Formally known as French Guinea this is a West Africa country which borders Guinea-Bissau and Senegal to the north, Mali to its north and north-east, Côte d’Ivoire in the east and Liberia and Sierra Leone to the south. It has access to the Atlantic Ocean on its south-western coast.

Travelers come to explore: the rolling mountain plateau of Fouta Djalon that run north to south through the middle of the country; the Sahelian lands to the north-east; the thickly forested jungle regions in the south-east and the lonely beaches of the northern shores.