As this year tourist season is wind-up, more tourists to the Gambia still want to stay for more night to increase their knowledge and enjoy to their fullest  due to the friendly, peaceful and hospitable environment of the country.

The Gambia is one of the very small countries in West Africa with an area of 11,295 sq. km, speaking about eight national languages with English as the official language. The Gambia is a secular state but Muslim still have the highest per cent of the population.  This small country of ours is situated at the two banks of the river Gambia and enclosed by Senegal at three sides.

The Gambia is an easy doorway into Africa; the people are so welcoming that it will make your stay and passage easy. One thing to remember is that you can leave as deep an impression on the Gambians as they will do on you.

Coming to the Gambia when you have facilitated and ready for your journey, first of all check if you have in your luggage your light sandal/slippers-to walk around freely because of the sand, light wears because of the beautiful sunshine weather, your camera to snap some photographs as many as you can and few items like writing materials for the kids who will always admire you on the street or at sight by shouting ‘toubab, toubab, toubab!’ Whether you are a boy or girl, young man or woman, old or not, mature or whatever, the populace must admire you, this is one of the friendly manner they will first accord you.

Tourists traveling to some other country always go out and buy travel books to guide and familiarize themselves with the country of their choice- to visit, but tourists to The Gambia do not need to shoulder much burden of searching for travel book on the Gambia hence there are a lot of  tourist guides to take you around and explain ever than such book will do.

Therefore, if you are a surfer, you don't want to find out about the perfect point-break B&B at the end of your trip. If you're a birder, you'd like to know where to find the elusive blue swallow long before you hit these shores. And if you like to drink a lager and enjoy yourself at sunset with the best bathing in the Smiling Coast of Africa at your feet, it's nice to have a tourist guide who will take you round everywhere on your first visit to the shore of the Gambia.

Anyway your travel guide or book is still very useful because your admiring the Smiling Coast of Africa start with immediate you start hearing the name. So once you're in The Gambia, all the major tourism practitioners have well-run tourist offices. Nose around in there, and you'll find the particular set of pamphlets you need to tailor-make your trip.

You will not experience boring throughout your stay like wise will you face any stress in moving around the cities like Banjul, Greater Banjul among, even at the provinces always use the public transport system, get a cab or hire a car.  In The Gambia, there are lots of standard hotels accommodations with good and moderate rates that are astoundingly cheap in this country.

Your choice of where to stay depends on what you want out of the trip, to pound a cliché, a great smorgasbord of tourism opportunities for you to feast on.  Gambians are very kind people, within hours of your arrival; you're going to discover that the Gambia is a small but a grate nation, having melting pot of cultures, languages and traditions. Oh, here in the Smiling Coast of Africa, we're very proud of our diversity.

Prepare yourself for African grub; you will enjoy different dishes. Everyone is a family to each other, eating together is parts of us because in togetherness we are one.  Eating is made easy either at your hotel or outside. So the service industry is on a fast track, and you'll have no problems eating out or self-catering. All the cities have their different club houses catering to various youth with irrespective of their background, tribes, visitors and tourists.

It depends on where you like to be and who you like to watch during live performances from the entertainers and musicians. Access to adequate information is easier; there are lots of media in the cities that are informative and educative either printing or electronic so if you want to catch up on national news from home, stay glue with your television set and most supermarkets also carry offshore publications.

Internet cafes have blossomed all over the Gambia, and you'll find them not only in the cities but also in many of the small rural towns you'll be passing through. Take time off to keep in touch with the family. Encourage them to come over and join you because the Smiling Coast of Africa is sweet.

The Gambia is full of history which is the only legacy colonial masters cannot take away from us. Among the historical places that can complete your visit to the Gambia are the Wasu Stone Circles located on the north bank of the river, Janjangbureh, James Island, Sanneh Samatering, numerous festivals both national and international, among other things that will make you to spend one more and more night in the Gambia. You must visit and spend more night in the Gambia, the Smiling Coast of Africa.