Gola Rainforest National Park
Gola protects Sierra Leone’s largest surviving block of Upper Guinea rainforest and, with Tiwai, forms the country’s first World Heritage property.
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Kenema
Kenema, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone
Kenema is the working gateway to Sierra Leone’s eastern rainforest country and the headquarters city for Gola Rainforest Conservation. Arrange permits, guides and suitable transport here before following the authority-managed road toward Gola Central.
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Capital to Rainforest Country
Travel from Freetown through Bo to Kenema as a daylight road journey between genuine bases, then enter Gola only through its managed visitor system.
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Arrange permits and transport through Gola Rainforest Conservation in Kenema. Park staff and a community guide then choose the appropriate forest walk.
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