Archive for the ‘Western Africa’

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    Enjoy the Cap Skirring Pleasures
    Come to the beautiful land of Western Africa and enjoy the surroundings in the southern part of Senegal. Visit this pristine locale filled with the sights of awesome beaches and beautiful river delights. With luscious tropical forests, this is a beautiful area to visit and an ideal place to visit on tours. The fascinating surroundings of Senegal and the overall sights of the tourists enjoying themselves here is something worth cherishing. Tourism is practised here on a low scale and the authentic African surroundings is the mainstay of tours here. Visit Cap Skirring’s miles and miles of sandy stretches filled with sights of beautiful palm trees swaying to the wind. Enjoy this African bonanza and capture the sights of the African women wearing colorful headgear and striking clothes. Take a walk along the beach and feel closer to  [...]
    Posted at May 17th, 2013 at 05:05 am
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    Tours around Cote d’Ivoire
    Cote d’Ivoire is one of the economic paradises of Africa and is a role model for great stability in the entire continent. The modern ambience is what sets the surrounding for Cote d’Ivoire and makes it a class apart from the rest of the African nations. Visit this beautiful region and enjoy your tours to Western Africa. Abidjan is a great place where with its fascinating skyscrapers and provides the best of travel delight here in this part of the world. This coupled with the Yamoussoukro in the Centre, which is very popular for its basilica, which is a magnificent replica of St. Peter’s in Rome. This displays the HOuphouet Boigny era and shows the current place that Africa occupies in today’s world. Abidjan is the capital of the country and has had a great attraction for all travellers. It is a vibrant city  [...]
    Posted at January 8th, 2013 at 05:01 am
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    Travel in African Coastal Forts
    Tours to Africa would be incomplete without visiting the forts here. Cultural and heritage tours are becoming very important in West African tours. There are many sites that can be visited in Western Africa and the coastal forts top the list of sites to visit. Ghana is a great destination to visit in this part of Africa and is very popular as a slave trade site. It is said that President Obama first visited Ghana and the other slave forts in Cape Coast before he went to becoming the President. The main slave sites in Ghana are the St; George’s Castle which is also called the Elmina Castle. This is actually one of the earlier slave forts here and lies on the Atlantic coast of Ghana. It is a very popular destination and is a pilgrim locale for many African American tourists. It has visitors from a cross the world and there is  [...]
    Posted at November 19th, 2012 at 05:11 am
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    Travel Pleasures from Bandiagara
    Visit Africa and enjoy the travels here and get to see the best sights of outstanding cliffs and landscapes .this is a destination that has the best visual attractions of sandy plateaux and fascinating architecture. the altars, here alongwith the sanctuaries and granaries are a all a sight to behold. There are many areas of attraction here and the simple social traditions here alongwith the feasts, rituals and masks are what make Bandiagara a place to visit and a destination to remember. There is a lot of past archaeology and geological and ethnic interest that make visits here greatly interesting. One of the most impressive skies of West Africa are visible here and thus tours to Bandiagara are greatly enchanting in this part of the world. The Bandiagara Cliff is the land of the dogons and is a huge expanse of cultural landscape  [...]
    Posted at November 6th, 2012 at 07:11 am
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    The Mysterious Secrets in Timbuktu
    Timbuktu is a place that is normally considered a destination far out of reach by many. This is actually a city in the western part of Africa in Mali. It is of great historical value and has been a World Heritage Site since the year 1988. Located on the southernmost edge of the Sahara Desert, Timbuktu is around 8 miles from the river Niger. It is a discovery of the 12th century and has been found by the Tuareg nomads. It became a major centre of the trans Sahara gold, Islamic scholarship, salt trade, and also culture. There have been many dynasties that have risen and fallen but Timbuktu has had the unique status of an interesting and mysterious destination. When the Emperor Mansa Musa went on a long pilgrimage with many people from Timbuktu to Mecca he crossed Cairo and changed all the perceptions about the western part of Africa.  [...]
    Posted at October 20th, 2012 at 09:10 am
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    Goree Island tour Pleasures and Travel Guide
    While you are in the pristine surroundings of the African continent, enjoy the lovely pleasures of being in this land.  Come here to the Goree Island and bask in the pleasures of a totally luxurious locale. Amongst the many sights here, the Maison des Escalaves or the Slave House is a great place to visit. This is a great way the tourists are reminded about the way Goree has played a major role in the Western African Slave trade. The Dutch built this in the year 1776 and it has been preserved perfectly the way it was. There are many other points of interest like the Fort Nassau ruins, the Church, Saint Michel Castle, and also the Old Fort Estrees which has the Historical Museum. Also experience the beach here which provides you with the best swimming facilities. There is a ferry slip here which gives you ideal tour experiences.   [...]
    Posted at April 9th, 2012 at 01:04 am
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    Things to do in Benin Travels and African Attractions
    African extravaganza is at its best when you are on a tour to this lovely paradise on earth and this is the best place you could visit if you want to be surrounded by absolutely charming travel experiences. Come to this land of beautiful scenes and greatest memories and know what you can do while you are here. Visit the Tata Somba Houses in Bokombe and enjoy the lovely village with its most charming attractions. Come here and get enchanted by the lovely structures that are found here and also the varying design which so much form the skeletal base of this entire village. The traditional lives of the tribes here is a perfect blend of travel luxury and tour delights and gives you a lot of memories to take back. Then go to the Koto falls in Natintingou which is situated just outside the region of Nantintingou and is a greatly fascinating  [...]
    Posted at March 5th, 2012 at 08:03 am
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    The Most Visited Museums of Nigeria
    Below we have enlisted the most visited museums of Nigeria: Benin City National Museum: As the name suggests this museum is located in Nigeria’s Benin City; it is categorized as a national museum of the country. The exact location of Benin City National Museum is around the neighborhood of King’s Square at the city center. Here, the visitors will get to see artifacts belonging to the famous Benin Empire. The exhibits here include iron pieces, terracotta models and bronze figures. Esie Museum: It is one of the most popular tourist destinations of Esie, Nigeria. Esie museum was founded in the 1945. Earlier, the museum used to boast an exciting collection of 1,000 tombstone images or figures, each of which represented human beings. Besides that Esie Museum is also known for housing the biggest soapstone image collection of the  [...]
    Posted at November 28th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
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    Visiting the West African Village of Ganvie
    Ganvie is located in the country of Benin, West Africa. It is a village constructed on the Lake Nokoué. The exact location of this unique village is towards the north of the largest city and administrative capital of Benin, Cotonou. You will need close to an hour for reaching Ganvie from Cotonou. Often it is said the locals of this village are not too affable towards the tourists visiting the place. However, if you can ignore this feature of the village, Ganvie is a place that’s truly worth visiting. The entire town is built on stilts. Each of the shops, restaurants and houses of the village are constructed using wooden stilts and is located several feet over the water level. The tourist can hire a boat and spend the entire day there exploring the city. While on the boat, they can watch people shopping, selling, going to schools  [...]
    Posted at October 17th, 2011 at 10:10 am
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