SlaveryBunce Island
Port Loko District — Sierra Leone River
The slave fort where Gullah Geechee ancestors were held before being shipped to South Carolina and Georgia.
Explore destination →10 Days · 13 Destinations · November 9–20, 2026
Where We Go
Every stop on the Homecoming Tour traces a single narrative thread across Sierra Leone: Slavery. Resistance. Abolition. Return. These are not just places on a map — they are chapters in a story that connects the Gullah Geechee diaspora to their origins.
Where It Began
Slavery
The trans-Atlantic slave trade passed through Sierra Leone for over two centuries. Bunce Island, on the Sierra Leone River, was the largest British slave fort in West Africa — the direct ancestral origin of the Gullah Geechee people of the American Southeast.
SlaveryThose Who Fought Back
Resistance
Not everyone submitted. Old Yagala Village was built in the 18th century as a fortified hilltop refuge — a place specifically designed to resist slave raiders. Its walls still stand.
ResistanceOld Yagala Village
Tonkolili District — Northern Province
A fortified hilltop village built in the 18th century specifically to resist the slave trade.
Explore destination →Where Freedom Was Declared
Abolition
Freetown was founded in 1792 by formerly enslaved people returning from Nova Scotia, the United States, and the Caribbean. The Banana Islands archipelago — reachable only by boat — was settled by freed Africans. Both carry the weight and the beauty of hard-won liberty.
AbolitionFreetown
Western Area Urban District
Capital city founded by freed slaves — one of the most historically layered cities in West Africa.
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AbolitionBanana Islands
Western Area Rural District
Three-island archipelago settled by freed slaves — reachable only by boat on Fambul Tik's own vessel from Kent.
Explore destination →The Living Thread
Gullah Connection
Rogbonko Basketry Village is a Temne community where traditional coiled-grass basket-weaving mirrors the Sweetgrass baskets still made by the Gullah Geechee people of South Carolina and Georgia — a craft that survived the Middle Passage intact.
Gullah ConnectionRogbonko Basketry Village
Tonkolili District — Northern Province
A Temne village where traditional basket-weaving traditions mirror the Sweetgrass baskets of the Gullah Geechee people.
Explore destination →A New Beginning
Opening Day
On November 14, 2026 — exactly five years after its foundation was laid — the Eco-Living Oasis at Kent officially opens. Built by Fambul Tik as a sustainable residential community at the southern tip of the Freetown Peninsula, this is where the diaspora comes home.
Opening DayThe Eco-Living Oasis at Kent
Western Area Rural District — Kent Peninsula
Fambul Tik's own sustainable residential community — opening November 14, 2026, five years from the day its foundation was laid.
Explore destination →Krio Country
Heritage & Return
Kent village at the Freetown Peninsula's southern tip is a Krio heritage community founded by freed slaves — one of the oldest settlements of freed Africans on the continent.
Heritage & ReturnKent
Western Area Rural District
Southern tip of the Freetown Peninsula — a Krio heritage village founded by freed slaves, and home to the Eco-Living Oasis.
Explore destination →Into the Highlands
Journey North
The tour ventures north through the Bombali and Koinadugu districts — past Makeni, the Northern Province capital, and up into the highlands to Kabala, where mountain landscapes frame the country's interior.
Journey NorthKabala
Koinadugu District — Northern Province
Mountain town in the Northern Province — scenic highland landscapes and a cultural welcome at elevation.
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Journey NorthMakeni
Bombali District — Northern Province
Northern Province capital — overnight stop between Old Yagala and the journey south.
Explore destination →The Wider Country
Heritage
Bo, Kenema, and Senehun Ngola take the tour through Sierra Leone's Southern and Eastern provinces — Mende cultural heartland, diamond country, and ancestral chiefdom villages that rarely appear on heritage itineraries.
HeritageSenehun Ngola
Moyamba District — Southern Province
Ancestral Mende chiefdom village — a deeply cultural stop in the heart of the Southern Province.
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HeritageKenema
Kenema District — Eastern Province
Diamond capital of Sierra Leone — a crossroads city in the Eastern Province with deep Mende cultural heritage.
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HeritageBo
Bo District — Southern Province
Sierra Leone's second city — Southern Province capital with a rich Mende cultural identity.
Explore destination →Your Gateway
Arrival & Departure
The tour begins and ends at Lungi International Airport, just across the Sierra Leone River from Freetown. Your Fambul Tik guide meets you at arrivals on November 9 and sees you off on November 20.
Arrival & DepartureLungi International Airport
Northern Province / Port Loko District
Your gateway to Sierra Leone — arrival and departure hub for the Homecoming Tour.
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All tour packages include guided access to every destination on this list — travel, accommodation, meals, and cultural experiences included.