Air France (website: www.airfrance.com) flies regularly from London to Conakry, via Paris. KLM (website: www.klm.com) and Brussels Airlines (website: www.flysn.com) also fly direct from Europe. Air Afrique (www.airafrique.com) operates from New York to Dakar, from where connecting flights to Guinea are available.

From London to Conakry is 11 hours (including a stopover time in Paris or Brussels of up to 3 hours).

Conakry (CKY) is 15km (10 miles) southwest of the city. To/from the airport: Taxis are available to the city. Facilities: Bank and car hire.

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.

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The fast hydrofoil service along the coast from Conakry to Freetown in Sierra Leone has been stopped due to the civil war, but will resume once Freetown is rebuilt. There is also a ferry to Mali which operates when the river is high enough.

There are road links with Danané (Côte d’Ivoire), Bamako (Mali) and Tambacounda (Senegal). Bus services are available to the neighbouring countries, but services can be unreliable and timetables may be purely theoretical. Visitors should also note that political instability is persisting in some neighbouring countries – notably in Guinea-Bissau. Check with an embassy or relevant organisation for up-to-date travel advice.