West Africa, also referred to as Western Africa, includes the coastal countries in the north of the gulf of Guinea to Senegal, and the countries of the back-country sahélien.
West Africa is frequently visited by thousands of foreign tourists. This is made possible mainly because of its stability and the presence of several sites described as world heritage by UNESCO (Timbuktu and the Dogon country the town of S. Louis, the Island of Gorée in Senegal, Park Pendjari, , the mosque of Djenne in Mali, Ganvie village, and the palace of the king in Abomey with Benin.).
West Africa offers a myriad of events and several adventurous activities such as hiking and other recreational activities. If you're thinking about spending your next holiday on one of our West African Tours, there are a few things you will want to know in order to be considered a well-versed tourist. Below is a brief overview about the culture.
The African Culture
You can only get the full experience of West Africa's diverse culture during a tour of West Africa. The African culture varies considerably from Nigeria to Senegal. One thing you will notice is that West Africa has a very similar way of dressing. There are also similarities in culture, music and even food.
West Africa Recreation
West Africa residents simply adore Soccer. Whether they're participating in a competitive soccer game or spectating. Another popular sport local's love is known as the game Oware. Currently, the national teams are located in the Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria. Many of the popular West African nations qualified for the World Cup.
Our West African Tours
Our West Africa Tour destinations include: Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mauritania, Ghana, Benin Togo, Guinea Conakry, Guinea Bissau and Gambia. Feel free to contact us regarding further details about our West African Tours.
Benin is a country in Western Africa. It covers a surface of 112.622 km2
and extends on 670 km, of the Niger River in north at the Atlantic coast
in the south. Benin counted 7.513.946 inhabitants in 2006. It has as
neighbours Togo in west, Nigeria in East and Niger and Burkina Faso in
north. Benin had its independence on August 1, 1960, under the
denomination of Republic of Dahomey, before taking its current name in
1975. The capacities were transmitted to President Hubert Maga by the
French minister of state Louis Jacquinot. The official capital is
Porto-Novo, Cotonou being the economic capital surnamed the "Latin Quarter
of Africa", the Benin has French as official language and currency CFA
franc. Benin has a good image of democratic country in African Sub-Sahara;
the country is indeed one of the pioneers of the African multi-party
system. Benin has an immense park for tourism, the palace of king etc.
Burkina Faso, Country of the just men, also called Burkina, is a country
of West Africa without access to the sea, surrounded by Mali in north,
Niger in the east, Benin in south-east, Togo and Ghana in the south and
Ivory Coast in south-west. Its inhabitants are the Burkinabe. The capital
is Ouagadougou, located at the centre of the country. Burkina Faso is
member of the African Union (UA) and the Economic community of the States
of West Africa (CEDEAO). Since January 2008, Burkina Faso forms part for
two years of the Safety advice of the United Nations as a nonpermanent
member. There exists more than 60 languages and dialects spoken in
Burkina Faso and the mooré a language spoken by the Mossi ethnos group is
the most spoken.., the Pan African Festival of the cinema and the
television of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), the greatest African cinema festival
on the continent takes place every two years in Ouagadougou (February).
The tourist period is between November and February of the tourist areas
like Bobo Dioulasso, Banfora, and Lobi country.
Ivory Coast, or officially the Republic of Ivory Coast, is a country of
Western Africa, member of the African Union. Of a surface of 322.462 km2,
it is limited to north by Mali and Burkina Faso, to the west by Liberia
and Guinea, to the east by Ghana and the south by the Atlantic Ocean. The
population, counted 15.366.672 inhabitants in 1998, is estimated at
18.373.060 inhabitants in 2008. Ivory Coast has for political and
administrative capital Yamoussoukro (Abidjan remaining economic capital),
for official language French and the currency is CFA franc.
Initially French protectorate in 1843 and become French colony in 1893,
the country acquires its independence on August 7, 1960, and Felix
Houphouet-Boigny was the first president. Ivory Coast has many tourist
sites to be explored.
Ghana is a country of Western Africa located at the edge of the Gulf of
Guinea. The countries bordering on Ghana are Ivory Coast in west, Burkina
Faso in north and Togo in East. Its capital city is Accra and its
inhabitants are called Ghanaians the official language is English, the
national language the most spoken is Twi and the currency is the cedi.
Modern Ghana does not have geographical or historical bonds direct with
the former kingdom of Ghana. The first, old Coast-of-Gold. However, was
famous by simple homage to the second. The name of Coast-of-gold comes
from lot of mines of the country which, before being exploited by the
colonists British, German, Dutch and French, were abundantly used by
Ashanti ethnics group, which keeps the tradition of splendid gold jewels,
a tradition which is also propagated at their nearly ethnics group Baoulé.
One of the principal politicians of Ghana was the panafricanist Kwame
Nkrumah. The former president of Ghana,
Ghana also underwent slavery: we can always visit the forts on the coast
of Elmina, the fauna and the different.
The Guinea-Bissau or Guinea-Bissao is a former Portuguese colonist and its
official language is Portuguese located near to Senegal in West Africa.
Its capital is Bissau is great tourist attraction.
Guinea is on the Atlantic coast west Africa and is surrounded of
Guinea-Bissau (386 km of borders), of Senegal (330 km), of Mali (858 km),
of the Ivory Coast (610 km) of Liberia (563 km) and Sierra Leone (652 km)
and Atlantic Ocean The country receive a very few foreign tourists, and in
spite of a great diversity of landscapes and centres of potential
interests thus, we invite the tourists to discover this hidden country
which has rich in culture.
