Capital: Conakry | Language: French, 24+ indigenous | Currency: Guinean Franc | Religion: Islam, Christian | Population: 12 million
Guinea has a lot of beautiful forests, mountains and waterfalls for hiking around and exploring. It’s also got a pretty poor infrastructure and travel here can be a real challenge (and a real adventure, too). Guinea presented us with some of our toughest travel challenges and difficulties we’ve faced so far.
A travel guide to crossing the border from Guinea to Sierra Leone. How to reach the border from Kindia in Guinea; cross it; and get to Kamakwie, Sierra Leone, or detour to Outamba-Kilimi National Park first. Plus, onward travel to Makeni.
There are two ways to get into Sierra Leone: the normal way, and the way we went. Here’s how we crossed the border from a remote corner of Guinea, and ended up in a National Park with a goat for Christmas dinner.
After some fabulous days in the Bijagos Archipelago and a private flight back to the mainland, we were ready to take on the overland journey into Guinea…or so we thought.
A travel guide to crossing the border from Guinea to Sierra Leone. How to reach the border from Kindia in Guinea; cross it; and get to Kamakwie, Sierra Leone, or detour to Outamba-Kilimi National Park first. Plus, onward travel to Makeni.
There are two ways to get into Sierra Leone: the normal way, and the way we went. Here’s how we crossed the border from a remote corner of Guinea, and ended up in a National Park with a goat for Christmas dinner.
After some fabulous days in the Bijagos Archipelago and a private flight back to the mainland, we were ready to take on the overland journey into Guinea…or so we thought.