Community and sustainable tourism gurus Tribe Wanted have pulled out of their project in Sierra Leone, but when we visited the locals said they were keen to keep the guesthouse running. If they are successful, guests will stay in tents, hip beach bungalows, or smooth clay honey-domes that look as if they were created in a pottery class, and eat their meals at the open-air beach chop house.
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
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In the dense rainforest of Western Area National Park, Sri Lankan founder Bala created Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, a leafy, waterfall-framed hideaway…
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There are two galleries inside the Sierra Leone National Museum – one housing a collection of cultural and historical artefacts, including Temne Guerrilla…
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This wide sweep of beach has lost some of its atmosphere since the 2015 demolition of dozens of bamboo and thatch food shacks, and the numerous, ugly…
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You don't have to be a rail fan to enjoy this Clinetown museum, where enthusiastic staff guide you around a surprising collection of restored locomotives,…
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The State House, up on Tower Hill and overlooking the downtown area, is an example of Freetown's old Krio architecture, which features brightly washed…
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Gutted by fire in 1999, only the stone shell of the Old Fourah Bay College remains, but this 1848 building is graceful even in its decay. The World…
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St John's Maroon Church is a squat white building with big windows built around 1820. An example of the area's Krio architecture, it was built by returned…
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Dating back to the days of the slave trade, the bell was reputedly used to alert people to important events or emergencies. It is used for the same…
Nearby Sierra Leone attractions
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At 150-years old, this pretty stone structure is one of the country's oldest churches.
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Dating back to the days of the slave trade, the bell was reputedly used to alert people to important events or emergencies. It is used for the same…
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One of the oldest in the country, this cemetery is the final resting place of several former colonial masters.
5. Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary
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In the dense rainforest of Western Area National Park, Sri Lankan founder Bala created Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, a leafy, waterfall-framed hideaway…
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Over at the junction of Kissy Rd – known locally as 'Up Gun' community – you can see one of the three old boundary cannons that were used to mark the…
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You don't have to be a rail fan to enjoy this Clinetown museum, where enthusiastic staff guide you around a surprising collection of restored locomotives,…
17.88 MILES
Gutted by fire in 1999, only the stone shell of the Old Fourah Bay College remains, but this 1848 building is graceful even in its decay. The World…