Makasutu Bush Experience

Three, five or seven day trip

The Bush Experience is based on comfortable, but simple, independent living in the open. Clients are provided with four-poster mosquito netted bamboo beds, which are set in open sided, thatched ‘compounds’. Each compound includes its own basic sanitary facilities, comprising a toilet and a solar shower.

Cooking facilities are provided to order. These facilities range from ‘nothing’ (meaning that people collect their own wood and cook on an open fire) to gas fired barbecues. Local, traditional stoves are also available.


The way in which the Bush Experience is set up is agreed in advance with each participating group.

The Bush Experience provides a host of opportunities for group bonding exercises, team building, corporate training and, more simply, for people to do things together that are intellectually and physically stimulating and which provide a great deal of fun.

Programmes can be tailored to run over three, five or seven days.


The river, the forest and other areas of the site provide the location for any projects. These might include building a thatched hide or simple bush accommodation for some or all of the group, building a raft, a bridge or a simple jetty, designing and making ‘bush clothing’ using local techniques (tie and dye or batik); or learning how to make or make and play a traditional musical instrument.


All programmes are individually designed to meet specific objectives that are agreed with the participating Organization or group. The Bush Experience is designed so that for each client or participant there is a defined and viable outcome, which provides the incentive for whole-hearted commitment


West African Tours We show you the very best that Gambia has to offer in adventure, cultural, bird watching, fishing, roots, sports fishing, four wheel drive, safari and day tours. We also offer Senegal, Ghana and Mali tours.



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Botanical Remedies and Nutraceuticals

Baobab fruit pulp is traditionally used against diarrhea, scurvy, cough, dysentery, small pox and measles. Several scientific studies have been performed such as on its anti-diarrheic properties (Tal-Dia et al., 1997); demonstrating its anti inflammatory, analgesic (pain killing) and antipyretic (temperature reducing) properties (Ramadan et al., 1993); its effect against sickle cell anemia (Adesanya, Id-owu, Elujoba, 1988). Studies on the prebiotic effect of the fruit pulp were performed by the University of Piacenza (Milza, 2002).

The market for botanical remedies is plant products registered as medicine, on the one hand and foods on the other (nutraceuticals). This also depends on the regulatory situation. Botanical medicines can either be sold over-the-counter (OTC), or by prescription.

The market for health products has grown dramatically, due to an increased preference by consumers for natural products. World-wide, the total turnover of botanical remedies and dietary supplements increased sharply, especially in the 90s, and almost doubled, from U.S. $12.4 billion in 1994 to U.S. $20.3 billion in 2003.