Visit Gorée Island UNESCO World Heritage Site and explore Dakar's vibrant markets ● discover the rare salt-water hippos in Guinea-Bissau's Bijagós Archipelago ● experience traditional Bijagó island villages and witness unique matriarchal cultures ● explore Cape Coast Castle and confront the history of the transatlantic slave trade ● walk the canopy bridges above Kakum National Park's pristine rainforest ● visit Bunce Island slave castle and trace the footsteps of freed slaves who founded Freetown