Sierra Leone is a country that has earned its beauty the hard way. After a brutal civil war and an Ebola crisis that shook the world, this small West African nation has emerged with an irrepressible spirit that stops every visitor in their tracks. The beaches of the Freetown Peninsula — Tokeh, River No. 2, Bureh — are among the most stunning and empty in all of Africa: white sand arcs backed by tropical forest, with not a resort in sight. Inland, the Loma Mountains and Gola Rainforest harbour chimpanzees, pygmy hippos, and bird species found nowhere else on earth. Freetown itself — founded by freed African-American and Caribbean slaves in the late 18th century — is a city of clapboard Krio houses, vibrant street markets, and a history that connects West Africa to the Americas in ways most travellers never knew.

RJ Travel operates group tours and private tours in Sierra Leone, from Freetown’s historic Cotton Tree and Bunce Island slave fortress to the chimpanzee sanctuary at Tacugama, the rainforest reserves of Tiwai Island and Gola, and the diamond-mining towns of the interior. Our itineraries include beach stays, wildlife tracking, and cultural immersions with Mende and Temne communities.

Whether you’re drawn by the haunting ruins of Bunce Island where enslaved Africans were shipped to the Americas, the thrill of tracking wild chimpanzees through primary rainforest, or the simple joy of watching a West African sunset from an empty beach with a cold Star beer in your hand, our Sierra Leone tours reveal a country the world forgot to visit — and that’s exactly why you should.