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
Eco
Attractions (14)
Near Kenema, Kenema District
Kambui Hills Forest Reserve
Forested hills about 10 km from Kenema, part of the greater Gola landscape, with over 200 bird species and western chimpanzees.
- Eco
Central Sierra Leone (Tonkolili and Bo districts)
Kangari Hills Forest Reserve
One of the last Upper Guinean forest ecosystems in central Sierra Leone, home to forest elephants, chimpanzees and 115 bird species.
- Eco
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
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
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
Between Freetown and Lungi
Sierra Leone River Estuary
The broad estuary between Freetown and Lungi, a protected wetland of mangroves and mudflats around a great natural harbour.
- Eco
Western Area Peninsula National Park
Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary
A rainforest sanctuary near Freetown that rescues and rehabilitates orphaned, critically endangered western chimpanzees.
- Eco
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
Sierra Leone River estuary, Port Loko District
Tasso Island
Estuary island near Bunce Island with a community ecotourism camp, birdlife and canoe trips, often paired with a Bunce Island visit.
- Eco
- Beach & Coastal
Kent, Western Area Rural
The Eco-Living Oasis at Kent
A gated, solar-powered eco community of 15 homes at Kent, 500 m from Kent beach and about 20 minutes by boat from the Banana Islands.
- Eco
- Beach & Coastal
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