Mano River

The Mano River is a West African river. It begins in Liberia's Guinea Highlands and runs along the Liberia-Sierra Leone border. Guinea's Parrot's Beak region, Liberia's Lofa County, and Sierra Leone's Kono and Kailahun District are among the districts through which the river passes. In some places, diamond mining is a prominent industry.

In the 1990s, a series of violent confrontations involving these regions arose as a result of control of the area's resources and the instability of the national governments of all three countries (See Sierra Leone Civil War, First Liberian Civil War, Second Liberian Civil War).

In 1973, Liberia and Sierra Leone formed the Mano River Union. Guinea became a member in 1980. Côte d'Ivoire joined in 2008 after it was relaunched in 2004 as a customs and economic union. One of the very interesting experiences here is that you will be able to rent a small boat to go along the two banks. The boatman will tell you many interesting and mysterious stories in this river.

Length: 320km