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Sierra Leone Adventure: History, Culture & Nature

8 days
Start and end in Freetown
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Fully Guided
An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
Guided in English
Group Size 1 - 12
Ages 15+
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Highlights

  • Explore Freetown's historic sites and markets
  • Visit Bunce Island's haunting slave fort
  • Help harvest rice in Boma Community Village
  • Experience Tiwai Island's wildlife on a night walk
  • Try diamond sifting in Kenema's fields

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 Freetown
  2. Day 2 Freetown
  3. Day 3 Boma Village
  4. Day 4 Tiwai Island
  5. Day 5 Kenema
  6. Day 6 Banana Islands
  7. Day 7 Banana Islands
  8. Day 8 Freetown
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Intrepid Travel

Number of tours

1,651

Age Range

5 to 99 years old

Response time

9 hours

Response rate

92%

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Customer Reviews

  • James
    · August 23rd, 2025
    I got down to Marrakesh with a rival company also doing Spain and Portugal along the way. But the area this Intrepid tour went, was the Morocco I always wanted to see. I mention this as the Sahara and southern Morocco is very different to the top half of the country. The highlight was riding camels (that looked to be well taken care of unlike horses you see in Marrakesh, donkeys and mules in other parts). We only had five people in total on this tour, but everyone got along really well. Surprisingly all but Essaouira had air-conditioning, granted not all worked, but I wasn't anticipating it much. It is very hot in Marrakesh and the camp in the Sahara. Some of the accommodation wasn't great and I didn't see what the point of wasting a day travelling to Tata was, since there was nothing there. There's a lot of long travel days in the chartered bus (and public bus to Marrakesh at the end). Day 2 (well 3 since they ridiculously count the meet anytime day where you do nothing as a day), we drove through places in the desert where Star Wars and other movies were filmed but the guide never said, if you look out the window on your right, that's Tatooine, or anything like that. So that was disappointing as it was the main reason I did this trip over the 3 day one. I mean we saw the places but never knew it at the time. We did visit the site of Gladiator and saw the set prop from Game of Thrones left behind at Benhaddou, which was an interesting town, although we drove by plenty more buildings that looked like that towns' in the days that followed. The hike from Imil to Arournd was just walking up a dirt road, we could have just driven all the way, there since we were being constantly passed by vehicles including ones the same size as the bus. Seemed to be more of a gimmick so mules could take our backpacks to the hostel like place. Tieta Tagmoute started off witnessing an old guy have an argument with our local guide and take out his anger by beating a donkey. The place turned out to be interesting with the keymaster bank, but was actually better because another old guy basically bullied keymaster and our guide to see his place on the way. I guess to get a cut of the money. But his place had a lot of cool photo opportunities. Best local guide was in Tafraoute, who was entertaining and told us a lot about culture and everything else. Even joined in the performance at the lunch at the local Berber house there. As did our Intrepid guide, Oulaid by the way who was a very nice guy and good guide by the way. He listened to our feedback along the way and would adjust future stuff such as having a picnic at the beach rather than a terrible cafe the day before. Overall it was a great tour, just needed a few improvements. Not enough time in a few places, and way too much time others. It did seem to die off a little once we got to Essaouira where too much free time made it seem like the tour finished a few days before it did since you do very little with the guide. Local bus where you sit next to locals and don't all sit together doesn't help with that feeling either.
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  • JulieHarrisJones
    · August 18th, 2025
    Excellent tour through a very unique country. Great local guide in Barnabas. Whilst the driving days were quite long they were very comfortable and there was always something to see. Food was very good, and the accommodation more comfortable than we had imagined.
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  • Mandeep
    · August 16th, 2025
    The whole experience was very welcoming. I felt safe and well informed the entire trip. The activities were planned very well. So many unique experiences from the desert to the mountains. I enjoyed the accommodation, it was comfortable. Overall I have only all good memories from my trip. I still remember the beautiful sunrise on the desert, and have had the best pictures for my IG stories thus far from any trip. The tour guide was grounded, intelligent, alert, well educated on the trip, and quite funny. Felt a very warm energy from him from the start, and the group that was brought together got along great!
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8 days
Sierra Leone Adventure: History, Culture & Nature
From Freetown to Freetown

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Tour ID: 321987

  • Currency
    Le
    Leone
    Sierra Leone
  • Plugs & Adapters

    As a traveler from New Zealand you will need an adaptor for types D, M, G.

    Type D
    Sierra Leone
    Type M
    Sierra Leone
    Type G
    Sierra Leone
  • Vaccines
    • These are only indications, so please visit your doctor before you travel to be 100% sure.
    • Typhoid - Recommended for Sierra Leone. Ideally 2 weeks before travel.
    • Hepatitis A - Recommended for Sierra Leone. Ideally 2 weeks before travel.
    • Cholera - Recommended for Sierra Leone. Ideally 2 weeks before travel.
    • Tuberculosis - Recommended for Sierra Leone. Ideally 3 months before travel.
    • Hepatitis B - Recommended for Sierra Leone. Ideally 2 months before travel.
    • Rabies - Recommended for Sierra Leone. Ideally 1 month before travel.
    • Yellow fever - Required for entrance into the country for Sierra Leone. Ideally 10 days before travel.
  • Visa
    • Unfortunately we cannot offer you a visa application service. Whether you need a visa or not depends on your nationality and where you wish to travel. Assuming your home country does not have a visa agreement with the country you're planning to visit, you will need to apply for a visa in advance of your scheduled departure.
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