Located off the beaten track. Makasutu offers thrill blazing experience for travelers especially nature admirers; with its calm and beautiful scenery overlooking the River Gambia. It is one of the best places to visit in Gambia.

One of the most peaceful park in The Gambia. Situated somewhere in brikama. Excellent for a day out or two (you can sleep over) if you want to get away from the noise of the city. Try the boat ride as well.

So glad we visited Makasutu during our trip to The Gambia. Be sure to climb the top of the tower! Beautiful scenery, a great tour guide, lots to see on the river boat ride and the baboons were very entertaining ☺️ Lots of amazing handmade carvings and woodwork to purchase at the end of the experience too. We were made to feel so welcome and overall we had a fantastic time 🌟

The owners need to do some work on this place. You can tell that it is only a shadow of what it used to be. Everything is run down and broken. It is a beautiful place though and Ebima, our tour guide, was very informative. I would recommend going IF they update it. They are charging more than EVER, 1.2k D for non-Gambians, for a “full day”… we were there for 2-3 hours. Craziness! We couldn’t do half the things available there because it’s broken and so run down.

Very nice park. Good guide and beautiful nature... Not expensive :-)

Beautiful scenery within a natural eco system.

An underrated tourist spot Due to covid-19, it's a bit run-down, but my guide boubacar did a great job in introducing the wonder of the nature to me, leaves me a very pleasant experience Please go to boubacar for a good excursion experience

What a Rip off! The high price of the entrance is not worth it. D800 per person and then they expect you to leave a tip in every stop you make while putting no effort at all. Gambia corruption at its finest as they dont invest anything in mantaining the park infrastructure at all. What a Scam!

The park is Nice. But the organisation lacks vision. I foresee serious and huge problems because the baboons are multiplying fast and the Forest does not (certainly not!!) provide enough food. The monkey will come to the villages for food and again humans are responsible for this problem but the animals will bleed for that. So please Gambia people do something and plan a project for birth control before this problem is too big for you people!!

However interesting a destination is - it is ultimately judged by the number of visitors it gets . This in turn is determined by the ease of access and entrance fee . The resort failed on both counts. Very difficult to access because of very bad road conditions . The entrance fees is unnecessarily extortionate for a ‘national’ park.

(Translated by Google) Very interesting for people who love nature (Original) Zeer interessant voor mensen die van de natuur houden

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Beautiful experience just outside of Banjul, with a full day park, mixing local animals, forest, and boat trip in the mangroves

Beautiful place

(Translated by Google) Bought half ticket, it took about 2 hours and we had our own guide who constantly told us about all herbs, plants in the forest, we went boat on the river creek, saw birds. I envisioned myself at the Marabout, the Prophet, and we ended up tasting palm wine and seeing how the cook got up in the palm tree. (Original) Köpte halv biljett, det tog ca 2tim och vi hade en egen guide som berättade konstant om alla örter, växter i skogen, vi åkte båt på flodcreeken, såg fåglar. Jag spådde mig hos Marabouten, spåmannen och vi avslutade med att smaka palmvin och se hur tillredaren tog sig upp i palmen.

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Wow it's a very good & fun place

(Translated by Google) Nice cruise (Original) Fajny rejsik

(Translated by Google) Too short boat trip and no animals (Original) Zu kurze Bootsfahrt und keine Tiere

(Translated by Google) In one word, great. We drove to the park with a taxi driver who was at our hotel. The trip there was already worth the effort. You get to see the "real" Gambia. After paying 800 Dalassie pp entrance we were guided by a guide who knew something interesting about every aspect of the jungle, the mangroves, the animals that live there, the habits of the people and how they use the natural resources. to tell. Nature is overwhelming, even at the end of the dry season. By taking a taxi ourselves, we felt we received a VIP treatment for half the price that we would otherwise have had to pay to our tour operator. (Original) In één woord, geweldig. We zijn met een taxichauffeur die bij ons hotel stond naar het park gereden. De reis er naar toe was al de moeite waard. Je krijgt het "echte" Gambia te zien. Na het betalen van 800 Dalassie pp entree werden we begeleid door een gids die over ieder aspect van de jungle, de mangroves, de dieren die er leven , de gewoonten van de mensen en hoe ze gebruik maken van de natuurlijke rijkdommen, iets interessants wist te vertellen. De natuur is er overweldigend, zelfs aan het einde van het droge seizoen. Door zelf een taxi te nemen kregen we voor ons gevoel een VIP behandeling voor de helft van de prijs die we anders aan onze reisorganisator hadden moeten betalen.

(Translated by Google) Beautiful park. Worth the visit (Original) Mooi park. De moeite waard om te bezoeken

(Translated by Google) Very poor experience of visiting this property. Admission 800 dalasi per person. The price includes a several-minute trip through the woods with a "guide" who casually showed us a few trees and a 15-minute "cruise" through the tiny mangrove forest with a canoe managed by the "captain". No wildlife. You can also use the services of "shaman" and admire the local dancers. Staff clearly requests tips at every opportunity. The highlight of the program is, of course, a souvenir shop. Motorcycle access to this place through local villages and the forest provided us with much more experience than a visit to this resort. I definitely do not recommend. (Original) Bardzo słabe wrażenia z wizyty w tym obiekcie. Wstęp 800 dalasi od osoby. W cenie kilkunastominutowa wycieczka po lesie z "przewodnikiem" który od niechcenia pokazał nam kilka drzew i 15 minutowy "rejs" po malutkim lesie mangrowym czólnem kierowanym przez "kapitana". Brak dzikich zwierzat. Można rownież skorzystać z usług "szamana" oraz podziwiac lokalnych tancerzy. Personel wyraźnie domaga sie napiwków przy kazdej okazji. Gwoździem programu jest oczywiście sklepik z pamiątkami. Dojazd motocyklem do tego miejsca przez lokalne wioski i las dostarczył nam o wiele wiecej wrażeń niż wizyta w tym ośrodku. Zdecydowanie nie polecam.

Underwhelming and a bit sad really. The whole place felt worn out and unloved. Appreciate that it may have taken a bigger hit than some other places in Gambia from the COVID pandemic, but it did seem that there is so much more that you could do with this with just a small amount of money and effort. That said the guide was engaging and very knowledgeable about the various local plants and their medicinal uses, while the boat ride through the mangroves was short (30 mins) but still pleasant. The steps on the tower would give a health and safety expert nightmares but the view from the top is quite impressive. The musicians were also good (particularly the Kora player) but there was a constant request for tips which was more obvious than other places in Gambia. And despite promises we didn’t see any of the baboons, which was one of the major reasons for visiting.

It wasa great experience for the tourist first time visiting the slave is sad but is history never again