Firestone Hydroelectric Power Station
Hydroelectric power station in Liberia
A hydroelectric station on Liberia's Farmington River, built in 1942 as the country's first power-generating dam.
Photo: Bwoart, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Liberia: 10 places worth the journey
Firestone Hydroelectric Power Station, Ducor Hotel, Executive Mansion, Monrovia and 7 more — what each one is, and why it is worth the detour.
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What to see in Liberia
Chosen from everything Wikidata knows about Liberia and ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions describe them, which is about as close to "famous" as open data gets.
Ducor Hotel
Abandoned hotel in Monrovia, Liberia
An abandoned luxury hotel in Monrovia, Liberia, opened in 1960 with 106 rooms over eight floors.
Photo: Mark Fischer, CC BY-SA 2.0
Executive Mansion, Monrovia
Official residence and workplace of the President of Liberia
The official home and workplace of Liberia's president, across the street from the Capitol Building in Monrovia's Capitol Hill district. The present building went up under President William Tubman, who held office from 1944 to 1971.
Photo: my-self, Public domain
Lake Piso
Lake in Liberia
Also called Lake Pisu and Fisherman's Lake, a long tidal lagoon near Robertsport, in Grand Cape Mount County, western Liberia. The name comes from a local word meaning "pigeon's hole", after the flocks of pigeons that once came there to drink.
Photo: Bethel. Anthony Chisom, CC BY-SA 4.0
Gabriel Tucker Bridge
Bridge in Liberia
A bridge across the Mesurado River in Monrovia, Liberia, built from 1972 to 1976.
Photo: Fred van der Kraaij, CC BY-SA 4.0
Edward J. Roye Building
Architectural structure
A wrecked skyscraper on Ashmun Street in the business district of Monrovia, Liberia's capital. In 1964 President William Tubman named it the "E.J. Roye Memorial Building" after Edward James Roye, the country's fifth President.
Photo: Fred van der Kraaij, CC BY-SA 4.0
Hotel Africa
Hotel in Liberia
A former hotel on Liberia's west coast, in Virginia, a suburb north of Monrovia.
Photo: Reycabungcag, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Temple of Justice (Liberia)
Courthouse in Monrovia, Liberia
Designed in the 1960s by Tommaso Valle, a big modernist court building standing inside the government complex on Monrovia's Capitol Hill, in Liberia.
Photo: Mixm4stermich, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Providence Island, Liberia
Island in Liberia
The site of the American Colonization Society's first successful settlement of American freedmen in Liberia, which Liberia's government has put forward as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Photo: Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927; Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Public domain
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Monkey Island, Liberia
River island group in Liberia
Six mangrove islands, with no human inhabitants, in Liberia's Little Bassa and Farmington rivers. They serve unofficially as a refuge for chimpanzees that the New York Blood Center once used in biomedical research, from the 1970s until 2005.
Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0
About Liberia
Officially the Republic of Liberia, a country on the West African coast. Its land neighbours are Guinea (north), Sierra Leone (northwest) and Ivory Coast (east), and the Atlantic lies to its south and southwest. It covers 43,000 square miles (111,369 km²) and has around 5.5 million people.
Officially The Republic of Liberia.
Based on the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0: the facts are Wikipedia's, the wording is this site's.
Questions travellers ask
What is worth seeing in Liberia?
This guide lists 10: Firestone Hydroelectric Power Station, Ducor Hotel, Executive Mansion, Monrovia and Lake Piso and others.
How were these places chosen?
By machine, from open data, with no human ranking them and nobody able to pay for a place on the list. Everything Wikidata records in Liberia that is a building, a landform, a protected area or a tourist attraction, has coordinates, a photograph and an English Wikipedia article, is ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions wrote about it. Provinces, cities, airports, stations and stretches of sea shared with the neighbours are filtered out.
What language is spoken in Liberia, and what currency?
English. The currency is LRD.
How do I get mobile data in Liberia?
A travel eSIM is usually the cheapest way, and avoids a roaming bill. The plans suggested at the foot of this guide start at $7.70 for 1GB for 7 days. The eSIM is data-only and sits alongside your normal SIM, so calls, texts and WhatsApp keep working on your own number.
Which networks would my phone use in Liberia?
Orange. Your phone picks whichever has the best signal where you are, the same way a local phone does.
One practical note: staying online
Maps, tickets and translation all want data, and roaming is the expensive way to get it. A Computatus eSIM eSIM connects to Orange once you land, and installs by QR code before you leave.
See 4 Computatus eSIM plans for Liberia from $7.70
| Plan | Data | Valid | Price | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GB for 7 days Cheapest | 1 GB | 7 days | $7.70 | Get it → |
| 3GB for 15 days | 3 GB | 15 days | $20.53 | Get it → |
| 3GB for 30 days | 3 GB | 30 days | $21.82 | Get it → |
| 5GB for 30 days | 5 GB | 30 days | $34.22 | Get it → |
No app needed. Install by QR code before you fly, keep your own number for calls, and it connects the moment you land.
Orange 4G
A commission on plans bought through these links is what pays for this guide. Nothing above depends on it: the places are chosen before any price is looked up.