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The Kairaba Hotel Kololi Beach, Gambia

4Star points rating

Key Features

  • Free-form swimming pool
  • sun terrace with free sunloungers and parasols
  • main buffet restaurant for breakfast and dinner (included meals are taken here)
  • Mediterranean à la carte restaurant

Average Customer Ratings

  • Holiday overall99%
  • Accommodation92%
  • Location94%
  • Food84%

The Kairaba benefits from a central location, yet retains a peaceful ambience with an international feel. Guests will enjoy this hotel's attention to detail that will make their stay memorable. Seashell-lined pathways lead to the beach through well-maintained gardens that feature a peacock enclosure, observatory, croquet lawn and outdoor chess board.

Why choose  The Kairaba Hotel

A luxurious five star hotel in Gambia's liveliest resort of Kololi, the Hotel Kairaba is perfect for beach holidays to this wonderful part of Africa.

The Kairaba Hotel occupies a central location within the lively resort of Kololi yet still manages to retain its peaceful ambience with an international appeal. Any holidaymaker looking for a quiet and memorable holiday in Gambia will love the Hotel Kairaba's attention to detail with its seashell-lined paths leading down to the beach through well-maintained gardens. The Hotel Kairaba is also perfect for wonderful beach holidays to Gambia as the golden sands of Kololi beach await on the doorstep of this wonderful hotel.

If guests prefer a change of scenery from the beach, the Hotel Kairaba has an expansive free-form outdoor pool that just invites guests into its cool waters or guests can choose to top up their suntan on the spacious sun terrace instead. Due to the Hotel Kairaba's central location within Kololi, a good variety of restaurants, bars and local shops can be found just metres away. For a great day out in Gambia, why not head to the Bijilo Forest Park just a short distance away.

The Hotel Kairaba has a total of four restaurants and five bars, ensuring no-one is left hungry during their holiday in Kololi! The restaurants serve an array of culinary delights from Gambian cuisine as well as international cuisine. The bars are the perfect place to relax with a cooling drink either before or after dinner.

The Hotel Kairaba offers luxurious accommodation that consists of a range of rooms and suites to cater for all tastes. All accommodation offers exceptionally high standards of comfort while overlooking the sea and gardens.

For a quiet beach holiday in Gambia, the Hotel Kairaba will provide you with a wonderful location and great amenities.

Facilities

  • Free-form swimming pool
  • sun terrace with free sunloungers and parasols
  • main buffet restaurant for breakfast and dinner (included meals are taken here)
  • Mediterranean à la carte restaurant
  • fine dining restaurant specialising in Asian-style cuisine
  • ice cream parlour
  • pool bar
  • lobby bar
  • Cuban theme bar
  • beach bar
  • juice bar
  • library
  • internet café
  • Birdwatching
  • volleyball
  • lawn croquet
  • garden chess
  • aerobics
  • air-conditioned gym (min. age 16yrs)
  • health and wellness centre
  • table tennis
  • darts
  • billiards
  • regular evening entertainment

Room Info

Standard rooms are located near reception and have 2 beds, individually controlled air conditioning, satellite TV, shower room and balcony or terrace. Prices are based on 2 adults sharing on Bed & Breakfast. Half Board, Full Board Plus, standard rooms for sole use, larger deluxe rooms in the hotel gardens (up to 3 people, with additional sofa bed), superior rooms (with large balcony and tea/coffee making facilities) and Premium suites (up to 4 adults and 1 child, with tea/coffee making facilities, double sofa bed and extra bed if required) are all available at a supplement. Non balcony rooms, are available for a reduction.

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2.0 points rating Date of review:1 Apr 2011

The seat pitch on our Thomas Cook flight was the smallest I have ever experienced!. This is a 6 hour 20 minute flight with the seat in front of you about 18 inches a [more...]

4.0 points rating Date of review:1 Apr 2011

we stayed at the palma rima but this was not listed, it is an excellent place to stay, with very big bungalows and very clean. the pool area was very big and always [more...]

5.0 points rating Date of review:1 Mar 2011

The Hotel and the accomodation were of a very good standard, we decided to book bed and breakfast. we did try to upgrade our room on arrival for a better view but th [more...]

4.0 points rating Date of review:1 Mar 2011

Had a fab holiday, lovely hotel, food was great, lovely people Shall be going again next year!

5.0 points rating Date of review:1 Feb 2011

Our sixth visit to this hotel - and not disappointed. Comfortable and chilled out. Lovely staff. Wonderful.

4.0 points rating Date of review:1 Feb 2011

we have been to gambia 6 times and kariba is the best hotel. However if you like the beach due to trees in front of beash you only get sun after 12. The hotel is in [more...]

3.0 points rating Date of review:1 Feb 2011

Book extra leg room seats as thomas cook airways have the smallest seat pitch i know of. 6 and a half hours of discomfort and not even a meal as this duration of fli [more...]

4.0 points rating Date of review:1 Jan 2011

I have recently returned home from 1 weeks holiday at the hotel Kairaba in Gambia.My Aim was to go away for a little sun and totally relax and my priority was a nice [more...]

3.0 points rating Date of review:1 Dec 2010

We had stayed at the Kairaba hotel for Xmas 2009 with a different company and had a fantastic room in the gardens of the hotel. This year we used Thomas Cook as they [more...]

5.0 points rating Date of review:1 Dec 2010

ok what a holiday my kids have never had as much fun,great location and the hotel staff was fantastic,we were well accomadated and well look after i would visite the [more...]

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On Kololi beach, in 40 acres of tropical gardens; 100m to restaurants, bars and local shops; Bijilo Forest Park within 600m

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