Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
076-615503; 30 Wallace Johnson St)
Reasonably well-stocked pharmacy.
232598; Hill Station)
Freetown's best hospital.
Choitram Memorial Hospital
(
MONEY
Forex bureaus are found throughout the city. Rates at the airport's exchange bureau aren't
too bad, but you'll do better in town.
Has Visa card-linked ATMs, as do most major banks and some of the hotels in the upper
price-bracket.
POST
033-315299)
Greater
OFFLINE MAP
(
236156; 30 Main Motor Rd)
Post Office
(27 Siaka Stevens St)
TOURIST INFORMATION
cssl_03@yahoo.com; 2 Pike St; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri)
Very helpful for travellers to Sierra Leone's
natural reserves, including the Turtle Islands.
TRAVEL AGENCIES
Main Motor Rd)
Brilliant one-stop shop for tours, information, transport, guides and historical
knowledge.
Getting There & Away
From the main bus station, reasonably well-maintained buses operate to cities such as Bo,
Kabala, Kenema, Koidu-Sefadu (Kono) and Makeni and Conakry (Guinea). Shared bush
taxis head to the same destinations, stopping at villages and communities along the way.
They leave from
Freetown Central Lorry Park
(Bai Bureh Rd)
, also known as Clay Factory, at
Texaco Junction on the far east side of town. Taxis to Conakry park along Free St near
Victoria Park Market.
For airlines serving Sierra Leone and overland options to Liberia, see Getting There &
Away (
Click here
).
