2023
Tour itinerary can be seen below.
• Arrival into Monrovia and check in to our hotel.
• Take a walking tour of Monrovia. We will stop for lunch in the Embassy District before returning to our hotel in the late afternoon.
• After breakfast, we travel west to Robertsport where we will spend two nights. Robersport is a city previously settled by African American freed slaves and was later an Allied airbase in World War 2.
• On the way, we visit Bomi Lake, a 100-metre deep blue lake suspended midway between the peaks of surrounding mountains. Depending on accessibility at the time we will also visit an abandoned UN base which was used to deal with the Ebola outbreak in 2015.
• Spend the morning around Robertsport taking a walking tour. We will visit churches, schools and the abandoned African Centre of Culture.
• Return to our accommodation for lunch before spending the afternoon leisurely or taking optional surf lessons.
• In the morning we will depart for the Sierra Leone border. We will cross the border and join our new transport to take us to Tiwai Island Sanctuary.
• Head to Tiwai Island Sanctuary. We will enjoy local meals prepared by community cooks. You’ll have time to take nature walks where you can hopefully spot red, black and white colobus monkeys. There is also the opportunity to take a river cruise around the island.
• Travel to one of Sierra Leone’s most famous and unspoiled beaches: River Beach Number 2.
• Enjoy a day at this lovely beach, with options to take a boat cruise up the river and hike.
• Take the evening to relax on the beach with delicious fresh fish and cold beers.
• Take a boat ride to Banana Island. The island was initially inhabited by the Portuguese and later by freed slaves.
• Return to River Beach Number 2 in the late afternoon and take the rest of the day at leisure.
• Arrive in Freetown and take a tour of the city, including the famous cotton tree, the market, the war memorial and St George's cathedral.
• Tour ends today. Leave for your flight home or continue your travels through West Africa.