Best Burkinabé Destinations: Ouagadougou + FESPACO, Banfora Domes, Tiébélé Painted Houses, Loropéni UNESCO 2009, and a Deep Sahel Heritage Tour
Browse more guides: Burkina Faso travel | Africa destinations Best Burkinabé Destinations: Ouagadougou and FESPACO (founded 1969), Banfora Domes and Karfiguéla Falls, Tiébélé Painted Houses of the Kassena, Loropéni UNESCO 2009, Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites UNESCO 2019, and the W-Arly-Pendjari Transboundary Complex UNESCO 2017 - A Deep Sahel Heritage Tour I have written this guide carefully because Burkina Faso is one of the most culturally generous countries I have visited in West Africa and also one of the most operationally fragile. Since the jihadist insurgency that began creeping into the country in 2015, expanded sharply after 2018, and intensified following the January 2022 and September 2022 military coups, foreign ministries across Europe, North America, and Australia have advised against travel to large portions of the national territory. The Sahel region in the north, the eastern borders with Niger and Benin, much of the western corridor toward Mali, and a significant...