Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Mt Cameroon
Two- to three-day hike to the summit of West Africa's highest peak. (
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Mandara Mountains, Cameroon
Extraordinary postvolcanic landscapes and timeless villages along the trails. (
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Santo Antão, Cape Verde
Spectacular canyons, cloud-soaked peaks and vertigo-inspiring drops. (
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Amedzofe, Ghana
Fabulous, little-known trails with a waterfall in Ghana's east. (
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Architecture
The breadth of architectural styles on offer in West Africa is astounding - mud-brick mosques, painted houses, stilt vil-
lages, colonial -era forts and serpentine medinas are just the start.
Fez el-Bali, Morocco
Soaring mosques and exquisitely decorated
medersas
in a tangle of medieval lanes. (
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Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
Arguably the finest kasbah in North Africa and a favourite of film-makers the world over.
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Grande Mosquée, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
One of West Africa's most beautiful mud-built mosques. (
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Tiébélé, Burkina Faso
Stunningly decorated painted traditional windowless homes of the Gourounsi people. (
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Koutammakou, Togo
Fortified mud-brick homes that resemble castles in northern Togo. (
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Ganvié, Benin
Fishing villages consisting largely of bamboo huts built high on stilts above Lake Nokoué. (
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Cape Coast Castle, Ghana
Part of a chain of coastal, colonial-era forts steeped in history. (
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Ring Road and Foumban, Cameroon
Traditional Ring Road thatched villages and Foumban's muscular royal palace.
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Yaoundé, Cameroon
A surfeit of fine 1960s and 1970s modernist African structures. (
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