Air France (Paris), KLM (Amsterdam), Sabena (Brussels) and Aeroflot (Moscow) fly direct to Guinea. Ghana Airways and Air Afrique also fly to and from Europe, but the only way to go from the USA is by Air Afrique from New York to Dakar or Abidjan, where you have to transfer to a regional airline. Within West Africa, Conakry is connected by air to Bamako, Niamey and all the capital cities along the West African coast, mainly by Air Afrique, Gambia Airways, Ghana Airways, Nigeria Airways, Air Guiné and Guinée Air Service.

Bush taxi, bus and minibus are the way to cross into neighbouring countries by land, and you can enter Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali and Senegal overland (but forget about Sierra Leone). You can also reach Mali by river boat when the river is high enough, and a fast and luxurious hydrofoil service may start operating again between Conakry and Freetown when the civil war in Sierra Leone is definitely over and Freetown is rebuilt.

Domestic air services fly from Conakry to Boké, Kissidougou, Kankan, Siguiri, Labé and Koundara. The government bus company, SOGETRAG runs between Conakry and all the main towns except for Nzérékoré. Bush taxis cover the shorter runs between towns and reliable and cheap minibuses cover the longer routes. Trains no longer run anywhere in the country, despite the existence of train lines shown on maps. You can, however, often find rooms at the hotel-buffet at old stations.