Hôtel Savanah

With a wonderfully helpful management who'll go out of their way to please, and quiet, tidy rooms with floral bedsheets, this is as good as it gets in rural Guinea. Hot water comes by the bucket and there's reliable electricity all night.

There's even a restaurant with, wait for it, tables and chairs and menus. Bliss indeed if you've been in the bush surviving on not much for a while!