A complete list of tourist attractions in Sierra Leone

The Republic of Sierra Leone is located in western Africa, bordering Guinea in the north and northeast, Liberia in the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean in the west and southwest. Sierra Leone has a land area of 72326 square kilometers and a coastline of about 485 kilometers long. The coastal areas of Sierra Leone have beautiful scenery and rich tourism resources. There are 50-kilometer-long, unpolluted original silver sandy beaches, Bintumani Mountains and Tiegi Mountains, Bambuna Waterfall and Kono Diamond Production Area and other tourist attractions.

Freetown Freetown is the capital of Sierra Leone, located on the Freetown Peninsula on the Atlantic coast. Freetown is Sierra Leone's main export port. Its economy is mainly related to its port and is a famous natural port in West Africa. It is a national commercial and transportation center. Hastings Airport, 16 kilometers southeast of the city, specializes in domestic flights; Lungi, across the Sierra Leone River, has an international airport.

Freetown has blue skies, clear waters, clear sand, white winds and sparse people. There are several mosques and churches in the city, the most famous of which is St. George's Cathedral in the Anglican Church. Moreover, people who visit Freetown must go to view a huge kapok tree in the city center. It stands at the intersection in the center of the city. It is more than 30 meters high and more than a dozen arms thick. Although it is over 500 years old, it is still strong and straight, with lush branches and leaves, and full of vitality. The kapok tree is the symbol of Freetown. Its figure is printed on paper money in Sierra Leone. The title of primary school student essay competitions is often "Me and the kapok tree."

It is said that under this ancient tree, it was once the place where Western colonists gathered "black slaves" when they sold blacks. It has become a place where the people of Sierra Leone sing and dance when celebrating festivals. On the north side of this big tree, there is a "kapok tree building", which is the National Museum of History. The presidential palace is also near the kapok tree and is a European-style building. Freetown has a mild climate, with annual temperatures generally between 24 and 32 degrees Celsius. Therefore, it is a garden mountain city in western Africa with green trees and flowers blooming all year round.

Sierra Leone National Railway Museum

The Sierra Leone National Railway Museum officially opened in 2005 and is located in the old railway workshop in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. The collection of the National Railway Museum is a very interesting museum. It collects African railway locomotives, railway cars, trucks, engines, railway relics, etc. These collections about railways illustrate the history of railway development in Africa. Now railways have become an indispensable part of people's lives and are related to people's daily lives.

The development process of railways is also a culture, and people should also understand this culture. Access to the Railway Museum is free, but foreign visitors need to donate currency. The Railway Museum is open all year round except Christmas and is open from 10:00 to 5:00 p.m. Although not many tourists have visited the Sierra Leone National Railway Museum so far, the curator is confident that the museum will attract many people in the near future.

Bonse Island

Bons Island, located in eastern Sierra Leone, was Africa's most notorious slave trafficking transit point from the 16th to the 19th century. Human traffickers usually transport black people to a castle on Bons Island for a short stop, and then transport them to places such as the United States and Europe. From 1530 to 1870, about 12 million black Africans were trafficked to foreign countries in this way and never returned home.

There is a collapsed old Urban area on Bons Island. It used to be beautiful houses but has now become a piece of ruins. The dilapidated houses here were home to slave traders and the government, the dilapidated outhouses were for slaves, and there was also a feeding place for slaves and a place where slaves were inspected to ensure that damaged defective goods did not occupy the ship's cabin. Visitors can climb the stone steps of a large building, walk to a balcony, and look down at the brick-walled fence in which slaves are enclosed before they are loaded into ships. What we saw on Bons Island witnessed the process of slaves being trafficked at that time.

Blue Jasmine Beach

Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, is facing the sea to the north and west, and the western beach close to the Atlantic Ocean is transliterated as Blue Jasmine Beach by China people who came here earlier. This name can be independent of all modified words, making you feel beautiful. Blue Jasmine Beach is about 7 kilometers long and is a good place for people to relax after living and working. Raqa Beach and Florence Resort are located about 10 kilometers and 12 kilometers respectively south of the city of Freetown. They have been developed as tourist attractions by Italians for many years. There are beaches, straw huts, accommodation and catering, and a swimming pool. Go ahead for another 2 kilometers and you will reach the Erdao River. This river meets the sea, is surrounded by silver beaches, the air is fresh, the sun is abundant, and the coconut trees stand tall.

Blue Jasmine Beach has been full of vitality for 365 days. You can see three types of people here. The first type is of course the local black people. They are not afraid of the sun. They are always waistcoats, shorts and slippers. They can leap. They can jump and jump on the crazy waves and rub themselves into the wet sand, even sing and dance in the waves; The second type of people are white people, they are white and cannot be sunburned. They can also be seen running at noon; The third type is us-the yellow people, we are afraid of the sun and will turn black when we get exposed. The vests, shorts, sun hats, sun umbrellas, and sunscreen are fully equipped.

Sierra Leone's primeval rainforest The green nature of Sierra Leone's primeval rainforest is always the main theme. When one plant withdraws, another quickly fills up. As plants alternate and wither, what you see is always a vibrant world. The tall coconut trees on both sides of the road are like gentle ladies stretching their waists, and the tall and straight palm trees stand tall like hearty men. They are like a pair of lovers touching each other's shadow, and they are in touch with each other in the faint clouds and mist.

Here is the sweetness of flowers, here is the aroma of water, here is the fragrance of new leaves, and of course there is the sourness of withered fallen leaves-in the face of seekers for the true meaning of beauty, the mountain gradually hides her veil; Stretch out his green arms, play the symphony of the flowing stream, open her rich mind, and welcome the arrival of tourists. Looking for the sound of the river beating on the rocks, tourists can also appreciate the sonorous sound of the river flowing down from the cliffs. The strips are like deep marks carved on the rocks with knives, like a weather-beaten old man telling his history. The rocks here are mainly lava and sedimentary rocks. The lava is as hard as iron, but years of running water still create holes of large and small in these rocks.