Katchikally Crocodile Pool& Museum
The Gambia
Your driver-guide will highlight key landmarks along the way, including the Kachikally Sacred Pool, which has existed for over five centuries and holds deep cultural and spiritual significance. You'll also visit the Kachikally Museum, one of The Gambia’s major historical and cultural institutions. Inside, you'll discover a fascinating collection of ancient Gambian musical instruments, as well as displays on traditional rites, ceremonies, and religious practices of all the major tribes. You'll leave the museum with a deeper understanding and appreciation of Gambia’s rich ethnic and cultural diversity.
Quick Facts
- Kachikally Crocodile Pool
Situated in the southern part of Bakau on a 9 acre land.
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- The Sacred Crocodile Pool
Its a prominent healing power for many Gambians
- Kachickally Crocodile Pool & Museum
Kachikally's sacred pool shrine was revealed to the Mandinka Bojang family, over 520 years ago, by a ruler's sister named Katchikali.
- Bakau Kachikally Crocodile Pool
The Kachikally Museum is a community run ethnographic museum and is within the Kachikally complex layout