Not long returned from our Trip to The Gambia. The highlight of my party's trip was the Night at Bintang Bolong. Thank you for helping run such a fantastic lodge. Every single member of Staff were so helpful, I have never met a bunch quite like them. Solo held everything together so well. The trips were enjoyable although 2 members of party struggled due to there being no back rests in the boats, which for a 5 hr journey is very uncomfortable.

The only thing we feel very bad about is that we tipped member of staff who were helpful to us, but we totally forgot about the Cook. Even though she made our dinner by Candlelight with great effort!!!!! Every meal she cooked was fantastic. Please pass our thanks on to the Staff at Bintang, Especially the Cook!!!!!!We are sorry we never showed our appreciation.

May I wish you all the best with the lodge in the future, I shall write a favourable review at tripadivisor.com with contact details.
Richard H., April 2007

Just thought i'd drop a line to say how much we enjoyed our week at bintang. We were well looked after by all the staff (and the village as a whole!), I can't single anyone out as they were all very good. We had several good trips around the area and even managed to catch our own supper from the Bolong. Minor irritations included no running water and rather erratic electric. I understand that you are still in the process of renovating the lodge after a period of neglect, so I hope it proves successful!
Thanks, Andrew

Thank you for your hospitality at Bintang Bolong Lodge. We were delighted with our stay, the staff were lovely, friendly, and the food was excellent. We enjoyed a dance in the village and we experienced an awesome location. The accommodation was exactly as we had expected, fabulous. It was only sad that we could not have returned for a final night with you.
I have already informed Mark Thompson of Hidden Gambia that we loved your lodgings, and I will do my best to express to Emma Gregg of the Rough Guide to Gambia that you have a fantastic site. We have taken photos (that is our job) and if you don't mind, we would like to circulate them among the travel industry if they wish to include you in their business.
Bintang Bolong Lodge is a great place, you should be very proud.
All the very best,
Alan & Dolly.

I just want to say thanks to the people at the lodge, who made my holiday very special. I fully understand that due to the lack of guests, the money is limited. However, the service of the staff was excellent and Solo organised/suggested
a variety of activities (including an invite to his house for lunch), which gave me a good inside view of the culture in this country. Omar was an outstanding travel guide with good knowledge, who explained/translated many things. The people in the kitchen/bar, even they did not have a big choice of menues per day, the meals very tasty and surprisingly flexible and people were friendly and obliging. In the evenings we also had a lots of fun. Altogether I had a very nice holiday which also was due to the friendly environment at the lodge. Best regards
Rainer

The best thing of our trip to Gambia has been the Bintang Bolong. We have been lovers of that place so beautiful and of their people. It transmits to their our employees gratefulness and especially to Solo and to the guide Esa,Thatt you/they have behaved very well with us. That is a great person, in which you can trust fully. Send me the electronic mail of Solo to send him you photograph the one to their employees. Very grateful for everything and I hope to return some day to collaborate
with the school of the village.
Ricardo G.

Bintang Bolong Lodge