Sierra Leone in May

Rains start; roads inland begin to suffer.

• Freetown Peninsula and coast · Freetown, River No. 2, Bureh, Banana Islands, Bontherainy

  One of the wettest capitals in the world: over 3 m of rain a year, most of it July–September, with floods and landslides.

• Eastern forest · Tiwai, Gola, Kenemarainy

  Rainforest; trails and roads become hard in the rains.

• North and highlands · Makeni, Outamba-Kilimi, Loma Mountainsrainy

  Drier savanna; Harmattan haze in January; Mount Bintumani best Dec–Mar.

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha

  Moves yearly (lunar)

  Public holidays.

Crowds · Sierra Leone

Low

Prices · Sierra Leone

Low

• A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast

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• Freetown

  Rainy season starts; heavy rain and flooding.