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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]VSL Travel is more than just a comprehensive online guide for travelers to Sierra Leone. We are a local tour operator based in Freetown offering the complete range of travel related services that create the best experience for our clients, whether they are traveling for business, leisure or relocation. Our head office staff can be seen […]

Great quality with all sea view rooms. Located at Aberdeen not far from Lumley Beach, Sierra Lighthouse hotel just works. All rooms are suites and include a small living area and have a balcony with a view out to the ocean.

You’re basically coming for the beach. The accommodation facility is very basic, but the staff are usually friendly and helpful.

The Lungi Airport Hotel recently underwent a change in management and a revamp. The hotel now has the following faciltities -44 Deluxe Rooms (including 2 suites)-17 economy rooms-4 villas-3 junior sweets-Presidential suite (including a conference room)-2 conference rooms-Restaurant-Bar Area-Large and Secure Parking Area-Swimming pool and a Tennis court-CCTV-Professional Security Team-Airport Shuttle-24/7 electricity-Free wifi for customers-Hot […]

Wusum Hotel is the Jewel of Makeni. It is a well done hotel along Teko Road in Makeni and is the effort of a Makeni born business man. Each room is air-conditioned with satellite TV and a fridge. The hotel has a gorgeous pool which is beautiful at night and sits next to the bar […]

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This church was built by the Maroons who arrived in the colony in 1800 as black returnees from Jamaica who were reputed to be accomplished stone masons. It is thought they converted to Christianity through the influence of the Nova Scotians who were already in the Colony. The church erected in 1822, was seen as […]

These flights of stone steps are one of the stone architecture erected during the governorship of Governor Charles Macarthy. They lead down from Wallace Johnson Street and were completed in 1818. They are often wrongly referred to as the “Portuguese Steps”. The Guard House at the top of the steps was built in 1819.

As the drive to make the Sierra Leone Colony a Christian community continued, Governor Maxwell sent a memo to the Secretary of State for the colonies requesting the construction of a church to serve as a place of worship for the citizens. The foundation was laid in 1817 by Governor MacCarthy and construction was complete […]

As the Liberated African Villages grew, it was decided that structures had to be established to cater for the spiritual and educational welfare of the emerging communities. The government agreed to finance the construction of schools and churches. In 1816, the government financed the building of a stone church the Regent, one of the Liberated […]