The 52 Places Traveler visits the smallest country in mainland Africa, where historical reckoning, crippling heat, infrastructure woes and an island of apes make for a trip to remember.
A new initiative aims to draw travellers from the Gambia’s golden beaches towards its interior. The Ninki Nanka Trail, named for a mythical water-dwelling leviathan, starts in coastal Banjul and follows the Gambia River’s jungle-clad banks 225 miles upstream through villages and wildlife hotspots.
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TEARS pricked Janis Carter’s eyes as chimpanzee Lucy held her in the tightest embrace of their ten-year relationship - then turned and walked into the rainforest.
The final hug signaled the moment that Lucy - raised as a human in a bizarre experiment in the United States - found her independence, six long years after the pair arrived in Africa.
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Lucy, pictured with adopted mum Jane Temerlin, was raised as a humanCredit: KEO Films
Lucy had been taken from her mother at two days old and raised as the “daughter” of scientist Maurice Temerlin and his wife Jane.
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