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Aberdeen Beach

Photo: Sierra Leone National Tourist Board (tourismsierraleone.com) (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Banana Islands

Photo: Christian Trede (Attribution) via Wikimedia Commons

Black Johnson Beach

Photo: Sierra Leone National Tourist Board (tourismsierraleone.com) (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Bonthe Clock Tower

Photo: Monuments and Relics Commission (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Bunce Island

Photo: Tamba Lamin (© TpGroup (SL) Limited, used by the owner)
Photo: Tamba Lamin (© TpGroup (SL) Limited, used by the owner; people shown are tour members who consented (confirmed by the owner 2026-09-27))
Photo: Fambul Tik (© TpGroup (SL) Limited, used by the owner)
Photo: Pierre Chrzanowski (CC0) via Wikimedia Commons

Bureh Beach

Photo: Tamba Lamin (© TpGroup (SL) Limited, used by the owner)
Photo: Sierra Leone National Tourist Board (tourismsierraleone.com) (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Captain Lendy's Grave, Waiima

Photo: Monuments and Relics Commission (monumentsandrelics.com) (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Chief Mani Sundu's Grave

Photo: Monuments and Relics Commission (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

De Ruyter Stone

Photo: Monuments and Relics Commission (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Firing Point and Guns, Dublin

Photo: Sierra Leone Heritage (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Fort Thornton

Photo: The EITI (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons

Gola Rainforest National Park

Photo: Tourist Board (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Heddle's Farm

Photo: Tamba Lamin (© TpGroup (SL) Limited, used by the owner)
Photo: Sierra Leone Heritage (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

sierraleoneheritage.org/v12.6/sites/monuments/heddle/

John Newton's House, Plantain Island

Photo: Sierra Leone Heritage (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

John Obey Beach

Photo: Sierra Leone National Tourist Board (tourismsierraleone.com) (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Kambui Hills Forest Reserve

Photo: Sierra Leone National Tourist Board (tourismsierraleone.com) (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Kangari Hills Forest Reserve

Photo: Sierra Leone National Tourist Board (tourismsierraleone.com) (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Kent village and the King's Well

Photo: Tamba Lamin (Owner (TpGroup / FambulTik))

King Jimmy Steps

Photo: Tamba Lamin (© TpGroup (SL) Limited, used by the owner)
Photo: Tamba Lamin (© TpGroup (SL) Limited, used by the owner; people shown are tour members who consented (confirmed by the owner 2026-09-27))

King's Yard Gate

Photo: Tamba Lamin (© TpGroup (SL) Limited, used by the owner)
Photo: Tamba Lamin (© TpGroup (SL) Limited, used by the owner; people shown are tour members who consented (confirmed by the owner 2026-09-27))
Photo: danbjoseph (Mapillary) (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons

Kuru Hills Forest Reserve

Photo: National Tourist Board of Sierra Leone (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Lakka Beach

Photo: Sierra Leone National Tourist Board (tourismsierraleone.com) (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Leicester Peak

Photo: National Tourist Board of Sierra Leone (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Loma Mountains National Park

Photo: Rokaso (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons

Lumley Beach

Photo: Ghassan Mroue (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons

Madam Yoko's Grave

Photo: Monuments and Relics Commission (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Mama Beach

Photo: Tamba Lamin (© TpGroup (SL) Limited, used by the owner)
Photo: Sierra Leone National Tourist Board (tourismsierraleone.com) (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Martello Tower

Photo: Monuments and Relics Commission (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Masakpaidu Earthworks

Photo: Sierra Leone Heritage (sierraleoneheritage.org) (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Mount Bintumani

Photo: Rokaso (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons

National Railway Museum

Photo: Davidbstanley (Wikivoyage user) (Public domain) via Wikimedia Commons

Old City Boundary Guns

Photo: Monuments and Relics Commission (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Old Fourah Bay College

Photo: Tamba Lamin (© TpGroup (SL) Limited, used by the owner)
Photo: Tamba Lamin (© TpGroup (SL) Limited, used by the owner; people shown are tour members who consented (confirmed by the owner 2026-09-27))
Photo: Jared & Melanie & Huxley Ponchot (CC BY 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons

Old Wharf Steps

Photo: Annette White, via the National Tourist Board (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Old Yagala Village

Photo: Fambul Tik (© TpGroup (SL) Limited, used by the owner)
Photo: Tamba Lamin (© TpGroup (SL) Limited, used by the owner)
Photo: Tamba Lamin (© TpGroup (SL) Limited, used by the owner)

Outamba-Kilimi National Park

Photo: Leasmhar (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons

River No. 2 Beach

Photo: Hussein Kefel (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons

Rogbonko Basketry Village

Photo: Fambul Tik (© TpGroup (SL) Limited, used by the owner; people shown are tour members who consented (confirmed by the owner 2026-09-27))

Senehun Ngola

Photo: Fambul Tik (© TpGroup (SL) Limited, used by the owner; people shown are tour members who consented (confirmed by the owner 2026-09-27))
Photo: Tamba Lamin (Owner (FambulTik); people shown consented (confirmed by the owner 2026-09-27))

Sherbro Island and Bonthe

Photo: tormentor4555 (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons

Sierra Leone National Museum

Photo: ODC-SIERRA-LEONE (CC0) via Wikimedia Commons

Sierra Leone Peace Museum

Photo: ALFA-CODE (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons

Sierra Leone River Estuary

Photo: European Space Agency; contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO) via Wikimedia Commons

St Charles Church, Regent

Photo: Tourist Board (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

St Edward's Church, Kent

Photo: Sheku Koroma (filename indicates a Pexels photo), published by Monuments and Relics Commission (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

St John's Maroon Church

Photo: Monuments and Relics Commission (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Sulima

Photo: National Tourist Board of Sierra Leone (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary

Photo: BigMikeSndTech (CC BY 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons

Tacugama Innovation Centre

Photo: National Tourist Board of Sierra Leone (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Tasso Island

Photo: Sierra Leone National Tourist Board (tourismsierraleone.com) (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

The Eco-Living Oasis at Kent

Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanctuary

Photo: Dorothy Voorhees (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons

Tokeh Beach

Photo: Lars Bessel (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons

Turtle Islands

Photo: Sierra Leone National Tourist Board (tourismsierraleone.com) (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

Western Area Peninsula National Park

Photo: Sierra Leone National Tourist Board (tourismsierraleone.com) (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))

York Beach

Photo: Sierra Leone National Tourist Board (tourismsierraleone.com) (Published with permission (owner attestation 2026-09-27))