Travel Smart
Honest, sourced guidance so you travel confident. Most of any country is calmer than the headlines suggest.
Safety
Countrywide advisory (Government of Canada)
Exercise increased cautionExercise a high degree of caution
Source: Government of Canada · Verified 2026-07-26
Monrovia and surrounding areas
Exercise increased cautionMonrovia has improving security and growing tourist infrastructure, but armed robbery, theft, and gang violence still occur. Avoid night travel and isolated areas.
Avoid: Avoid traveling alone at night, avoid large political gatherings, avoid disputed land areas.
Common scams: Inflated taxi fares, fake guides, robbery of foreigners.
Source: UK FCDO · Verified 2026-07-06
Southeastern beaches (Harper, Greenville)
Exercise normal precautionsCoastal towns in the southeast are peaceful and relatively safe. Infrastructure is basic but locals are welcoming to visitors.
Source: UK FCDO · Verified 2026-07-06
Interior rainforest regions
Exercise increased cautionRoads are rough and medical care is absent in remote areas. Travel is possible but requires guides, 4x4 vehicles, and advance planning.
Source: UK FCDO · Verified 2026-07-06
4 zones rated separately against Government of Canada, UK FCDO. Oldest check on this page: 6 July 2026.
Emergency Contacts
Liberia National Police
police
The only police number the UK Foreign Office publishes for Liberia, and it is a mobile number rather than a short code, which tells you how the system actually works. The Foreign Office states that emergency services here are unreliable, so treat a call as the start of getting help rather than the whole of it.
SourceAmbulance, no national dispatch number
ambulance
No number is given here because the UK Foreign Office publishes no ambulance or fire number for Liberia, listing only a police mobile, and states that emergency services are unreliable. Call the hospital below directly and expect to arrange your own transport rather than wait for a dispatch.
SourceJohn F. Kennedy Medical Center
hospital · Monrovia
21st Street, Sinkor, Monrovia, Montserrado 1000
Liberia's national referral hospital and largest teaching hospital, open around the clock. Numbers taken from the hospital's own site.
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