River No 2 is undoubtedly home to one of the best Sierra Leone beaches and located less than an hour from Freetown it is also very accessible. This palm lined white sand beach was the location of the 1980’s ‘a taste of paradise’ Bounty adverts.
As well as a fantastic beach though, River No 2 has an interesting success story that makes it particularly appealing. The beach is managed, along with the accommodation, bar and restaurant, by the community. This seems forward thinking but actually this has been going since 1995. During the war, when the rebels came to River No 2, the community buried everything they needed to run their business from generators to cutlery in the village cemetery. Most people took to the hills to hide, and the few that stayed behind managed to convince the rebels that the village had nothing worth stealing.
The community run beach has all the f
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