Abuko is the Gambia's most visited tourist attraction receiving approximately 33,000
visitors per year.
In 1967 wildlife officer Eddie Brewer and his daughter Stella Marsden
visited the area and realized the conservation importance of the forest and its
wildlife. Brewer made a request to the government for the area to be protected.
In 1968 the Department of Wildlife, now the Gambia Department of Parks and
Wildlife Management was established at the reserve.
I – Series of Wildlife in Abuko Nature Reserve (WWF) -1976
Leopard, Statunga , Serval Cat,
Harnessed Antelope
III– Series of Butterflies in Abuko Nature Reserve (WWF) – 1980
Large Spotted Acraea , Yellow Pansy
,Veined Swallowtail , Foxy
Charaxes
Nature reserves play an important role in achieving sustainable
development and preserving the stability and balance of the environment .They
also provide a suitable environment for conducting scientific research and
protecting the biological diversity in addition to investing the marginal lands
in addition to developing tourism industry.
II – Series of Birds in Abuko Nature Reserve (WWF) -1978
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Lizard Buzzard African Harrier-Hawk Long-crested Eagle
