners in The Gambia).
This is for the exclusive use of our guests. Meals and drinks can be served on the platform while you relax and enjoy the local birds and the view of rural Gambia.
The land from the platform, all the way to the river has been designated as a tourism development area and is therefore protected from development other than for wildlife. This was as a result of an initiative by the Morgan Clark Foundation.
We welcome groups to use our onsite training facility, which has hosted events like a midwife training course with the Morgan Clark Foundation.
Open to local and international professionals in fields such as health, tourism, and eco-tourism, we’ve attracted interest from organizations like ICRT West Africa and ITTOG for training students from Leeds Beckett University, UK.
As a charity we have limited funds and so we have to spend wisely. In 2019 we decided to have our lodge re-wired and brought up to European standards. This has cost a huge amount of money and meant that the luxuries of air con and solar water heaters will have to wait. Electrical safety is a major problem in The Gambia, particularly when travelling up country.
Food & Drink
Morgan Kunda Lodge offers simple yet delicious meals using fresh local ingredients.
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Food
Food is available from 6am – 9pm.
Pre-breakfast is available from 6am and consists of tea, coffee, rolls and jam. For the early bird watcher/photographer.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner is available at times to suit your plans for the day. All meals including breakfast can be taken as a packed meal.
We cater for Vegetarians, please let us know how many Vegetarians in your group when you book.
With the limited supplies in the north we cannot cater for Vegans and recommend you bring any special ingredients with you from the south.
We work around your plans as we want you to have a great time and achieve your goals each day.
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Drinks
Unlimited tea, coffee and water are included at any time of day, just ask a member of staff.
Beer and cans of soft drinks are available, there is an ‘honesty’ box for payment.
If you want to bring your own wine or spirits from the airport, we are happy to chill the bottles for you and serve them free of charge. We are in a remote part of the country where supplies are very limited so we recommend you bring mixers (e.g. tonic water) from the south.
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Prices based on two people sharing a twin room with ensuite
All inclusive £55 or D3750 per person/night (D = Dalasis)
Single supplement £15 or D1000 per person/night
If you have a party of 4 or more your guide stays free. For parties of less than 4 there is a charge of £15 or D1000 per guide/night.
Guides accommodation may be provided in the training centre if there are no guest rooms available.
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Special offers
10% discount if you are staying in the months of March-May or September-November.
Take some time to explore the real Gambia and a taste of Senegal with our 5 night accommodation, all-inclusive special of £250pp or D17,000.
Local Tours
When you leave the north bank road at Illiassa and travel up the dirt track through the village of India towards Jarjari, you leave behind the hustle and bustle of the normal tourist areas to a place where Morgan Kunda Lodge and the Morgan Clark School have become an integral part of the village. If you have a sudden burst of energy you can have a game of football with the boys in the school. The highlight of one of our guests was visiting (by foot) the ladies vegetable garden.
Bird Tours
Nestled adjacent to the Bao Bolong Wetland Reserve, our lodge offers unparalleled opportunities to explore the rich avian diversity of Gambia’s North Bank and Senegal. You can spend days bird watching on foot from the lodge (on your own or with a guide), visit the school or wonder through the village safely on your own or with a villager who would be happy to show you his home and village.
Local Guides
Whilst our expert bird guides normally travel with our guests from the coast as part of an organised tour, we also have guides from the village who can show you the main bird watching locations. They may only have a very basic knowledge of the birds but they know where to find them.
