Tiwai
Island is a delicate piece of nature and as such
it is important that visitors do not leave behind
too many footprint.
Please
respect & follow the general guidelines of the
island, including taking home with you any rubbish
that is not biodegradable or cannot be recycled…
you will be helping to protect Tiwai’s delicate
eco-system & our future. |
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Tiwai
- a unique experience
Tiwai
is a unique rainforest island where visitors can camp in
prepared tents surrounded by an evergreen forest & the
sounds of hornbills and monkeys calling from the canopies.
The
Moa river journeys from Guinea, close to the tip of the
river Niger, traveling south across Sierra Leone & flushing
out in to the Atlantic Ocean. The wide open river hosts
a cluster of islands, including Tiwai. You can take a river
tour in canoe or motorboat, watching birds fly overhead
or river turtles surface. For explorers, night tours search
for the elusive and extremely rare pygmy hippopotamus.
At
the tip of Tiwai’s northern edge lies one of two stretches
of sandy beach. Access to the beach is seasonal, as in the
rainy season, the sandy mounds are hidden underwater. You
can enjoy a cooling swim in the fresh water … look
out for river otter paw prints as they sometimes like to
play on the sand.
Webs
of trails weave through the Tiwai forest, allowing visitors
and researchers to explore up to 50 km of walking paths.
If you move silently through the forest, you can glimpse
some of the rarest & most colorful primates in the world,
such as the diana & colobus monkeys.
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