Plan a trip to Burkina Faso

Places to see in Burkina Faso

Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Ruins of LoropéniUNESCO

  Ruines de Loropéni

  Ruins · Djôrô

  The ruins of Loropéni are a medieval heritage site near the town of Loropéni in southern Burkina Faso. They were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2009. These ruins were the country's first World Heritage site.

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  Royal Court of TiébéléUNESCO

  Fort · Nazinon

  The Royal Court of Tiébélé is a traditional Kassena architectural complex located in the town of Tiébélé, in the Centre-Sud Region of Burkina Faso.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Alexander Leisser (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Ouagadougou

  City · Kadiogo

  Ouagadougou or Wagadugu is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso, and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre of the nation. It had a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's name is often shortened to Ouaga. The inhabitants are called ouagalais.

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  Bobo-Dioulasso

  City · Guiriko

  Bobo-Dioulasso is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 1,129,000 ; it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The name means "home of the Bobo-Dioula".

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  Banfora

  City · Tannounyan

  Banfora is a city in southwestern Burkina Faso, with a population of 117,452 making it the sixth most populous city in Burkina Faso. It is the capital of the Comoe province. The city lies 85 kilometres (53 mi) south-west of Bobo-Dioulasso, on the Abidjan–Ouagadougou railway.

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  Koudougou

  Town · Nando

  Koudougou is a city in Burkina Faso's Boulkiemdé Province. It is located 75 kilometres (47 mi) west of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.

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  Mount Tenakourou

  Mountain · Tannounyan

  Mount Tenakourou is the highest point in Burkina Faso. It is a hill situated on the border of the Cascades Region of Burkina Faso and the Sikasso Region of the country of Mali, not far from the source of the Black Volta. It has an elevation of 747 metres (2,451 ft).

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  Ouagadougou Cathedral

  Cathédrale de l'Immaculée-Conception

  Religious · Kadiogo

  Ouagadougou Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Ouagadougou is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ouagadougou in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.

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  Mare aux Hippopotames

  Marre aux hippopotames

  Lake · Guiriko

  The Mare aux Hippopotames is a lake and national park in Burkina Faso, created in 1937 and designated in 1977 as the only UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the nation.

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  Kaboré Tambi National Park

  Parc National Kaboré Tambi

  Park & nature · Nando

  Kaboré Tambi National Park is a national park in Burkina Faso. It is situated between Ouagadougou and the border with Ghana and follows the course of the Nazinon river. Founded in 1976 as Pô National Park, it has been renamed in honor of a park ranger who was killed by poachers in 1991.

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  Lake Dem

  Lake · Kuilsé

  Lake Dem is a small lake in northern Burkina Faso, located to the north of Kaya, south of the Sahel Reserve and south-east of Lake Bam. It drains into the White Volta. It is 5 km long and 2 km wide. It lies at an elevation of 304 m. The lake has been designated as a Ramsar site since 2009.

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  National Museum of Music

  Musée de la Musique de Ouagadougou

  Museum · Kadiogo

  The National Museum of Music, officially the Georges Ouédraogo Museum of Music, is in Ouagadougou, in a two-story building on Oubritenga Avenue on the south side of the Phillipe Zinda Kabore School.

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