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Reviews of Tamba Kuruba Eco-lodge

Kartong village Kombo south, Folonko, Gambia

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Review score

Based on 29 hotel reviews

8.4

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.4

  • Comfort

    8.0

  • Location

    9.3

  • Facilities

    7.8

  • Staff

    9.4

  • Value for money

    8.8

  • Free WiFi

    5.8

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  • Reviewed: 5 May 2024

    9.0
    Beautiful and lovely
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Good and lovely environment and accessible, close to the main road too and beautiful beach

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 13 April 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The place is great. Very friendly people. They helped me a lot. Its nice that you can rent a bike. Felt very welcome.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 16 March 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The food system is a little hard to understand. You sort of have to pre book your meals, and we didnt get that at first. So not really a meny you can choose from, should be explained better on arrival.

    Value for money. Nice little lodge, welcoming staff. Cheap food. Ok standard.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 22 February 2024

    7.0
    We enjoyed the peaceful environment!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    We had no table & chairs and we had to ask for towels. Staff need to be more efficient & the environment would need attention.

    The round hut was good and bed was very comfortable. Bathroom facilities adequate.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 19 February 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Small things - like having to always ask for a Sunbed matress

    Great location. Lovely people. Great food.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 31 January 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very nice place run by friendly locals. The beach is just a few meters away and a nice breakfast is served in the morning.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 8 November 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Wifi intermittent A rubbish bin and towel would be nice

    Located right on beach Excellent meals Requested a fan and they were kind enough to install a wall fan which was great

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 28 October 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    It was to hot in the room toe Sleep Well ,no airco(=eco lodge)

    Beautiful location Nice eco lodge. The staff and People are very kind and helpfull People. Cosy atmosphere naar the beach with a fantastic view..

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 23 March 2023

    9.0
    Beautiful, peaceful place
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 8 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing to complane about

    Great peaceful location, next to a peaceful beach. Great Staff, good food. The lodge was beautiful.

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 9 March 2023

    9.0
    Very peaceful and nicely situated guesthouse with round buildings in Kartong Area
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    No dislikes

    Very nice and helpful owner, round houses well apart from each other in a well kept garden with good paths. The very quiet beautiful beach and sea just next to the garden by a private gate. Plentiful breakfast and meals of your choice in a large round decorative eating area. Everywhere kept very tidy. Peaceful surroundings with the colourful birds.

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 27 February 2023

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 4 nights

    The manager of the lodge are very friendly and helpful. The breakfast and the meal is wonderfull. The beach is great. It was usefull that we could rent some bikes. The prices were fine. To sleep in a round house was a good experience. The houses have a private situation in a nice surrounding.

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: 16 February 2023

    7.0
    Not like the pictures
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The pictures are definitely from a long time ago… it looks very run down compared to how it is now. It would be better to represent it honestly to avoid disappointment. There were empty boxes of condoms on the shelf in the bathroom, only one quilt had a duvet cover and the other had holes in it, stained pillow cases, the sponge for the sun beds were not present at the beach and 2 available at the restaurant had covers but smelt bad, 2 just the raw sponge, loads of litter at the beach and staff playing football and chilling with friends rather than doing anything about it… It could be so nice, but it needs work.

    The location was good, right next to the beach and close enough to the town and river. The breakfast was great!

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: 24 November 2022

    8.0
    enjoyed the quiet atmosphere
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Staff friendly, good meals , nice stay by beach .

    Stayed in November 2022

  • Reviewed: 7 November 2022

    9.0
    Fully recommended for Your stay.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    1. Very nice staff who supported us every day 2. Good location - near to the village and in front of the beach 3. Very clean 4. Tasty food 5. Beautiful and green area around 6. Reasonable price

    Stayed in November 2022

  • Reviewed: 9 September 2022

    8.0
    Perfect! Just the needed get away.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights

    The quiet!!! Nature location, the birds. Breakfast and food overall was good-- freshly prepared.

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: 4 March 2022

    7.0
    Our stay was pleasant, the owner and his daughter Ayesha made us feel very welcome. Breakfast was good and all requests
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Unfortunately the electric didn’t work so I could not iron or use a hairdryer. Although the owner allowed us to iron in the restaurant the electric still didn’t work. The property is in need of some maintenance.

    The property is surrounded by nature. Nice cool breeze from the sea and woken up by the beautiful sounds of different kinds of birds.

    Stayed in February 2022

  • Reviewed: 25 September 2023

    10
    Stunning eco-lodge with an excellent team
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night

    I had a wonderful time here. Was originally planning to stay 1 night, and ended staying 4, and would have spent a few more, no doubt. Lamin has created a great resort and atmosphere with an excellent team, mainly family. His daughter Aisha is a great cook, you will enjoy the breakfast, far over average, or any of the dishes they serve in the big and nice restaurant area. The bungalows are clean, well isolated from each other, and very comfortable. I had amazing rest, as you are not close to the road or noisy places-- yet walking distance to a convenience store in the road and easy to get to the town by bike. The sleeping is exceptional, as the resort is also front-beach, and all you hear at night is the sound of the waves. The beach is beautiful, clean and very well kept by the team, and has a few umbrellas and hammocks for the guests. I enjoyed there amazing sunsets, baths and naps. There are great walks nearby that you can explore around: Gunjur if you go North; Kartong, if you go south, I recommend both. Ask Lamin if you want ideas to explore the area (or others), he gave me great advice to find some of the best highlights in my 1 month trip in Senegal and Gambia. In all: comfortable place in every sense, highly recommended.

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: 10 August 2023

    5.0
    We went during the off-season and the lodge was totally different to what is shown in Booking or the
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    We went during the off-season and the lodge was totally different to what is shown in Booking or their website. The beach of the hotel was full of garbage and the hammocks were broken, the lodge was not clean enough and there were insects and termites inside the room. It is true that the lodge is in the middle of nature but no care was taken to the room’s preparation. We were not expecting luxury but at least basic cleaning, and some attention on our comfort from the staff. We were the only tourists in the area and all beach bars and lodges were closed so there was not a lot to do. We decided to cancel one of the nights there.

    The staff was friendly and caring about us

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 23 March 2023

    10
    hope to be back
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    -

    nice setting, calm, 1min to the beach, privacy, green

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 6 March 2023

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The food is amazing

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: 28 November 2022

    10
    The best of
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 11 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    -

    Very helpful staff, friendly and family approach, excellent food, guide services, car and bike rental, quiet environment, private beach

    Stayed in November 2022

  • Reviewed: 9 November 2022

    10
    really relaxing
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    natural and down to earth

    Stayed in November 2022

  • Reviewed: 15 May 2022

    5.0
    Pleasant Stay
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Food menu could be improved to offer more dining options

    Wifi in the restaurant was good and Aisha at reception is amazing. Communication was great and lodge management was very flexible with our booking. The place is quite and very close to a very beautiful beach.

    Stayed in May 2022

  • Reviewed: 31 January 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

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    Stayed in January 2024

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