Days · Freetown
Freetown in 3 days
Mornings for the sights, afternoons at the beach, every ride in daylight; the last day ends with the bags already in the car for the crossing.
Days
3
Plan status
draft
Walking
2km
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Day 1 — Museum and cathedral, a 12:30 lunch
leave byLeave St George's Cathedral by 11:55 to keep the 12:30 last seating.Leave St George's Cathedral by 11:55 AM to keep the 12:30 PM last seating.
23 min of buffer left.
- 08:30–09:10Car to the centre (slow traffic)
- 09:10–10:10Sierra Leone National Museum
- 10:10–10:12Walk next door
- 10:12–10:27Cotton Tree site
- 10:27–10:32Walk to the cathedral
- 10:32–10:52St George's Cathedral
- 10:52–10:58Walk to lunch
- 10:58–12:30Buffer / wander near Your lunch (central Freetown)
- 12:30–13:30Lunch 12:30 (central Freetown)hard
What this plan gives up
- L1Taxi SLE 300 (Car to the centre (slow traffic)) — protects: Lunch 12:30 (central Freetown).Taxi SLE 300 (Car to the centre (slow traffic)) — protects: Lunch 12:30 PM (central Freetown).
- L2Shorten St George's Cathedral to 20 min (minimum worthwhile visit) — protects: Lunch 12:30 (central Freetown).Shorten St George's Cathedral to 20 min (minimum worthwhile visit) — protects: Lunch 12:30 PM (central Freetown).
Switches if the ground changes
- heat Sierra Leone National Museum → Shade in the cathedral grounds (field-verify) (8′, then 8′ p90 to the anchor)
Why this route?
DFL 1.3 = PFL 0.8 + OFL 0.5 · walk 800 m (0.5 mi)0.5 mi (800 m) · steps ↑0 ↓0
P_late 1.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 23′ · relax L2 · yield 12.4 · option value 0.56
Deadline: last seating 12:30 → latest arrival 12:20, slack 15′
β vs α: time risk 5% → 1%; margin +10 min; +SLE 0.
trace: generated 32 · rejected none · frontier 3 · seed 459102073 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium
After: Back to the coast for shade or the hotel 14:00–16:00; Lumley Beach at sunset.
Day 2 — Lumley Beach and a seafood grill
- 09:30–09:34Walk to the beach
- 09:34–11:34Lumley Beach
- 11:34–11:39Walk along the beach road
- 11:39–12:39Seafood grill on Lumley Beach
Why this route?
DFL 0.7 = PFL 0.7 + OFL 0 · walk 700 m (0.4 mi)0.4 mi (700 m) · steps ↑0 ↓0
P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 n/a · relax L0 · yield 11 · option value 0
trace: generated 4 · rejected none · frontier 1 · seed 459102073 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium
After: Be back at the hotel before dark.
Day 3 — East end with a guide, car to the crossing at 11:00
leave byLeave Old Fourah Bay College by 09:30 to keep the 11:00 boarding.Leave Old Fourah Bay College by 9:30 AM to keep the 11:00 AM boarding.
21 min of buffer left.
- 07:00–07:45Car with a driver to Fourah Bay
- 07:45–08:25Old Fourah Bay College
- 08:25–09:05Car back to the hotel for the bags
- 09:05–11:00Buffer / wander near Hotel pickup (bags) → the crossing to Lungi
- 11:00–12:00Car to the crossing at 11:00 (confirm the operator's time)hard
What this plan gives up
- L1Taxi SLE 350 (Car with a driver to Fourah Bay) — protects: Car to the crossing at 11:00 (confirm the operator's time).Taxi SLE 350 (Car with a driver to Fourah Bay) — protects: Car to the crossing at 11:00 AM (confirm the operator's time).
- L1Taxi SLE 300 (Car back to the hotel for the bags) — protects: Car to the crossing at 11:00 (confirm the operator's time).Taxi SLE 300 (Car back to the hotel for the bags) — protects: Car to the crossing at 11:00 AM (confirm the operator's time).
- L2Skip Sierra Leone Railway Museum (optional) — protects: Car to the crossing at 11:00 (confirm the operator's time).Skip Sierra Leone Railway Museum (optional) — protects: Car to the crossing at 11:00 AM (confirm the operator's time).
Why this route?
DFL 1 = PFL 0 + OFL 1 · walk 0 m (0 ft)0 ft (0 m) · steps ↑0 ↓0
P_late 2.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 21′ · relax L2 · yield 4 · option value 0
Deadline: boarding 11:00 → latest arrival 10:45, slack 21′
trace: generated 2 · rejected no_edge×1 · frontier 2 · seed 459102073 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium
After: Lungi: confirm the crossing time and allow 3+ h before an international departure.