Is Koidu-Bulma safe? Sierra Leone travel risk
Is Koidu-Bulma safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Koidu-Bulma scores 50/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Sierra Leone Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 15 Sep 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Koidu-Bulma scores 50/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Sierra Leone (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Koidu-Bulma: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (53/100) and health and medical access (64/100).
A score of 50 is higher than the scores of 67% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Sierra Leone travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 8.4405° N, 10.8500° W in Eastern. The settlement is located 262.1 km W from Freetown.
Eastern
8.4405° N, 10.8500° W
Lowland
UTC
87,539
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Sierra Leone
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | 6 | 30 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Koidu-Bulma happened in March (30 of 52 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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