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Reviews of Nemasu Eco-lodge

Medina Salam, Gunjur, Gambia

#1 of 3 hotels in Gunjur

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Review score

Based on 36 hotel reviews

8.6

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.5

  • Comfort

    8.5

  • Location

    9.3

  • Facilities

    8.5

  • Staff

    9.1

  • Value for money

    8.2

  • Free WiFi

    5.0

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  • Reviewed: 28 April 2024

    10
    Wonderfully peaceful stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Deluxe Double Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Can’t really think of anything!

    Amazing location on the beach, friendly and helpful staff, lovely design, lovely food and drink, reasonable prices, well-signposted from the main road

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 23 April 2024

    8.0
    Peaceful and ecological
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Double Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Restaurant could be a bit more varied as well as breakfast.

    Beautifully located in a peaceful and quiet area right on the beach. Small huts spread out in a nature environment. Nicely furnised with rustiq wooden furnitures. Basic but everything you would need.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 9 April 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Love it all, especially the staff!!

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 7 April 2024

    10
    We hope to visit Nemasu again!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 5 nights

    We liked everything!

    Kindness of the staff, the location, it's safe to leave your stuff on the beach when you go for a walk or swim, people don't try to sell things all the time, great local food, best place to relax and meet people. It's an eco lodge, so they ask you to respect that and to think twice before you use water or electricity. Not the place to go if you want a luxery hotel, with European food and facilities, You will find those hotels in the tourist area where they treat you like a tourist. At Nemasu you're a guest. Best place to stay!

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 13 February 2024

    9.0
    Been back lots of times -recommended
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 12 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Sometimes the resort is an isolated and can be expensive to travel to / from depending on your bargaining skills .

    Quiet ,lovely location ,safe and exceptional staff.Food ordered in advance and always fresh.Very friendly manager always helpful

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 1 January 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    We have been here before and will return again.Nemasu is a lovely place the staff are always happy and helpful the Lodge itself is set in beautiful surroundings with lots of bird life and other wildlife to be seen.The troop of monkeys pass through regularly.The beach is very peaceful you can wander miles and only see 1 or 2 people no harassment like the beaches in the main tourist area.The food is really good with a good choice.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 29 December 2023

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Double Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Food was sometimes good sometimes not so good

    Nice staff nice place

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 3 December 2023

    10
    Excellent stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    -

    Great stay. Very tidy and lovely lodge equipped with everything you need. A good bed and nice bathroom. Also, great staff, they are there when you need anything. Very communicative and friendly. Thank you Sidi, Janko, Dawda... Totally recommend !

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 1 December 2023

    10
    Perfect little nature retreat. Calm, safe and friendly
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 7 nights

    For me, a true 10/10. Calm, quiet and clean. I stayed here first for 1 week but returned after a brief trip to Bintang for another 4 nights beacuse I enjoyed it so much. Simple, clean huts in a beautiful garden. You can hear the sound of the ocean and palm trees all day and night.On top of that extremely friendly and authentic staff, good food and a beautiful beach. I did some excursions with Solomon, a great local guide, highly recommended. I also appreciated that it is a small lodge, when I was there, there weren't any big travel groups but a small number of friendly and also interesting other guests.

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 30 November 2023

    8.0
    Great little place
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Locals harassing on a beach

    Location

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 27 November 2023

    9.0
    Fantastic escape. Peaceful with exceptional staff.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing

    Location and eco friendly

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 11 September 2023

    10
    Excellent service thank you !!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing

    Excellent service Food was amazing !

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: 1 September 2023

    9.0
    Calm and beautiful spot
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Dirty beach cleaned only after asking the service. Problems with water but it's eco resort so we expected that kind of inconvenience

    We had an amazing stay at Nemasu. The best of it are people working there. Always kind, smiling, helpful. The views are amazing! Ocean is great and the beach is long and wide. The food is also delicious especially pizza from the oven and local dishes.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 15 July 2023

    10
    Nice, beautiful and pleasant place ideal to relax and forget about the world. We highly recommend to stay a minimum of t
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Triple Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Prices of massages provided via the booking chat were not updated and we were disappointed when we had to pay more on site.

    Location was the best, surrounded by nature.

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 16 June 2023

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Sadly the many dead fish on the beach, although not the lodges fault!

    Great lodge, lovely staff and lovely location

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: 23 May 2023

    10
    Nice place at a beautiful beach
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Wifi was only available on the day I checked out but the manager arranged a car to bring guests to a nearby internet place.

