Kiang West National Park is one of the largest and most important wildlife reserves in the Gambia.

[3] Most of the park is located on a plateau of low altitude,[3] and is mostly Guinea savanna and dry deciduous woodland, and it also has tidal flats and mangrove creeks.

[3][6] The park is an important area for Gambian wildlife, as individuals of most of its remaining mammal species are found within it.

[7] Some of the park's bird species have a very local distribution and are rarely observed in other locations in the Gambia.

[1] Other bird species include white-fronted black chat, Dorst's cisticola, Burchell's courser, brown-rumped bunting and chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver, which have restricted distributions in the Gambia.

[1] Local people are permitted to gather a small amount of firewood and forest products, and to cultivate some rice within the park boundaries.

[8] Tubabkollon Point, located near a sandy beach beside the Gambia River in the northeast of the park, is a good place for visitors to watch wildlife.