Kombo Beach Hotel

Over the coming weeks and months, we'll be providing more information not just about the Jemus Jungkung Jammeh Memorial School and our fundraising, but also about the country of Gambia. We thought we'd start with some information about where we are going to be staying in The Gambia.

Our hotel is called Kombo Beach Hotel and is on the Atlantic coast, a short drive from the capital of Banjul. By Gambian standards he is a luxurious resort and staff and students will certainly find it a culture shock to go from this comfortable hotel to the poverty in and around the school.

Students will be sharing twin rooms at the hotel with air conditioning and a balcony or terrace. The hotel is right on the beach (as the name would suggest) and there is a pool too, so after a day's work at the school, there will be time for students to chill out and relax.

There are restaurants at the hotel, but there are also restaurants close by, so there is no shortage of places to eat in the evening and we will almost certainly visit a few different places over the course of our week in The Gambia. There will be western food, but perhaps some students might be brave enough to try some traditional Gambian dishes too?

Look out for more information about this trip and about the country of The Gambia in the coming weeks.