Geima Guesthouse | Eco tourism in rainforest | Geima village near Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone

In the heart of the rainforest
in Sierra Leone

Welcome to Geima

We are a forest community in Tiwai rainforest by the Moa River, part of the Gola-Tiwai UNESCO World Heritage site in Sierra Leone.

Here is the story of how we are building our guesthouse. A traditional building using materials from the forest and river, with some modern comforts.

We are opening in September 2026 and look forward to welcoming you to our village, to stay in our guesthouse, and share our culture and hospitality.

We would love to hear from you - please contact us here to find out more about our guesthouse or make a booking.

How our dream is coming to life

Our whole community came together to get our guesthouse to roof hight. We collected the stones, mined the sand, made the mudbricks. It's being built by the community for the community.

We are thankful to people in neighbouring villages who have helped gather the materials and prepare the land. And to the support of partners, including the Tiwai Island team who will help with our training.

Watch our for our next exciting news as we work to finish our guesthouse. And you can find out more by contacting us here. We would love to hear from you

How it started, how it continues - our story

The final piece of construction

Rains nearly over, we're finishing the last of the building work

A year on - our guesthouse nears completion

Almost a year from our big decision our guesthouse is nearing completion

Sun Power for our Guesthouse

Thanks to our partners MIK Energy, we now have solar panels installed to power our guesthouse. This is the most complex and advanced part of our project. The solar panels will provide solar power for our lighting, phone and tablet charging and for our well and water system. We chose to partner with them because of the quality of their work and because their values ae aligned with ours as a community-owned, community-run project. We were especially impressed to see the young w

Geima Guesthouse - our picture gallery

Across the Moa River

It's a boat trip across the river to Geima

Geima village

A community with pride in our environment and heritage

Geima sunset