Gola-Tiwai

States
Sierra Leone
Category
Natural
Year
2025
Region
Africa
Coordinates
7.5411666667, -11.3478888889
Last Visited
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UNESCO ID
1746
WH Site
1746
Gola-Tiwai

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The Gola-Tiwai Complex, Sierra Leone’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site, encompasses the Gola Rainforest National Park and Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanctuary, forming a biodiversity hotspot within the Upper Guinean Forest. It hosts over 1,000 plant species, 113 endemic, and 55 mammals, including the endangered African forest elephant and pygmy hippopotamus, alongside 448 bird species like the white-necked rockfowl.

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