Conakry Getting there & around

Getting around

To hail a shared taxi around town just stand at the side of the road and shout your destination as the taxi passes, or ask someone to show you the appropriate hand signal. Taxis cost US$0.15 per zone. The slightly cheaper minibuses (magbanas) work like taxis, only they’re a lot slower. Buses, all of which rendezvous at the roundabout opposite the port, are very slow and infrequent.

If you want to charter a taxi (called déplacement), you’ll need to find an empty one and then bargain hard: from central Conakry to the airport or Taouyah should cost around US$3.50 during the day and US$5.25 at night.