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Travel from Guinea Bissau to Guinea Conakry

Travel from Guinea Bissau to Guinea Conakry

by Matthew Christie | Jul 24, 2025 | Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Tips

Travel from Guinea Bissau to Guinea Conakry is challenging. There are no direct flights and if you want to go overland, you have to work for it. I’m going to try and give you an idea of what we have done over the last few years on our scooter tours. Im mainly talking...
Everything you Need to Know About the Bissau Airport

Everything you Need to Know About the Bissau Airport

by Phil Paoletta | Dec 23, 2023 | Guinea-Bissau

Tiny Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB) may not merit an entire post, but there is a lot of confusion online about the visa on arrival process that we would like to clear up. While there is an expensive loophole that allows for a visa on arrival at certain...
What to Know About Visiting Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau

What to Know About Visiting Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau

by Phil Paoletta | Mar 23, 2023 | Guinea-Bissau

Twenty-some kilometers inland from the Atlantic Ocean, there is a small town in Guinea-Bissau with a population of roughly 10,000 people. The town is called Cacheu, and it was one of the first colonial settlements in sub-saharan Africa. It served as a port for the...
The Best Wildlife Parks in West Africa

The Best Wildlife Parks in West Africa

by Phil Paoletta | Dec 6, 2022 | Tips, Benin, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia

West Africa can not compete with East and Southern Africa when it comes to National Geographic level fauna. Expansive human settlement and overhunting are the main reasons for that. But that doesn’t mean you have to settle for pied plovers and green monkeys (no...
What to Know About Visiting the Bijagos Islands of Guinea-Bissau in 2025

What to Know About Visiting the Bijagos Islands of Guinea-Bissau in 2025

by Phil Paoletta | Mar 24, 2021 | Guinea-Bissau

When you think “tropical island archipelago”, you may have images of hordes of holiday-makers baking in the sun. All-inclusive resorts. Overdeveloped beaches and scripted, artificial cultural experiences. The Bijagos are a tropical island archipelago. But...
Getting a Visa for Guinea-Bissau in Ziguinchor, Senegal

Getting a Visa for Guinea-Bissau in Ziguinchor, Senegal

by Phil Paoletta | Dec 5, 2019 | Guinea-Bissau, Tips

Getting your visa for Bissau in Ziguinchor just may be the most pain-free interaction you will ever have with bureaucracy in West Africa. The whole thing takes about 5 minutes. What’s more, the friendly consular officer will even fill out the paperwork for you....

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      • The Fulani Trail (4 countries in 2 weeks)
      • The HighLands of Guinea (17 days)
      • Coast to Coast: Dakar to Vic Falls (Optional Zanzibar Extension)
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