Location
Situated next to The Kairaba Hotel with direct access to the beach. All the usual tourist hotel facilities at a Reasonable price. The hotel Senegambia, Kairaba hotel and Kololi Beach Club are within easy reach of shops, restaurants, bars and nightclubs.
Accommodation
Studios – Bedroom with twin beds, large wardrobe, wall to wall carpet and compact unit air-conditioning. Kitchenette with refrigerator, electric cooking plate, cupboard with some glasses, cutlery and crockery, dining table with two chairs. Sitting room with settee, two easy chairs, coffee table, small carpet on tiled flooring, writing table, TV table, TV set with local, English, French and German satellite programs. Split unit air-conditioner. Terrace or balcony with garden table and two garden chairs. There are 10 studio rooms.
Apartment – Ideally suited for families with several children. Situated in the main building they consist of a simply furnished bedroom with twin beds, night tables, wardrobe and compact A/C unit.
African Huts – These straw-roofed 1 to 2 star huts are simply furnished with two beds, toilet and shower (no hot water). Guests have access to all facilities of Senegambia. The huts are located in an area next to the golf lawn together with a small breakfast restaurant and terrace. Breakfast served here is improved continental standard. These huts are not used during the summer period i.e. from June 15th to October 31st. There are 10 African Huts.
The Main Building Rooms – These rooms feature central air-conditioning, twin beds, a wardrobe, wall mounted Satellite TV with local, English, French and German program, coffee table, easy chair, writing table and a balcony with two garden chairs and a table. The rooms are not large enough to accommodate a third bed. Bathrooms have private toilet, shower and washbasin. A bathroom renovation program is underway and 30 out of the 49 rooms have been completed. There are 49 Main Building Rooms.
Garden Room – Situated in 16 two-storey blocks of 16 rooms each. All ground floor rooms have a terrace; all first floor rooms have a balcony.
Terrace and/or balcony are equipped with two chairs and a garden table. All rooms have a glass front and a sliding glass door as entry. Side curtains, black out curtains and sheer curtains allow adjustment to any outside light. The room features tiled floor, twin beds with bed lights, small night tables at the bedside, two simple easy chairs and a low table (all rattan). A wardrobe and a makeup table with mirror complete the room furniture. All bathrooms have private toilet and washbasin (hot and cold water). Balcony/terrace furniture has been upgraded.
64 rooms have a bathtub with shower handle, 192 rooms have a shower separated from the rest of the bathroom by an acrylic glass panel mounted on a tiled partition wall. Bathrooms are fully tiled. 144 of these rooms have split unit air-conditioners, extra charge for A/C. There are 256 Garden Rooms.
Amenities & Services
The Hotel features two squash courts, two floodlit tennis courts, a beach volleyball area, a nine hole pitch & putt golf course, a net driving range, archery, table tennis, lawn crocket. All equipment is free of charge. (Deposit only) Floodlight is payable.
Club Billy looks after children with a varied program of activities. Due to the irregular affluence of children at the hotel at least six children are needed to follow an organized program. However the animation team is ready at any time to keep your youngsters busy.
Dining
BEACH GRILL:
The beach grill is a convenient place for a small bite during sunbathing and ocean swimming. Carefully selected food items and very popular pricing will satisfy every taste.
Provides a real beach atmosphere and the newly refurbished terrace allows you to enjoy spectacular sunsets when the sun disappears into the sea. Open daily from 10 am to 10 pm.
FLAMINGO A LA CARTE:
Apart from the stunning sight of two larger than life flamingos at the entrance, this restaurant is totally gimmick free.
Any major city in Europe would reveal an establishment with similar décor and style. And therein lies the attraction and guarantee.
The place is spotless from floor to ceiling. The good styled tables are laid silver service style, and the polished cane chairs are comfortably upholstered.
THE BANTABA INN:
Senegambia Hotel houses one of the best kept secrets of The Gambia ‚ The Bantaba Inn. Under a mantle of local trees, adequately and interestingly lit, but avoiding high-tech cleverness, one can take a seat on a patio, or in the local style open sided ‘huts’ which form two sides of this triangular construction.
The bar, which forms the third side of the triangle, serves ten selection of beer, including the exclusive Erdinger Weizen, which is a Bavarian Wheat Beer, and a real thirst quencher.
All the usual wines and spirits are also available. At very reasonable prices, The Bantaba offers a choice of six starters and eleven main courses, and a ‘daily special’. Open daily from 6 P.M. to midnight.
THE BUFFET:
The Senegambia buffet takes a thematic approach to catering, featuring two weeks of succulent delights from a different country every day. Then there is barbecue night, African evening – and that is not the end of it.
Random table clothing reduces regimentation and uniformity and successfully avoids which seems to be present elsewhere. The buffet area is state of the art technique, Balmoral granite surfaces, refrigerated areas for starters and dessert, and action station cooking with the most modern equipment right in front of you.
For the ambiance and decor the decorator had a free run for his ideas and Senegambia’s buffet restaurant and terrace is a welcome change to the usual hotel restaurant routine. Open daily from 7 P.M. to 9 P.M.
THE TERRACE:
Lunch is a meal which most people would rather forget if it was not for the nagging feel in the stomach.
The terrace at Senegambia is just the place for the small hunger. A selection of classic salads, Hamburgers, sandwiches, pizzas and ice-creams help you to get over your hunger and popular pricing will not hurt your portefeuille.
Decorator J.B.Barian has developed new ideas and has transformed the terrace which now gives a splendid view on pool activities.
