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Note: Visitors are strongly recommended not to travel to the borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone. For further information seek official advice.
AIR: Guinea’s national airline is Guinee Airlines (J9). Air France operates five flights a week from London to Conakry, via Paris. Air Afrique operates from New York to Dakar, from where connecting flights are available. Other airlines serving Guinea incude Ghana Airways.
Approximate flight times: From Conakry to London is 11 hours (including a stopover time in Paris or Brussels of up to three hours).
International airports: Conakry (CKY) is 13km (8 miles) southwest of the city. Taxis are available to the city.
Note: Foreigners at Conakry Airport are particular targets for pickpockets and persons posing as officials who will offer assistance and then make off with bags, purses and wallets. Being met at the airport by travel agents, business contacts, family members or friends lessens the risk of this.
Departure tax: None.
SEA/RIVER: The fast hydrofoil service along the coast from Conakry to Freetown may resume operation when the civil war in Sierra Leone is over. There is a ferry to Mali which operates when the river is high enough.
ROAD: There are road links with Danané (Côte d’Ivoire), Bamako (Mali), Tambacounda (Senegal) and Freetown (Sierra Leone; border area unsafe at present). Bus services are available to the neighbouring countries (except Sierra Leone), but services can be unreliable and timetables may be purely theoretical (see also Travel – Internal section). Visitors should also note that political instability is persisting in some neighbouring countries – notably in Sierra Leone and in Guinea-Bissau. Check with an Embassy or relevant organisation for up-to-date travel advice.
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