Bissau Travel Safety Guide — Guinea-Bissau

Safety Score: 6/10 · Value: 9/10 · Beauty: 6.1/10

Guinea-Bissau is one of the least visited countries in Africa, a small Portuguese-speaking nation squeezed between Senegal and Guinea. Bissau, the capital, is a quiet, faded city that moves at its own slow pace, with friendly people and not a lot of pressure. The real prize is offshore: the Bijagós Archipelago, a scatter of 88 islands protected as a UNESCO biosphere, with saltwater hippos, nesting sea turtles and huge numbers of birds. The country has had several coups over the years, so check the latest before you go, though Bissau itself is generally calm when it comes to crime.

Tripvey Score — estimated from travel advisories and publicly available data. Not official safety advice.