Honest travel tips for The Gambia: safety and bumsters, the airport fee, water, health, money, tipping, getting around and the best time to visit, all fact-checked.https://gambiavibes.com/travel-tips/4252740348.xml?limit=10/images/0/20300426/GAMBIA_BEACH_B-ZaP4lHaauwyMVeu-Yj0QUg.JPGHow 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.https://gambiavibes.com/travel-tips-item/tipping-in-the-gambia-how-much-to-tip-and-whohttps://gambiavibes.com/travel-tips-item/tipping-in-the-gambia-how-much-to-tip-and-whoCan you drink tap water in The Gambia? What is safe: bottled and sachet water, ice, salads, street food and brushing your teeth. Practical, honest advice.https://gambiavibes.com/travel-tips-item/is-the-water-safe-in-the-gambiahttps://gambiavibes.com/travel-tips-item/is-the-water-safe-in-the-gambiaDoes The Gambia charge a tourist tax or airport security fee? The current fees, who pays them, how and when, fact-checked for 2026.https://gambiavibes.com/travel-tips-item/the-gambia-tourist-tax-and-airport-feeshttps://gambiavibes.com/travel-tips-item/the-gambia-tourist-tax-and-airport-feesIs The Gambia safe? Beach “bumsters”, scams, romance tourism, night safety and what the government advisories really say, without filters.https://gambiavibes.com/travel-tips-item/gambia-travel-advice-safety-bumsters-and-honest-tipshttps://gambiavibes.com/travel-tips-item/gambia-travel-advice-safety-bumsters-and-honest-tipsThe dalasi, where cards work, ATMs, exchanging money, mobile money and what a day really costs in The Gambia.https://gambiavibes.com/travel-tips-item/money-in-the-gambia-dalasi-atms-cards-and-costshttps://gambiavibes.com/travel-tips-item/money-in-the-gambia-dalasi-atms-cards-and-costs​Green tourist taxis, shared taxis and gelli-gellis, GTSC buses upriver, the Banjul–Barra ferry, the Senegambia Bridge and river boats: how to travel The Gambia, honestly.https://gambiavibes.com/travel-tips-item/getting-around-the-gambia-taxis-ferries-and-the-riverhttps://gambiavibes.com/travel-tips-item/getting-around-the-gambia-taxis-ferries-and-the-riverDry season or rainy season? Harmattan haze, the hottest months upriver, birding season, Ramadan and Tobaski 2027, and the December 2026 election: when to go, month by month.https://gambiavibes.com/travel-tips-item/best-time-to-visit-the-gambiahttps://gambiavibes.com/travel-tips-item/best-time-to-visit-the-gambiaMalaria all year, yellow fever rules, the vaccines you need, bilharzia in the river, medicines to bring, and what Gambian hospitals and clinics can and cannot do.https://gambiavibes.com/travel-tips-item/health-in-the-gambia-malaria-yellow-fever-and-hospitalshttps://gambiavibes.com/travel-tips-item/health-in-the-gambia-malaria-yellow-fever-and-hospitals