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Badala Park Hotel Reviews
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All Inclusive |
| Date of
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Apr 2008 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Thomas CookSUNSET |
| Submitted
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Mrs S JOOF |
| Overall
Rating: |
10/10 |
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WELL IVE GOT TO SAY..... EVERYTHINK ABOUT BADALA PARK WAS ABSOLUTLEY FANTASTIC. MY HUSBAND AND I CHOSE TO SPEND OUR HONEYMOON THERE. OUR ROOM WAS AVERAGE BUT NEVERTHELESS VERY CLEAN ALL THE STAFF MADE US FEEL VERY WELCOME AND COULDNT DO ENOUGH FOR US.THE MAID WAS ALSO NICE AND KEPT OUR ROOM CLEAN DAILY. THE FOOD WAS GOOD AND THE ENTERTAINMENT AT NIGHT WAS EXCELLENT. I THOUGHT GAMBIA AND THE PEOPLE I MET TREATED US LIKE ROYALTY. BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND PEOPLE. HAS FOR THE HOTEL...ROMANTIC PALM TREES OVERLOOKING OUR BALCONY AND SMILING FACES EVERYWHERE YOU LOOKED. WE WILL BE RETURNING BACK TO GAMBIA AND BADALA PARK HOTEL SOON. I FELT THAT A FIVE STAR HOTEL WOULDNT HAVE BEEN ANY BETTER. MY HUSBAND IS A GAMBIAN MAN HE SAID I WOULD HAVE LOVED IT WHEN I HAD BEEN ONCE. YES HE WAS RIGHT.
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| Board Basis: |
Bed & Breakfast |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Nov 2007 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Thomas Cook |
| Submitted
By: |
Miss E Mansfield |
| Overall
Rating: |
6/10 |
| Comments: |
It was basic but I had a fantastic holiday so did everyone we went with.
Breakfast was basic but you can have as much as you want. Rooms ok, cleaned everyday but have a shower between 6 and 7 you get hot water then.
Eat at Al Baba up the road, you get a massive portion of chicken and chips for 90 d and have family size pizza - you've got to do it.
Senegambia is brilliant, it has the monkey park, loads of restaurants and a wicked Indian. Go to Jambenjelly and see the nursery we built from scratch, it's called Winnies. Everyone in the village are so friendly.
You should go to Gambia, its amazing and great value for money.
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| Board Basis: |
Bed & Breakfast |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Nov 2007 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Thomas Cook |
| Submitted
By: |
Mrs K Wyllie |
| Overall
Rating: |
7/10 |
| Comments: |
This being our first trip to The Gambia we were not sure of what to expect, but that can happen on any holiday.
The hotel was basic. The room was cleaned every day, being there for 7 days, only twice we did not have any hot water for a shower and only had a power cut for a few minutes on our first night.
The staff were friendly and everything is done in "Gambian Time" in other words abit slow but in that heat what do you expect.
We went on a trip which you visited a school where we took pencils and paper, what a eye opener. 1300 kids, split into two shifts morning and afternoon and 20 teachers. All the Gambians speak English so it was easy to chat.
Breakfast was basic: fried eggs, sausage, mushrooms one day, another would be boiled egg, sausage, beans, but there was cereal, toast, ham and cheese, watermelon, juice, tea and coffee.
The brochure does say for the economical traveller but we had a great time and would go back either to here to another hotel depends on price.
By the way neither of us were ill with Banjul belly!
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| Board Basis: |
Bed & Breakfast |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Mar 2007 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Thomas Cook Sunset |
| Submitted
By: |
Miss N Tyrrell |
| Overall
Rating: |
8/10 |
| Comments: |
Before I went to Badala Park I had read stacks of reviews about it, all pretty negative, but I would like to say that for £250 B &B for a week each, you can’t really grumble.
The rooms are very basic, but they are clean. The breakfast is again basic, bread rolls, toast, jam, juice, cheese, ham, tea and coffee and some cooked items, but we didn’t starve!
There is plenty to do around the hotel, but be warned, when people say you are likely to be hassled by locals, they really aren’t joking. They just don’t leave you alone!
However, if you are firm, and sometimes a bit rude with the persistent ones, they do leave you alone.
Also, I wouldn’t say they are dangerous so don’t let them spoil your holiday, and make sure you get out and about! You get less hassle when you are in the areas away from the hotel.
We visited the monkey park whilst there and we couldn’t fault it, it was excellent! None of this in cages business, the monkeys roamed around the reserve.
We also visited the crocodile pool where my partner stroked a crocodile. It’s all reasonably priced, but I wouldn’t go as far to say its dirt cheap!
I travelled with my partner and we are aged 21 and 27 and we had a great time, although we both agreed it wasn’t a place for kids really, even though there were plenty of families with kids.
For the price we paid and what we saw I'd say this is a very good value for money holiday!
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| Board Basis: |
Bed & Breakfast |
| Date of
Holiday: |
Feb 2007 |
| Tour
Operator: |
Cosmos |
| Submitted
By: |
Miss E.L. Smith |
| Overall
Rating: |
8/10 |
| Comments: |
When we first arrived in Gambia my initial thoughts were 'what have we done?'.
Airport staff were literally snatching our luggage from us and expect to be paid for carrying it a few metres, my boyfriend dropped his jacket and without realising a local picked it up and asked for 2 pounds before he would give it back, there were children begging in the coach park and fires in the streets of Banjul.
However, don't be put off; when we arrived at the hotel, although tens of locals were sat in the grounds watching us carefully, I was pleasantly surprised. The room we were given was very spacious. We had a shower big enough for four people, a very large balcony (although the view wasn’t very good), and overall in a lovely quiet part of the complex.
Within the hotel there are 5 places to eat. The snack bar by the pool which is replaced every night at about six o clock with candle lit tables with entertainment on the stage.
There is an Indian restaurant which me and my boyfriend absolutely loved and a Chinese restaurant. All of the places to eat are really really cheap and you can get a three course meal for two for about 20 pounds. Cigarettes and alcohol are also very cheap. A bottle of the locally brewed lager is about 75p and 20 cigarettes are about 50p.
If you’re going to Gambia a must do is a visit to the monkey park and the crocodile pool. Absolutely fantastic.
Beware of the sun; it is so hot, my sandals melted!!
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