Northern Sierra Leone Travel Guide

Explore Makeni Makeni blends market bustle with university cafés and nearby traditional villages. Explore Kabala Kabala sits in Sierra Leone’s northern hills, a cooler market town where traders sell coffee, bananas, and woven goods. Explore Port Loko Port Loko’s palm-lined streets front a busy river port and weekly markets selling cassava, yams, and salt. Explore Loma Mountains A rainforest range in northern Sierra Leone that includes Mount Bintumani; conservation areas protect primates and endemic plants, and the region supports guided hikes and community visits. Explore Mount Bintumani Sierra Leone’s highest peak at roughly 1,945 metres, rising in the Loma Mountains; trekkers pursue rainforest trails, endemic birdlife and multi‑day ascents to remote summits. Explore Outamba-Kilimi National Park A protected area in northern Sierra Leone of savannah, rainforest and waterways; visitors seek chimpanzees and hippos on guided walking safaris, and canoe along river channels past traditional villages. Explore Kuru Hills National Park Kuru Hills National Park in northern Sierra Leone protects forested hills and savanna mosaics; visitors come for birding, day hikes and community-oriented conservation visits. Explore Bunce Island An island in the Sierra Leone River with ruins of an 18th‑century British slave‑trading fort; visitors study the archaeology and the transatlantic slave trade on guided tours from Freetown.