Bike Riders National President Paid A Courtesy call On The Executive Director Of SLRSA Mr. Ibrahim Sannoh; Recent Comments. Safe transfers from Lungi Airport. Send as an e-mail. Print whole topic. As a general rule, drivers will charge $4 to 5 per hour)Outside of Freetown, taxis and minibuses travel between major routes and will generally contain more people than there are seats.
Flash Vehicles are popular and offer an Uber-like service via an app, and also rent vehicles by day, but there are many other similar providers such as AYK and Moliba Car Rentals. Despite the raised eyebrows and occasional grunts of disbelief that greet the news that you are daring to venture into a one-time warzone and epidemic hotspot, Sierra Leone is today among the safest countries in Africa. Travel beyond the provincial capitals can be problematic, due to very bad roads, poorly maintained vehicles and intoxicated drivers. In all cases this pretty much means they want to get it on or, sometimes just as usefully, get a visa.Claims of a boyfriend or husband, or a strategically placed ring marginally decrease interest, although often this isn’t seen as at all relevant given your assumed mutual ardour, alongside a rather lax interpretation of fidelity. Sea Coach at Aberdeen appears to have the best amenities and the safest boats.If your flight arrives late at night, you may wish to book a room at one of the Lungi Airport hotels – the official airport hotel is nearby but is quite expensive at around $80 per night. A full list of current travel clinic websites worldwide is available on Despite the raised eyebrows and occasional grunts of disbelief that greet the news that you are daring to venture into a one-time warzone and epidemic hotspot, Sierra Leone is today among the safest countries in Africa. This is a complete rubbish. The maintenance standards of these vessels are poor and there is no safety equipment on board. However, they are incredibly unreliable and even when working dispense a maximum $40 per withdrawal. This blog is hugely misleading, inaccurate and outdated. Pickpocketing is rife. I hear bald blokes are coming back into fashion again. I am older now and would struggle to cope.This is well out of date. Sleep under a bed net and use mosquito spray where necessary.Also, be aware of typhoid (vaccinations are available).
If you do, be sure to avoid remote streets, both during day and night, and do not flash your belongings or handle money in public. Visit the Embassy's COVID-19 page for more information on COVID-19 in Sierra Leone.
Driving conditions in Sierra Leone present a serious hazard to travelers. Sierra Leone is located on the West Coast of Africa, sharing its borders with the Republic of Guinea to the north and northeast, Liberia to the east and southeast, while the Atlantic Ocean is to the west and south.The country boasts 402km of coastline, and the Freetown peninsula, the star attraction of this country’s industry is 40km long and 17km wide with a mountainous belt.If you’re longing for nature, look no further than the Banana Island, offering natural beauty unlike anywhere in the world and a bunch of underwater and water activities.Visit some of its gorgeous beaches that boast a rare colonial heritage and offer a fantastic scenery, climb its mountainous region, or walk along the Freetown peninsula’s deserted and splendid coastline, with beaches so perfect they could be described as world-class – but you will probably be most enchanted by this country’s warm and welcoming people that are known for doing the impossible just to make tourists feel comfortable.Though many say it is the friendliest African country, the government of this country stands by their attitude that Sierra Leona is not the safest country to visit. Please anyone reading this article take with a pinch of salt.
You'll need it to leave, too. No one touches women without their consent. Shout ‘thief’ (or, in Krio, ‘In rural areas, women should find it possible to travel on their own without encountering too much hassle. Tourists are free to walk about both day and night. Print current page. International labour standards. “And my favorite story was in Sierra Leone. Very occasional armed attacks on households have occurred, but they tend to be targeted and do not normally involve visitors.Petty crime, pickpocketing and armed mugging are sadly more common, and while still relatively rare overall they are likely to rise in line with urban poverty. this writer must have been paid by foreign or bad evil forces that are not happy with sierra Leone gains over the past two year in tourism, just three month back sierra Leone welcome more than seven hundreds of tourist from Budapest Hungary and more than three hundred tourist from Denmark and more than two thousand from UK and more that Six hundred from USA. However, the ferry is certainly the most interesting form of transport, as there are often comedians, singers, food and drink vendors, and even farm animals on board. ‘But don’t forget there are some good ones too.’Among the few potential trouble spots is the Lumley–Aberdeen beach strip in west Freetown after dark. What’s really the intention of this blogger to write such about my country. A young couple, having had a couple of bags stolen, were approached by the caretaker of the convent they had been staying in. It is a splendid rural country but the people do have a bit of a chip about their rights. I am 37 now so my youthful days are not too long ago. There are licenced taxis parked within the airport car park, or you can try your luck finding a taxi or motorbike on the main road outside.Traveling by road is probably the most dangerous part of visiting Sierra Leone. As of 2018 the information is so inaccurate as to constitute a slur against the country.UPDATE: Thanks to the new author James Torvaney, we now have reliable, up-to-date information based on his local insights. Enter custom title (optional) This topic is locked. Oh please! Our country is not only very beautiful it is peaceful. This may lead to it being targeted by Al-Qaida and its associated groups.As in any country, there's a risk of getting scammed. Learn how to treat it and avoid it.I would like to know more about how to get from airport safely. This is so unrepresentative of the picture of Sierra Leone.