Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is on the West Coast of Africa. The potential for tourism is vast, but largely unrealised, despite the end of the Civil War in 2002, and tour operators are looking closely at what the country has to offer. Wikivoyage
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Can I go? Entry and visas
From GOV.UK, for United Kingdom passports, updated 19 June 2026:
You must have a visa to enter Sierra Leone.
Passport validity
To enter Sierra Leone, your passport must have an ‘expiry date’ at least 6 months after the date of your visa application.
Check with your travel provider that your passport and other travel documents meet requirements. Renew your passport if you need to.
You will be denied entry if you do not have a valid travel document or try to use a passport that has been reported lost or stolen.
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Your embassy in Sierra Leone
Finding embassies…
For a lost passport, an arrest or an emergency.
Sierra Leone's embassy in United Kingdom
Finding embassies…
For a visa before you go.
Entry rules change, sometimes overnight. Always confirm with the official source before you book or travel. This is a pointer, not legal advice.
Good to know
Emergency numbers in Sierra Leone
- Currency
- SLE (SLE)
- Time
- UTC
- Tue 12:36 there now
- Plugs and power
- Types D, G · 230 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +232
- Languages
- English
- Capital
- Freetown
From Wikidata, Unicode CLDR (currency, languages) and the IANA time zone database; checked 10 October 2026.