Freetown - Post Report Question and Answers
What is your home city/country? How long is the trip to post from there, with what connections? How easy/difficult is it to travel to this city/country?
The U.S. Most travel goes through Belgium and takes at least 20 hours by plane. There are other options through Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, and Turkey, but many have longer layovers so your total travel time is about the same if not longer. The 20 hours also doesn’t include the time it takes to get to and from the airport in Sierra Leone. The Freetown airport is across the Sierra Leone river and the only way to get to Freetown is either by ferry or driving. The drive is at least 3 hours and probably not the best option considering that many flights leave and depart late in the evening. It'll also cost you more, and you may have to deal with cars breaking down in less than convenient locations. A ferry ride to and from Freetown is more reliable, but will add several hours to your trip. The ferry ride itself is only 30-45 minutes, but there's a lot of waiting involved. Expect to add 5-6 hours to your journey when you're departing and 3-4 hours when you're arriving. Take Dramamine if you're prone to seasickness. - May 2025
New York. It usually takes 24-30 hours to get home. One of the biggest obstacles is the journey to the airport in Freetown, which requires a water taxi and the taxi usually gets travelers to the airport 4-5 hours before the flight. Most international flights to Europe, also require a stop in Conakry or Monrovia, making it a long journey. - Jan 2022
Home is US. Flights are not too bad. 6-7 hour flight to Europe and then 8-9 to the east coast. The most interesting part of the journey is the boat ride to/ from the airport in Freetown. - Sep 2021
USA. 14-17 hours, two plane rides. Transit through Brussels, Paris, Amsterdam or Casablanca. Then when you arrive at the "airport" you get on a van to a boat, boat to Freetown. Add on 2-3 hours each way with all the boat business. It's a rough intro to the place. - May 2018
USA, 8 hrs to Europe from east coast, 7 to Africa, then factor in time for the boat from airport to Freetown - Sep 2017
Home base is USA. Flights took 16-24 hours in total, always transiting through Europe. - Sep 2014
The U.S. It usually takes about 16-18 hours. There is no contract fair, so you can use BA, Air France, or Brussels Air. All involve a stop in Monrovia, or somewhere else before Freetown. Then, once you land, you have to take a bus to a boat to a car to home. After touching the ground it could be up to 3 hours to arrive at your home. Check a map to see where Lungi Airport is. - Jun 2014
It's seems so close on the map....yet so far. To get out of Freetown, you have to take a boat, to a bus, to the airplane, to one of 3 cities they fly to, connect in a first world country then fly to the States. It takes no less than 15 hours. - Aug 2013
From Washington DC to London is about 7.5 hours with a 3 hour layover, then another 7.5 hours to Freetown. - Sep 2010
