Lungi International is across an estuary from the city, arrivals are chaotic, and your billable time or field schedule starts the moment you land. We put a named driver at the gate, time the water crossing to your flight, hand you a working SIM, and give you one WhatsApp line to a real coordinator — for a fixed price agreed before you fly.
Opens WhatsApp with your details pre-filled · reply usually within a few hours (SL daytime) · corporate invoicing available for teams
Every price is per traveller and confirmed on WhatsApp before you book. Lodging is in our own guesthouses on the Lungi airport side and in Freetown — the same rooms and drivers we run every day. Figures below are indicative 2026 pricing.
The solo traveller's safety net for a short trip.
Your first 48 hours in Freetown, fully covered.
3+ travellers, or a stay of a week or more.
Not included in any package: your visa, flights, meals, and lodging beyond the nights listed. Need transport only? See car hire with driver. Need lodging only? See yogistay.com.
If a wasted first day costs your organisation real money, this is for you.
Per-diem funded, in country for one to six weeks. You need certainty and a receipt, not a taxi scrum at 2am.
Mining, infrastructure, audit, monitoring and evaluation. Billable time starts when the wheels touch down.
Fixer-grade logistics: a working SIM, a driver who knows the checkpoints, a coordinator who answers.
First week on the ground handled — airport, lodging, driver, orientation — while you find your feet.
No account, no app, no card hold. The booking flow that actually works in Sierra Leone.
Role, flight number, dates. WhatsApp opens with it pre-filled — press send.
Package, price, driver name and lodging confirmed in writing, usually within a few hours in SL daytime.
Name board at arrivals, bags, sea-coach timed, car on the Freetown side. Flight tracked for delays.
SIM working, driver on call, one number if anything wobbles. Onward travel already arranged.
Book a Sierra Leone Setup Call: 45 minutes for anyone about to start a business, rent a place, hire staff, register with the NRA, or open a bank account here. Straight answers from people who have done all of it — plus a written summary and the right contacts afterwards.
$99 · credited in full against any Arrival Pack booked within 30 days
💬 Book a setup callWe are on the ground at Lungi — our own team runs airport transport and guesthouses here every single day.
Lodging and drivers are our own daily operation near Lungi Airport, not a booking marked up from a stranger.
Your quote is locked on WhatsApp before you fly. No surge, no renegotiation on the day.
A real person in Sierra Leone tracks your arrival end to end. One message fixes any issue.
Single invoice, bank transfer or card, vendor registration and supplier forms all fine.
What organisations and first-time visitors ask before booking.
People arriving on funded travel who need their first days to just work: NGO and UN short-term staff, consultants and contractors in mining, infrastructure, audit and M&E, researchers and journalists, and company visitors or new postings. It is fixer-grade logistics at a fixed price, not a budget backpacker service.
Depending on the package: a named vetted driver at Lungi arrivals with a name board, bags handled, the sea-coach crossing timed to your landing, a car on the Freetown side, one or two nights in our own guesthouses, a local SIM with data, a WhatsApp line answered by a coordinator in Sierra Leone, and on the Arrival Pack a full day of car and driver in Freetown plus onward transport arranged. Not included: your visa, flights, meals, and lodging beyond the nights in your package.
Indicative 2026 pricing: Arrival Essentials from $210 per traveller, Arrival Pack from $390 per traveller, Team & Deployment from $160 per traveller plus a fixed driver day rate. The Sierra Leone Setup Call is $99. Every figure is confirmed and fixed on WhatsApp before you book.
Yes. For teams of three or more, or any booking over $500, we issue a single invoice payable by bank transfer or card. Vendor registration and supplier onboarding forms are fine.
In our own guesthouses, which we run and vet daily. Land late or fly out early and you stay on the Lungi airport side, crossing rested in the morning. For time in the city you stay in Freetown. Details at yogistay.com.
The same vetted drivers we use every day for our guesthouse guests near Lungi Airport. You get your driver's name and number before you land, and a coordinator tracks the trip from arrival to drop-off.
48 hours minimum for a solo arrival. A week or more for teams, peak conference periods, or if you need a specific vehicle or an orientation call scheduled.
Yes — that is the core of the service. A late flight means a night on the Lungi side in our airport guesthouse and a rested morning crossing, instead of a tired night water crossing on arrival. See also our Lungi Airport guide.
NGO teams, consultants and business visitors let us handle their arrival every week. Send your flight details and get a fixed quote back.