Bureh Town, near Kent, Western Area Rural
Bureh Beach
Golden surf beach near Kent on the southern peninsula, named after Bai Bureh and home to a surf club.
- Beach & Coastal
- Adventure
Adventure
Attractions (11)
Kenema and Kailahun districts, Eastern Province
Gola Rainforest National Park
Large rainforest park on the Liberian border east of Kenema, home to pygmy hippos, forest elephants, chimpanzees and 300+ bird species.
- Eco
- Adventure
Near Outamba-Kilimi, Karene District
Kuru Hills Forest Reserve
Hills on the Guinea border near Outamba-Kilimi, seen at sunrise from the Karangia Hill hike.
- Eco
- Adventure
Leicester, above Freetown
Leicester Peak
A 564-metre viewpoint above Freetown with panoramic views over the city, the peninsula forest and the Sierra Leone River Estuary.
- Adventure
Loma Mountains, Falaba and Koinadugu
Loma Mountains National Park
Sierra Leone's largest montane forest, around Mount Bintumani, with chimpanzees, red colobus and about 245 bird species.
- Eco
- Adventure
Mama, Western Area Rural
Mama Beach
Quiet stretch of the southern peninsula shoreline south of Bureh, reached by a coastal hiking trail from Kent.
- Beach & Coastal
- Adventure
Loma Mountains
Mount Bintumani
Sierra Leone's highest peak, in the Loma Mountains - a multi-day biodiversity trek to about 1,945 to 1,948 metres (sources differ).
- Adventure
- Eco
Outamba and Kilimi
Outamba-Kilimi National Park
A northern savanna-and-forest park near the Guinea border, home to hippos, elephants, and primates.
- Eco
- Adventure
Near Regent, Western Area Peninsula
Tacugama Innovation Centre
A visitor complex being developed beside Tacugama, with a canopy walkway, trails and an innovation centre for conservation learning.
- Eco
- Adventure
Moa River
Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanctuary
A river-island rainforest reserve on the Moa with one of the highest primate densities in the world.
- Eco
- Adventure
Freetown Peninsula, Western Area
Western Area Peninsula National Park
Rainforest-clad hills at the heart of the Freetown Peninsula, sheltering chimpanzees, several monkey species and some 316 bird species.
- Eco
- Adventure