Laguna Beach - 2 miles Banjul

The name changed (but not the reputation) since the river mouth's heavy erosion elsewhere resulted in a sand barred lagoon here (so wide as to warrant a boat-ride from the hotel to the main beach at high tide!). The late name of Wadner Beach has been refurbished

It was built by Britt Wadner who, having set up the world's first offshore pirate station and then worked for the ill-fated Radio Caroline, (incidentally one of the hulks visible from Bund Road in banjul) started The Gambia's commercial Radio Syd in 1967 and the hotel in 1970.

It remains to be seen if the Laguna will be open for business this November.