Kalimba Beach Resort

We really recommend this hotel to everyone. The people are so nice and they will do everything to make your stay pleasent. Bakary sanyang and Gerda were specific are friends to us! The beach is close and at night you can experience plenty of entertainment.

Tired hotel, in need of an overhaul & grubby. Food decidedly averag... Whilst we had an amazing holiday in The Gambia the Tamala & kalimba (next door to each other) are decidedly average to poor hotels. The grounds are really lovely & well kept. The staff are fabulous ESPECIALLY "PENDA" who works in the restaurant in Kimbala, what a wonderful lady, always a smile on her face & always very attentive. A ray of sunshine & asset to the hotel. Unfortunately the hotel rooms are tired & in desperate need of updating. The rooms were not clean, smelly & rusty which is a shame as they could be so nice. The manager at the Tamala made up a story about our room not being ready due to an issue but I truly believe so many people had complained & the rooms that should have been available were not. His answer was "this is Africa" which yes it is Africa, but I paid for my holiday in GBP£f The restaurant was like school dinners but enough choice, food very average & only 1 local dish. The BBQ night ridiculous as it catered for the whole hotel so was a massive queue. & was so over cooked. Over all in need of a desperate overhaul & improvement for the food.

Nice place for your holiday to relax en enjoy the sun. Staff on the resort are very helpful and very polite. This was my second time and will go back for sure. Special thanks to Tamara on the picture and pool staff ebrima drammeh and all the other staff tanks for a nice holiday