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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Sierra Leone

14 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Sierra Leone

Updated September 20, 2024

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Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanctuary in Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone

Tiwai Island

This river island in Sierra Leone is home to impressive biodiversity and the country's first community conservation program.
Chimpanzees at the sanctuary.

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary

A rehabilitation center for confiscated, orphaned, and abandoned chimpanzees.

Kupr, Sierra Leone

Bunce Island

Home of the ruins of a British slave castle.
Sierra Leone's National Railway Museum

Freetown, Sierra Leone

National Railway Museum

After Sierra Leone's railways shut down in 1974, a collection of engines and other artifacts spent decades hidden away in this old workshop—now a museum.

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Cotton Tree

The oldest of its kind in the country, this tree sits where formerly enslaved people are said to have founded the city of Freetown.
Outamba-Kilimi National Park

Sierra Leone

Outamba-Kilimi National Park

This national park is home to unique vegetation known as woodland savannah.
Old Fourah Bay College

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Old Fourah Bay College

The first European-style university in western Sub-Saharan Africa.

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Old Wharf Steps

One of the oldest brick structures in Freetown.
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December 20, 2022
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How DNA From a 200-Year-Old Pipe Connects Maryland and Sierra Leone

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March 19, 2019
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