Eco Lodge Yankai Beach | Informal Campsite

May 26th, 2024 by Wilma.TheWhale

The bungalow and restaurant complex owned by friendly Abdul and his wife, he used to work for Action Aid NGO for over 20 years. He started this place and also helps the local village, with a sponsor from Germany built the local school.

There aren't any 'proper campsites' in this country. This is probably the best place for sleeping near Freetown, access with 2wd no problems along gravel road follow the signs for Yankai. 200 per night with access to a bungalow to use the toilet and shower, the water is salty.

Nice quiet spot on the beach, hard sand which is fine for driving. Relaxed location with friendly staff, in the morning they even set us a table and chairs outside to enjoy our breakfast.

April 28th, 2024 by Alveto Expedition

We wanted to update the comments below as they are not accurate. For 200 Leones which is more expensive than the proper campsites around, you get only a parking space for your car in front of the beach (at the car park). The salty shower is outside the building without any privacy, right in front of the bar/restaurant area, surrounded by the tables and obviously people can see you, including the stuff that is happy to watch the show. The toilets are 1 male and 1 female, shared also by the stuff members and all the clients. There is no electricity and the water 6 months a year is salty from the borehall, so not suitable to fill up your tanks. Moreover, while we were having dinner, a few men and woman were coming nearby to piss, right in front or next to us ... There is a lot of room for improvement and we discussed this issues with the owners, so they dropped the price to 150 leones, because of the inconveniences we had. The place itself is beautiful and quite compared to what's available around but do keep these things in kind before coming here. Also the road to get here, around 2 km is a bit bumpy off road. You can pay 300 to have access/use of a bathroom in a room for more privacy if available. Check the prices and the facilities before agreeing to a price/staying. Despite all of this, the owner was reasonable and it's a good standard for "Africa".

February 29th, 2024 by Toby2101

Nice and direct at the beach!
It is 200SLL / night for a truck.
Food and Drinks available, it is far away from the next town, so you need to come with food or eat at the Restaurant.
Fish with Rice is 250SLL.

February 12th, 2024 by equivalentwatch43

A nice place to stay, very quite and front the beach, you can enjoy the beach without having so much tourists, there is a place for camp and bungalow, also restaurant, Abdu the boss is really kind and so helpful you can spend a nice time with him for talk, there is water and the electricity start at 19:00

February 2nd, 2024 by externalcross-stitch01

This was the best place we have been so far. the Service is very good, the people are friendly. we got fresh fish every evening. Don't go to bureh beach. you have to go here!

January 19th, 2024 by wwwhomecar.ch

Very nice place right on the beach. Nice operator of the facility. After a long negotiation we pay 150000 per vehicle. We don't need toilets and showers and it goes without saying that we eat out.