Burkina Faso Holidays

Burkina Faso is a small landlocked West Africa country amazingly gifted for holidays. Burkina Faso holidays introduce you to a country flourishing with all the expected spices of a memorable typical holiday. The diverse landscapes and peoples flavour a Burkina Faso travel experience.
Burkina Faso boasts quite a number of distinct advantages of holiday making and the first is its;

• Lively capital Ouagadougou; the country’s largest city takes pride in several attractions including wildlife parks such as the Bangr-Weoogo urban and L’Unité Pédagogique. The parks shelter animals in a semi-free state. Other prominent city spots holiday tourists are the Garden of Ouaga-Loudun Friendship, Ouagadougou Cathedral; Naba Koom – a statue portraying a woman handling a calabash; the National Museum of Music; La Place du Grand Lyon – a monument adjacent the French cultural Center featuring an imposing lion; Parc Animalier de Ziniaré zoo and several other attractions.
• An adventure trip to the north into the hauntingly beautiful Sahel Region on the tip of the Sahara can also be rewarding. Here expect to meet nomad businessmen. In the south, to the intricately patterned villages of the Kassena people. You also meet the Tuareg and Fulani families who are renowned for their warm reception to visitors.
• Guide for Africa also highly recommends a journey to the south west corner up to the town of Banfora. This region is home to some of the country’s most spectacular natural sites, such as the enigmatic Domes of Fabedougou and the pretty Karfiguela Falls. The falls are ideal honeymoon spots for adventurous couples.  Head off to the nearby to observe the hippos, taking a pirogue out onto the water and getting surprisingly close to these enormous creatures. You will have to spend the night camping near a village and have the chance to taste some of the local millet beer.
• Finally we travel to Burkina’s western region, to its unusual rock formations, traditional cultures and the fortified villages of the Lobi people, one of the last ethnic groups to accept colonial rule. We also track elephants with near guaranteed sightings, explore mud built mosques, and immerse ourselves in Burkina’s contemporary life in the amiable cities of Ouagadougou and Bob-Dioulasso.
• On your holiday in Burkina Faso you may also not want to miss driving to Gaoua, the major town in Lobi. With the help of local agents, you may tour their fortress style houses dotted and possibly spot women panning for grains of gold in the rivers and streams.

Once on holiday, have several Burkina Faso tours through some very remote areas where you will spend time in the company of local communities.
For where to stay, liaise with the local Burkina Faso tour operators who are most of the time in contact or in business with most top Burkina Faso hotels. They should help you negotiate a better package and price on your behalf. They are also informed when hotels have lowered their rates or have a promotion going on.
So as you plan your honeymoon after the wedding or if you are married and want to re-energize and bring the spice back into your marriage, look no further than doing it local, Burkina Faso holidays have a lot for you for a cherished moment in life.