The Banana Islands lie south west of the Freetown Peninsula in Sierra Leone. The two main islands, Dublin Island and Ricketts Island, are linked by a causeway. Dublin Island is known for its beaches while Ricketts Island is best known for its forests. Mes-Meheux is the uninhabited third island of the Banana Islands.
Banana and Ricketts Islands have a combined population of about 900 people. The two Islands are connected by a spit of sand that is ...
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The Banana Islands lie south west of the Freetown Peninsula in Sierra Leone. The two main islands, Dublin Island and Ricketts Island, are linked by a causeway. Dublin Island is known for its beaches while Ricketts Island is best known for its forests. Mes-Meheux is the uninhabited third island of the Banana Islands.
Banana and Ricketts Islands have a combined population of about 900 people. The two Islands are connected by a spit of sand that is underwater at high tide. A stone bridge connects the path between the two islands' villages of Dublin and Ricketts, located on the coast facing the Western Peninsula.
The islands were visited in the 17th century and perhaps earlier by Portuguese sailors and were settled in the late 18th and 19th centuries by freed slaves whose descendants make up most of the population of the islands today.
Tourist infrastructure exists only in the northern part of the island. “Daltons Banana Guest House” +23276570208, or the “Banana Island Chalets” +232 76...
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