Download GPX file for this article
13.92-0.82Full screen dynamic map

From Wikivoyage
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Travel Warning WARNING: See travel warning at Burkina Faso article.
Government travel advisories
(Information last updated 30 May 2023)

North Burkina Faso is the Sahelian region of Burkina Faso, along the border of Mali and Niger.

Cities[edit]

Map
Map of North Burkina Faso
  • 1 Bani – known for its seven clay mosques
  • 2 Bokin
  • 3 Djibo — an important market for cattle, sheep, goats
  • 4 Dori — a good place to buy Dori blankets, Touareg silver, and tailored clothes
  • 5 Gorom-Gorom — a convenient base for travelling to culturally interesting, colorful, remote, exotic villages and sites in Oudalan
  • 6 Kaya — the leather capital of Burkina
  • 7 Ouahigouya — the one large city in the region, and the final major city in Burkina on the route to Mali
  • 8 Yako — the birthplace of Burkina Faso's former president Thomas Sankara

Other destinations[edit]

  • 1 Sylvo-Pastoral and Partial Faunal Reserve of the Sahel Sylvo-Pastoral and Partial Faunal Reserve of the Sahel on Wikipedia — it has several temporary lakes that are important for migratory birds

Understand[edit]

Get in[edit]

Ouahigouya is the point of arrival for those coming from Mali, and has frequent buses from Ouagadougou.

Get around[edit]

See[edit]

Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites[edit]

Five sites with ancient iron mines and furnaces around Burkina Faso have been listed as a world heritage site. Three of them are in North Burkina Faso (the other two are in the Black Volta Region):

  • 1 Tiwêga Site (west of Kaya).
  • 2 Yamané Site (between Mané and Ziniaré).
  • 3 Kindibo Site (east of Gourcy).

Do[edit]

Eat[edit]

Drink[edit]

Stay safe[edit]

Go next[edit]

This region travel guide to North Burkina Faso is an outline and may need more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. If there are Cities and Other destinations listed, they may not all be at usable status or there may not be a valid regional structure and a "Get in" section describing all of the typical ways to get here. Please plunge forward and help it grow!