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It was easy to communicate with Visit Sierra Leone by email with prompt replies. The Vehicle driver and airport transfers were well organized. I was able to safely pay with my credit card through paypal. JOHN KARGBO

A fine French Style Patisserie and restaurant, Seating inside with air-con or outside in the garden. Vegetarian options, Bakery goods to take away.  Cakes made & decorated to order. Internet access available at Le10,000 per day.

Sierra Leone is trying to rebuild its tourism industry hurt by years of civil strife. Tourists, in small numbers, are returning to Sierra Leone’s white sand beaches and clear blue waters, eight years after fighting ended in the western African country. 

TUCKING INTO LOBSTER ON A BEACH BESIDE LAPPING WAVES, UNDER A LAZY, HAZY SUN:it’s about as picture-postcard perfect a holiday moment as many could imagine. What you – and possibly the rest of the world’s 922 million tourists – would not imagine, however, is that this is a scene in Sierra Leone. The tiny west […]

When I mentioned to people in Freetown,  and even Sierra Leoenans in London that I had been to Bonthe,  the first reaction is ‘You nor dae frade de wata?’. I cannot understand this fear of the sea from a people who were mostly born within the sound of the waves of the sea.  There must […]

In three years, I’ve probably passed through Lungi 18 times. On 17 occasions, I ventured no further than the airport, helipad, hovercraft launch, or ferry terminal. Once, I spent six hours in the Lungi Airport Hotel before my 5 a.m. Royal Air Maroc flight. Never did I consider exploring beyond that. But now I know: […]

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A natural rope hammock, high on the wooden porch of a treehouse eco-lodge, overlooking a lush green valley and the mountains beyond… A morning mist blanketing the tropical forest terrain…The sounds of birds and insects, and the occasional call of a chimpanzee…Fresh air without the slightest trace of exhaust fumes or burning garbage or the […]

“Would you like to be carried to the speedboat or do you prefer to wade?” It’s not a question I’ve had to face before on an airport transfer — but this is Sierra Leone, one of the world’s poorest countries, and there is no bridge from the international airport to the capital city.

I would like to thank you for arranging a very good visit for me in Sierra Leone last week. It all went well and I appreciate the opportunity to visit your country and hope to return some time. Dr. Valerie Godsalve – Canada