Surrounded by seven countries: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Guinea, the Ivory
Coast, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal; the republic of Mali is located in
West Africa. With a population more than 12,000,000 inhabitants and a
surface of 1, 240, 000 Km², Mali is considered to be one of the largest
countries in Africa. The official language is French and Bamanakan one of
the local languages, is the most spoken language. Islam is the main
religion about ninety percent of the people are Muslims, about two percent
are Christians and animism, the traditional religion is still practised.
The land is mainly flat where desert and savannah are met. The country
climate belongs to the category of subtropical and arid watered by two
important and great rivers: the Niger and the Senegal rivers. In fact,
there are two main seasons the rainy season from late May to September and
dry season from October to April. From October to March the weather is
finer than April and May. The north is hotter than the south part in Mali.
From November to February is the ideal period for tourism it is cold. The
climate day is between 22°C and 32°C; night is between 15°C and 25°C.
Great natural reserves cover about a surface of 4 458 280 ha favourizing
Saharan tourism, river tourism and especially ecotourism. The desert
creatures include desert foxes, gazelles, gerbils, giraffes and other
animals which can be seen as antelopes, leopards, lions, baboons,
elephants in the Gourma and hippopotamuses along the Niger River.
Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in
west of Africa. It is located on the north-western coast of the continent
and ranges between 15 and 27 degrees of northern latitude and 5 and 17
degrees of western longitude. It has a coast of 600 km giving on l'
Atlantic Ocean stretching of Ndiago in the south till in Nouadhibou in
north. In north, it is bordering on Algeria, in the West Sahara (mainly
controlled by Morocco since 1975), Mali in East, and Senegal in the south.
Mauritania constitutes a point of passage between North Africa and Black
Africa. It is populated with arabo-Berber Moors originating in the north
of the continent (White Bidanes or black Haratines), Peuls, Wolofs, and
Soninkés. The "Haratines" are descendants of black slaves coming from
various countries in African Sub-Saharan. The name derives from Maurétanie
Roman which related to the northern part of the current Maghreb. The
capital of Mauritania is Nouakchott. The term "Western Mauritania",
applied in December 1899 per Xavier Coppolani to part of the "Mauritanian
unit", supplants other names gradually: the known "Chinguett" of the Arab
East, the "Western Sahara" of the European explorers or Trab el Bidhane of
the local populations. The Country is at all times, a ground of tourism,
mixing and exchanges culture.
Téranga Senegalese, a cultural treasure
True kaleidoscope of luxuriant landscapes and vast wide strewn with baobab
trees, Senegal has an infinity of natural environments. Located between
the Sahel at north and the large tropical forest, it is crossed by four
rivers which have their source in the massif of Fouta Djalon in Guinea:
the Senegal River which gave its name to the country, Gambia, Saloum and
Casamance. Fatherland of the poet-president, Leopold Sédar Senghor, member
of the French Academy since his withdrawal of the political life in 1980
and type-setter of the national anthem, Senegal incarnates, rightly, from
its geographical position and its determining role in the diplomacy with
the international plan, the symbol living of the civilization of giving
and receiving.
Strong of a great democratic tradition, with strong institutions, the
Republic of Senegal is one of the most stable countries African the
continent.
Welcoming, cordial and hospitable, it is a crossroads of ethnics groups
and traditions, ground of Wolofs, Pulaar (Fulani and Toucouleurs of the
valley of the Senegal river), of Soninkés and Diolas in Casamance, Sérères
in Sine and Mandingues, all these ethnics groups contribute to the
cultural richness of the country.
Geographical well situated and Senegal plays a determining role in with
the international countries, the symbol living of the civilization of
giving and receiving.
Strong of a great democratic tradition, with strong institutions, the
Republic of Senegal is one of the most stable countries of the continent.
As the others countries of west Africa where the foreigner is received
with all the regards, Senegal knew to preserve intact, in spite of the
difficult economic conjuncture and the material changes in a company in
crisis, the values of hospitality - legendary Téranga. Welcome in Wolof is
the Symbol of Senegalese hospitality. Senegalese, whose leaven is the
attachment with the religion (Islam and Catholicism) in a spirit of
tolerance? Senegal does not miss assets to ensure the development of the
tourist sector: balneal destination nearest to Europe, it has a sun which
shines almost all the year, of natural sites of a great beauty, parks and
reserves, of a great richness in fauna and flora, of 700 km sand beaches
fine of north to the south, the island of Gorée and especially warm
welcome of its population. Consequences: the continuous increase of the
number of tourists interested by the discovery of the deep country, the
meeting with the customs and habits of the local population and the
dialogue of the cultures.
Togo is a country of Africa of' West having borders common with the Benin
in east, Burkina Faso in north, and Ghana in the west. Its southern
frontage is open on the gulf of the Benin. The population is estimated in
2009 at approximately 6 million inhabitants for a density of 95 Hab. /km
². Togo is one of the smallest African States with 56.785 km ²,
stretching itself on 600 km of north in the south with a width not
exceeding 100 km.
This low surface does not prevent Togo from being recognized for the great
diversity of its landscapes (a coast of fine sand bordered of coconuts in
the south, hills, valleys green and small mountains in the centre of the
country, the arid plains and large planted savannas of baobab trees in
north).
