Influenced by the capitol, Ouagadougou, and by towns like Koudougou and Tenkodogo, this region offers opportunities for business tourism and conferences with numerous possibilities for side trips to places like the Nazinga game ranch, the home of the explorer Binger in Tiakane, and the pong for sacred crocodiles in Sabou. [
This is the best region in Burkina Faso for hunting, with about three million acres of protected land where you will find recently constructed facilities which enhance opportunities for hunting, sight-seeing and similar activities. [
Land of rich diversity: music, dance, ceremonial rituals, Bobo, Senoufo, Lobi, Dagara architecture, Loropeni ruins, petroglyphs, Sindou peaks....so many diverse peoples, cultures, traditions and ecosystems which make the West a rich and varied region-whose attractions are worth more than a detour. [
It offers to travelers unexpected sites distinguished by a climate of semi-desert typical of the Sahel and Sudan. These sites will make you dream. You will be filled with wonder at the sand dunes of Oursi, which resemble the Sahara, and in their midst a superb lake several miles long which seems to defy all logic. Several other sites are worth a visit: Oasis of Djouga, the Ban, the banks of the Beli River, the ornithological reserve in the Sahel in which dwell members of the nomadic Peulh or camel-riding Touaregs.[
This region covers a large area south and west of the capitol. The area near of Po is known for its valleys where you find high cliffs and the highest peak known as Nahouri. [Useful information
Generality
Capital: OuagadougouInhabitants: Burkinabé, Burkinabe
Currency: Franc CFA (1 € 655.96 FCFA, 1 $ 510.641 FCFA)
Official languages: French
Area: 273,600 km2 (2005)
Density: 50.9 habitant/km2 (2006)
Climate
The climate is tropical in Burkina Faso, except in the north where the area is desert. The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou (located in the center of the country).Annual precipitation water vary from 1000 mm to 1400 mm for a dry season from 4 to 5 months.
Relief
The terrain is not very high, Burkina Faso has many plateaus at an average altitude of 500 meters but the highest peak Tenakourou only peaked to 747 meters.The fauna and flora
The Bukina Faso have several game reserves that combine safari and hunting: The Park of Arly, Park W, the Sahel Reserve, the Reserve Benin Pendjari and that Nazinga. It includes elephant, hippopotamus, buffalo, antelope, buffalo, buffon of cob, cob waterbuck, warthog but baboon mastiffs, patas, Callitriche, spotted hyena, aardvark, lion, leopard, crocodile, monitor lizard, python and a large bird.Burkina Faso is also known for its floral diversity at the present stage of knowledge, the flora of Burkina Faso has 1054 species distributed in 510 genera and 123 families.
Miscellaneous
The Bukina Faso is one of the most populous countries of West Africa, Burkina Faso's population is ethnically diverse (more than 60 ethnic groups are listed).The three main rivers of Burkina Faso are Mouhoun, Nazinon and Nakambé.
The ideal time for a holiday / weekend tourist in Burkina Faso from November to February.
The Bukinabés are mostly animist and Muslim religions coexist and Christian.