Best Tourist Places to Visit in Burkina Faso, West Africa

Best Tourist Places to Visit in Burkina Faso, West Africa

Burkina Faso is a landlocked county of West Africa. Burkina Faso is the friendliest and safest country to tour in Africa but receives small number of tourists, some part of the country is mountainous and rest is plain lands with forest region. Burkina Faso is divided into Volta Delta, Black Volta Region, East Burkina Faso and North Burkina Faso and further divided into 13 sub regions and 45 provinces and 301 departments and Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso is bounded by Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Cote d’lvoire, spans total area of 274,200 square kilometers (105,869 square miles) and situated at highest elevation of 749 meters (2,457 feet) above the sea level and highest peak is Tenakourou. Coordinates of Burkina Faso is 12.3333° N, 1.6667° W.

Ideal Time to Visit Burkina Faso:

Burkina Faso climate is divided into two seasons rainy and dry and rainy season is from May to September and dry season is from November to April and faces semi arid steppe climate with plenty of rainfall. Ideal time to visit Burkina Faso is from November to April.

Language and cuisines of Burkina Faso:

French is the official language in Burkina Faso, regional languages are Moore, Mandinka and Bambara and Islam and Christianity are the tow religious group in the country. Burkina Faso follows the typical West African cuisines and based on the staple foods of sorghum, millet, rice, maize, peanuts, potatoes, beans, yams and okra and some of the popular cuisines are Tô, Fufu, Ragout d’Igname, Riz Sauce, Riz gras, Sauce gombo and Brochettes and many others.

Must visit locations in Burkina Faso:

W National Park:

W National Park is one of the largest and prominent national park in West Africa and the park spans total area of 10,000 square kilometers, is declared as the UNESCO World Heritage Site for its picturesque and impressive beauty and the park is home to various flora and fauna and one can find various African animals in the park and visited by thousands of tourists around the world.

Ouagadougou Cathedral:

Ouagadougou Cathedral is situated in Ouagadougou city, capital of Burkina Faso and was constructed in 1930 in mud brick and architecture of the cathedral redolent of a European Romanesque basilica, one of the largest churches in West Africa and in the country.

Lake Tengrela:

Lake Tengrela is a small and unique lake situated close to the Banfora city in Burkina Faso and visited by thousands of tourists to see hippopotamuses and the lake is 2 kilometers long and 1.5 kilometers wide and locals of the region believe that these hippopotamuses are sacred will not attack the humans and crocodiles are not seen in the lake.

Musée de Manega:

Musée de Manega is one of the most renowned museums in the country located 60 kilometers in Manega Village from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso country and the museum was established by Frédéric Pacéré Titinga and the museum holds the artifacts like The Boura flutes, funeral pieces, tubes, terracota jars and many other dating from 2^nd and 11^th century.

Other Places to visit in Burkina Faso:

Arli National Park
Pobé Mengao
Mare aux Hippopotames
Bobo-Dioulasso Old Mosque
Dafra Pond
Musée Provincial du Houët
Sacred Grove
Gaoua Museum
Le Musee National
Bangre-Weoogo
Yatenga Naba’s Lake
Naaba Kango’s Tomb
Karfiguela Falls
Les Cascades de Banfora

How to reach Burkina Faso?

Burkina Faso is connected through air and road transportation from other parts of the country. Burkina Faso has total 38 airports but Ouagadougou Airport is the only international airport in the country that departures scheduled flights to Abidjan, Addis Ababa, Brussels, Casablanca, Dakar, Niamey, Paris New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles and other cities in Africa, America and Europe and the best way to reach Burkina Faso from other countries. Burkina Faso connected through paved and highways from neighboring counties and tourists can get around the country by bus, car and tourists van and one can also travel in shared taxi, moped and motorcycles within the city. Burkina Faso is connected through railway line from Cote d’Ivoire country and operates train to and from Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire.

Accommodation in Burkina Faso:

Burkina Faso has some of the best in class hotels in the major cities that provide excellent accommodation facilities to the tourists visiting the place throughout the year. The hotels range from small budget ones to luxurious hotels offering hosts of amazing services and amenities and one can also find huts, cottages and home stay facilities in the country. List of some of the hotels located in Burkina Faso include: