Travel Reference
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Itineraries
2 WEEKS
Best of the West
If you're wondering why Francophone Africa gets under the skin, begin in cosmopolitan
Dakar
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), in particular visiting the outstanding
Musée Théodore Monod
(
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here
) by day then diving into the city's vibrant nightlife after dark. After excursions to the
World Heritage-listed architecture of
Saint-Louis
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) and offshore to tranquil
Île
de Gorée
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), fly to
Ouagadougou
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) in Burkina Faso. One of West
Africa's more agreeable cities, Ouaga has excellent places to stay and eat as well as a hap-
pening cultural scene. Take a bus to languid
Bobo-Dioulasso
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) and then contin-
ue on to the otherworldly
Sindou Peaks
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), one of West Africa's most remark-
able landscapes. Travel through
Gaoua
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) in the heart of Lobi Country then
cross the border into northern Ghana and enjoy some of West Africa's best wildlife-watch-
