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Gola Accommodation
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Helen Kennedy
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Tours staying at this accommodation
There are three basic lodges servicing Gola Rainforest National Park:
1) Belebu Community Lodge is owned and run by the resident Belebu community and has 8 single rooms. It has only a shared / communal bathroom with running water. There is a dining area and a 'bari' as well as fire pit in the grounds, which are next to the school. The lodge is 40km from Kenema, south of Lalehun. (Drive time about 90 minutes). The Belebu community guides are praised for their ability to locate forest wildlife including various monkey species and rare birds.
2) The small Diana Monkey Lodge is inside the National Park, in Gola South. It has three rooms with double beds and a shared/communal bathroom. From the site there are two half-day forest trails which are rewarding for various monkeys including the Western red colobus and Diana monkey and there's good birding to be had. Adventurous travellers can combine a stay here with a night's fully equipped camping along the Mahoi River.
3) Lalehun - Gola Rainforest Conservation Centre: this is about an hour's drive (40km) from Kenema, in Gola Central. Basic but comfortable and well tended accommodation; it is the option which we use for our clients due to its location.
Meals are cooked locally - we arrange all provisions for our guests.
Helen Kennedy
Travel Specialist
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