Blog - Visit Sierra Leone (VSL TRAVEL)

VSL Spotlight:Pangea The small woodwork and fashion shop with a big project

June 16, 2017

Leones and Sense – The Freetown Business School February 2017 saw the inception of Freetown Business School, a project which could ultimately see Freetown being the go-to place in Africa for post-graduate business education. Freetown Business School (FBS) was founded ...

June 1, 2017

Finally! Direct flights between Freetown and Banjul resume with Fly Mid Africa Another casualty of the Ebola scourge was Gambia Bird, the airline which used to service Freetown to Banjul (and Senegal) route. Consequently, getting to The Gambia from Sierra Leone meant taking a ‘not so ...

May 17, 2017

VSL Spotlight: Royal Dynamite Today we shine the spotlight on a Sierra Leonean owned company based in the States. They have been on our radar for a while now and have continued to strengthened their brand. We hear from their operations guru, Ralph ...

April 28, 2017

Baobab Trust launches accommodation at Tasso Island Baobab Trust launches accommodation at Tasso Island As we headed up the beach I could hear the loud sound of a trending local song with pulsating drum rhythms and deep bass vocals. A short incline from the beach opened ...

April 25, 2017

Turkish Airlines Plans to add Sierra Leone to its Global Destinations By Alhaji M.B. Jalloh, Information Attaché Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States The Deputy Chairman and CEO of Turkish Airlines has said that the company is evaluating commencement of flights between Istanbul Ataturk and ...

April 13, 2017

VSL Spotlight: 232Complex What is it like? With its luminous green paint, 232 Complex is easily the most noticeable spot on the Lumley Beach Front that doesn’t have flashing lights. I mean, who could miss those giant Heineken banners? It has a ...

April 12, 2017

10 reasons in favour of domestic tourism in Sierra Leone VSL ran a trip to Bunce Island on March 26th and the following article is from Memuna Forna, who runs Insight – “The only magazine for those who do business in Sierra Leone”. Very interesting and well ...

April 2, 2017

Medview starts flights to Freetown and Monrovia Med-View Airline, a private Nigerian aviation firm, launched its maiden flight from Lagos, Nigeria, to the Roberts International Airport (RIA), Liberia, on Tuesday, December 20. Med-View Airline will be operating a ...

December 23, 2016

Why is the Sierra Leone Government still sleeping on tourism? During my stay in London I paid a visit to a Rainbow Tours, tour operator who have been our partners since 2009. They were probably the first operator to fully commit to marketing the Sierra Leone product, post ...

November 30, 2016