Cluster · Conakry
Kaloum centre & Sandervalia
Morning cluster: the national museum and the old centre at the tip of the peninsula; go before 10:30 and take a car between stops.
28″ bags
forbidden
Time budget
half
Rescue coverage
100% ≤7′
max p90 3.8′
Places
1
1 sleep area in reach
Rules in force · 7Broken pavements, traffic and heatAfter dark, use a hotel-arranged or known car door to door
- Guinea ↗Check visa and entry rules for your passport on official Guinean government sources before booking.
- Guinea ↗Avoid demonstrations and political gatherings; check your government's advice for current restrictions.
- Guinea ↗Check the yellow-fever vaccination certificate rules for Guinea before you fly.
- Conakry and the Coast ↗Sleep in Conakry the night before an international flight: traffic on the airport road can pass two hours.
- Conakry ↗Broken pavements, traffic and heat: bags go from the car to the door, never on a walk.
- Conakry ↗After dark, use a hotel-arranged or known car door to door; do not walk between clusters.
- Conakry ↗Traffic is heaviest 07:00–09:30 and 16:30–19:30: plan one cluster per morning and leave a long margin before any flight.
Map to the centre
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Walking weather, next 5 days
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Bound and physics
Central Kaloum and the Sandervalia quarter (approximate box; the peninsula is narrow here).
- Slope
- flat
- Stairs
- Few
- Shade
- low
- Surface
- pavement, broken in places
- Sleep here or visit
- visit
Eat and drink here
Walk-in rice with sauce, fish or chicken at simple canteens near the museum; go at midday, eat what is freshly cooked, carry small notes.
Rescue anchors
A — Kaloum north-west rest point (field-verify)
seated_rest · shelter · valid: always
B — Kaloum north rest point (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
C — Kaloum north-east rest point (field-verify)
seated_rest · valid: always
D — Kaloum west rest point (field-verify)
seated_rest · toilet · valid: always
E — Kaloum centre rest point (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · toilet · valid: always
F — Kaloum east rest point (field-verify)
seated_rest · shelter · valid: always
G — Kaloum south-west rest point (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
H — Kaloum south rest point (field-verify)
seated_rest · valid: always
I — Kaloum south-east rest point (field-verify)
seated_rest · shelter · valid: always
always: 100% covered, max p90 3.8′, worst cell 3.8′ · heat: 100%
Nodes in this cluster
- A masks-and-instruments museum stop on the Kaloum morning; check that it is open before you go, as hours are not printed.
Edges out
| To | How | p50 | Climb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boulbinet port | Car south | ~15 min | flat |
| Camayenne & the Corniche | Car north-east (traffic) | ~40 min | flat |
| Madina market | Car north-east (traffic) | ~50 min | flat |
Sleep within reach
- Kaloum — 4–8 min
Red lines here
- Do not photograph government buildings or soldiers.
Around this cluster
Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.