Gola Rainforest National Park
Gola Rainforest National Park is a world heritage listed national park in Sierra Leone.
Understand
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The park is in three parts; North Gola, Central Gola and South Gola. Across the border in Liberia there is also a Gola National Park. The park, 71,070 ha in size protects the largest areas of rainforest in Sierra Leone, which are part of the Upper Guinean forests. Together with nearby Tiwai Island it was listed as a natural world heritage site in 2025.
History
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[edit]The park is home to over 330 bird species, 650 butterfly species and 49 mammal species, the latter including western chimpanzees, pygmy hippopotamuses forest elephants.