Dream Park, Amusement park in Kololi, Serrekunda, The Gambia
Dream Park is an amusement park in the Senegambia area of the Greater Banjul Area in The Gambia. It offers rides, game stalls, food stands, and shaded seating areas for visitors of all ages.
Dream Park opened in early 2008 near Kololi, west of the Bertil Harding Highway, run by a Libyan businessman. It was the first park of its kind in The Gambia and the fifth in Africa, with seven more Dream Parks planned across the continent. Operations stopped around 2010; the reasons are not documented.
Dream Park was built to draw tourists beyond the Senegambia hotel strip and was meant for visitors of every age and background, not only tourists. Its rides, bumper boats and game stalls sat beside a restaurant, sweet shop and toy shop. Operations stopped around 2010.
The site lies west of Bertil Harding Highway, next to the Senegambia hotel area, on a plot of about 160 by 80 metres. Business stopped around 2010, so check locally before travelling there; the grounds and structures may not be maintained or open to visitors.
Some of the rides at Dream Park can carry up to 40 people at once, which is unusual for a park of this size in the region. Running the rides requires a large amount of electricity, making the park one of the more costly operations of its kind locally.
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