day 1 – 15/01/2025 • Monrovia

• Arrival in Monrovia, meet your guide and driver at the airport
• We will start the day by exploring the city: National Museum, Ducor Hotel, the First Presidential palace/pavilion ever built in Liberia and The Centennial Pavilion where most Liberian presidents were inaugurated
• Visit Providence Island, the most important historic place in Liberia

Overnight in Monrovia

day 2 – 16/01/2025 • Monrovia – Bo

• In the morning, visit the ruined Hotel Africa and Unity conference center
• Continue your journey to the border, to enter Sierra Leone
• On the way to Bo, visit a diamond mine depicting the harsh days of the civil war

Overnight in Bo

day 3 – 17/01/2025 – Bo – Freetown

• After breakfast, we’ll hit the road towards Freetown
• Upon arrival, visit the Furabey College (the first university-level institution in Africa) and the National Railway Museum

Overnight in Freetown

day 4 – 18/01/2025 • Freetown

• The day is dedicated to exploring the sites of Freetown: visit the famous Cotton Tree (a 500-year-old tree in the middle of a roundabout), Sierra Leone National Museum, St. George’s Cathedral, Sierra Leone Peace Museum, King’s Gate and Tambakula Arts and Crafts Center
• We will also visit the chimp sanctuary in Freetown, that rescues chimps held on chains and in boxes, prepares them for the wild and sets them free

Overnight in Freetown

day 5 – 19/01/2025 • Banana Island – River #2 Beach

• After breakfast, take up your water shoes to prepare a for wooden boat ride
• We head to Kent, a coastline village, to get on a boat to Banana Island, an island used from 1600s to 1800s as a transit point for thousands of slaves taken from Sierra Leone
• Take some time to relax at the River #2 Beach, one of the most popular beaches in Western Africa
• Head back in the evening to our hotel in Freetown

Overnight in Freetown

day 6 – 20/01/2025 • Freetown – Conakry

• Get ready for a long drive to Conakry
• Upon arrival, we will visit the great mosque of Conakry, the local market, the fishing port and the Los islands.

Overnight in Conakry

day 7 – 21/01/2025 • Conakry – Kindia

• You will leave Conakry to Kindia in the morning
• On the way, we will explore local villages
• Visit Kindia upon arrival

Overnight in Kindia

day 8 – 22/01/2025 • Kindia – Dalaba

• Head in the morning to visit Dalaba
• When the French colonized Guinea, they used Dalaba to retreat from heat: the climate of this region is cooler, coming as low as 16 degrees Celsius

Overnight in Dalaba

day 9 – 23/01/2025 • Dalaba – Labe

• Today, we will visit the stunning Dittinn and the Kambadaga waterfalls, which will take most of the day
• Upon arrival in Labe, we will head to the cultural museum for a proper understanding of the Fulani culture

Overnight in Labe

day 10 – 24/01/2025 • Labe – Gabu

• Today, we have a long drive ahead, to enter Guinea Bissau through Buruntuma border
• Upon arrival, we will rest in our hotel in Gabu, a city with lots of colonial buildings that once housed Portuguese colonizers

Overnight in Gabu

day 11 – 25/01/2025 • Gabu – Bissau

• Early in the morning, we will begin the long journey to Bissau, the capital city of Guinea Bissau
• Upon arrival in Bissau, we will stop at the airport to take a few pictures of the statue of the founder
• Late lunch at the hotel and relax in the afternoon

Overnight in Bissau