Sub Saharan Africa

Insurance

We recommend that you obtain comprehensive medical and travel insurance before travelling.  This should include cover for medical treatment and evacuation, accidents, cancelled flights and stolen cash, credit cards, passport and luggage.  You should check any exclusions, and that your policy covers you for the activities you want to undertake. For more general information see Travel insurance.

If things do go wrong when you are overseas then this is How we can help.

Registering with the British Embassy

We recommend that you register with the embassy if you have not already done so, preferably by e-mail to britembconakry@hotmail.com.

You can also register with our LOCATE service to tell us when and where you are travelling abroad or where you live abroad so our consular and crisis staff can provide better assistance to you in an emergency.  More information about registering with LOCATE 

 

Consular Assistance

Due to the small size of the British Embassy in Conakry, only emergency assistance can be provided.  

All visitors to the Embassy will be seen strictly by appointment.

The Embassy runs a telephone enquiry service on (+224) 63 35 53 29 during normal office hours:  Monday to Thursday 0800-1630 and Friday 0800-1300.

In an emergency, such as the arrest, hospitalisation or death of a British national, the duty officer can be reached 24 hours a day on (+224) 60 25 42 05.

If for any reason your emergency call is not connected, the British High Commission in Freetown, Sierra Leone, can be contacted on (+232) 22 232961, (+232) 22 232362, or (+232) (22) 232563-5.

Money

 

Credit cards are not widely used.  ATM facilities accept foreign cards, but should not be relied upon as a means of getting money.  International credit cards may be used to draw cash over the counter.  Outside Conakry banking can be difficult.