    Nice place, very nice beach and very friendly staff.

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: 17 April 2023

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Double Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 11 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Staff all excellent. Beach was beautiful Food very good.

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 27 March 2023

    10
    I'll be dreaming of Nemasu for a while and would love to make it back one day.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights

    There was no Wi-Fi for most of the time we were there, but I believe it was a problem with the provider that was eventually fixed. Nothing else to say really.

    Nemasu was by far the best place we stayed in the Gambia. We initially only planned to stay for 2 nights and had booked another place, but when we got to the other place we changed our plans so that we could go back to Nemasu for another 2 nights. It's the perfect place to unwind, right on the beach, super green and quiet and just idyllic. The staff are super nice and the food is excellent. We also booked a bird-watching boat tour through Nemasu with Suleiman that was great. Extra bonus - their dog is the sweetest and there are some kittens running around as well!

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 27 February 2023

    8.0
    My wife, grown daughter and I enjoyed 3 nights here. We do not regret our stay.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Just north along the beach is a Chinese canning factory. Depending on the wind direction there was occasionally the strong smell of fish. Sheets were ill fitting on the bed, but the mattress was comfortable. Depending on the time of year the water can be quite cold. Late February the water was cold and there was a cold wind, which was nice for walking during the day. Do not expect a hot shower.

    They accepted credit card through Paypal. Most places only take cash. Breakfast was good, eggs any style, fresh bread w/ peanut butter and homemade jam, fruit and coffee. Beach was quite empty and if you're up to it, you can walk about 2 leisurely hours along the beach to the Senegal border. After crossing a river mouth (by way of going knee-deep through the surf,) you can follow a road up, turn right and find a great seafood restaurant called Dodous (sp?) You can take a taxi back if you're tired. You can also find smaller eco-lodges that offer beer and food along the beach. it's one way to spread the wealth. While the beaches are mostly empty, if you want to interact with people, they can be found and are friendly and approachable. There's a beautiful mosque close by and a fish market just beyond it along the beach, all within easy walking distance.

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: 14 December 2022

    8.0
    Quiet place far from any big city. Some things to improve in future.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Budget Single Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Reality on photos(attachments). They should really do something about the ceiling and the room was different that I booked. -Booking.com was blocked on wifi, I could not see my reservation or book new ones. Internet was down almost 24 hours, but they rrally tried to get it running, but be preared for that.

    Next to beach. Staff very helpful.

    Stayed in November 2022

  • Reviewed: 2 November 2022

    10
    Beautiful location!
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Triple Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    We paid more than we were supposed to due to paying for an extra person. We were advised that on arrival we could get that back as food vouchers but when we arrived, that never happened. Made it out to be quite an expensive stay, but we had a nice time anyway.

    Beautiful ecolodge on a beautiful beach. Comfortable rooms. Can get a little hot without air con so just be aware of that. It is an idyllic beach, better than any the local ones we visited!

    Stayed in October 2022

  • Reviewed: 2 February 2022

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Budget Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    We chose the budget accommodation with shared shower and it was fine except the room had nowhere to put anything and the bed and pillows were pretty uncomfortable. The shower block was ok..but quite a distance and no lights to get there at night.

    Staff and food were great. Loved the setting, the birds and the peace. The local juices were great. Wished we'd stayed in the rooms with ensuite!

    Stayed in January 2022

  • Reviewed: 10 June 2023

    7.0
    nice beach holiday
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Double Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    no AC

    good food

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 11 March 2022

    4.0
    We have enjoyed some goodnights rest and definetely loves the area, nature and ambiance.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Bathroom had two minuses, a very poor shower and a sink where the tap only gave very little water. The food which was cooked from the menu was not all to a normal Gambian standard and the kitchenstaffs and waiters, waitresses didn't check if everything was clean and fresh. I got a bowl with breakfast cereals and saw loads of tiny ants walking in it. Eveningdishes were not completely cooked well, potatoslices being raw.

    Continental breakfast Gambian Style was sufficient. The bed in the room was really nice to sleep on. The fact that we had our own private space to sit and relax was very nice. A nice modern toilet in the bathroom. Our room had seaview, just partially hidden behind the restaurant, so no direct seawind blowing on our terrace. The area is perfect sleeping with only the seabreeze, no noise of traffice or anything, really in a natural environment. The personal went out of their way to give us a good feeling.

    Stayed in March 2022

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