Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone has exquisite, empty beaches, rainforests and a fascinating heritage with warm, welcoming people, with a background of sun-stained hues, vibrant green of the rainforests and the red roads of the north.

In Freetown, stilted houses remember the days when freed slaves from the Caribbean resettled upon the shores. In the north, the Loma Mountains form the highest point. Further east, the rainforest shelters endangered species like black-and-white colobus monkey and elusive pygmy hippos.