11/06/2026
How much to tip in The Gambia: guides, drivers, hotel staff, restaurants and boat trips, in dalasi and euros. Honest advice, including when not to tip.
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The practical side of The Gambia, told straight: the airport fee nobody warns you about, whether you can drink the water, how to deal with the bumsters on the beach, what the dalasi is worth, and when to go. Every guide is researched against current government advice and dated.
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From Ghana, ValueJet flies Accra–Banjul nonstop. Routes, schedules and connections are on our sister site: Accra to Banjul on GhanaFlights.info.
Book your first day before you land: airport pickups, river trips and Roots tours, run by local operators in The Gambia. Entrance fees are already included in the tour price. Tips are not included, but always welcome.
How much to tip in The Gambia: guides, drivers, hotel staff, restaurants and boat trips, in dalasi and euros. Honest advice, including when not to tip.