Thirty five minutes from the aeroplane to the sea.

Banjul International Airport is 27 kilometres away, which is about 35 minutes at any hour except Friday afternoon prayers, when allow fifty.

The arrival transfer is free for every booking made directly with us, however many of you there are. Send us your flight number when you book and a driver holding a Kunta Bay sign will be past customs waiting.

The departure transfer is $25 per car, arranged at reception the day before.

If you book through an agent or a booking site, the transfer is $25 each way, because the agent's commission is roughly what the transfer costs us.

Coming by taxi from the airport, a green tourist taxi should be around D1,500 to Kololi. Agree the fare before you get in. A yellow local taxi is cheaper but will not usually take luggage.

We are on the Bertil Harding Highway, seven minutes on foot from the Senegambia strip.

Hotel taxis wait at the gate from 07:00 to 23:00. They are not the cheapest but the drivers are known to us and the fares are fixed and posted at reception, so nobody haggles at midnight.

Car hire can be arranged through reception at about $45 a day for a small saloon and $70 for a four wheel drive, delivered to the hotel. You will need an international driving permit and a credit card.

Excursions. We work with one operator rather than several, because we would rather answer for one. A river trip is $65 a person, Abuko and the crocodile pool is $40, and a day into Senegal is $95 including the border paperwork. All include lunch and hotel pick up.

Airport lounge on departure is $30 a person for two hours, which is worth it if your flight is at three in the morning, and most of them are.