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Travel to Sierra Leone

Flying to Sierra Leone

The national airline Sierra National Airlines (SJ) is not currently operating. Flights to Sierra Leone are served by a number of major airlines including BMI (www.flybmi.com) and Brussels Airlines (www.brusselsairlines.com).

Flight times:

The flight time from London to Freetown is 7 hours 55 minutes.

Departure tax:

US$40. Non-African air carriers include the tax in the ticket fare. Transit passengers proceeding within 24 hours and children under two years of age are exempt.

Travel by rail

There are no passenger services at present connecting Sierra Leone to neighbouring countries.

Getting to Sierra Leone by boat

The main port is Freetown, from which there are services to Guinea Republic and Liberia.

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