It was partway through Thomas Mariee's 17-day solo packrafting descent of Sierra Leone's Rokel River, and he was hiding in the jungle. Mariee had set up camp at dusk, hoping to conceal his presence ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The storm is clearing now, though the occasional bolt of lightning illuminates our passage. As my eyes slowly adapt, the world around ...

Sierra Leone is not your usual travel destination—at least not yet. The country has endured a fair degree of setbacks, from its role at the heart of the transatlantic slave trade, Ebola outbreaks, and ...

Part of Sierra Leone in West Africa is pictured in this image the Sentinel-2A satellite captured on 11 December 2015. The country’s capital, Freetown, sits on a peninsula at the bottom of the image.