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Overgrown fortress wall at Bunce Island on the Sierra Leone River

Western Circuit

Bunce Island

A former slave-trading fort in the Sierra Leone River — a pilgrimage and history site.

Freetown Peninsula & Western Area. Best time for the circuit: Year-round.

A former slave-trading fort in the Sierra Leone River — a pilgrimage and history site. Editorial photography on this page is licensed stock, not an official Tourism Is Life archive image.

Tours that visit Bunce Island

Fortress wall at Bunce Island on the Sierra Leone RiverHalf day

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Bunce & Tasso Island

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River journey to Bunce Island’s fort ruins and neighbouring Tasso — history at the heart of the transatlantic story.

Half day easy

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