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Unusual Attractions in Freetown

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary

A rehabilitation center for confiscated, orphaned, and abandoned chimpanzees.

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Cotton Tree

The oldest of its kind in the country, this tree sits where formerly enslaved people are said to have founded the city of Freetown.

Freetown, Sierra Leone

National Railway Museum

After Sierra Leone's railways shut down in 1974, a collection of engines and other artifacts spent decades hidden away in this old workshop—now a museum.

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Old Fourah Bay College

The first European-style university in western Sub-Saharan Africa.

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Old Wharf Steps

One of the oldest brick structures in Freetown.

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Saint John Maroon Church

One of the most important Krio heritage sites in the country.

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Bunce Island

Home of the ruins of a British slave castle.

15 miles from Freetown

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