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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, surrounded by 6 countries, the largest of which are Mali to the north and Niger to the east. Ghana and Benin lie to the south on the Atlantic Coast. Burkina Faso was a French colony until 1960.
About the size of the State of Colorado, Burkina Faso is composed of two types of landscape – in the central and eastern parts it is a rolling plain with a few isolated hills, and in the southwest a mountainous area, with sheer cliffs. There are three major rivers, the Mouhoun, Nakambe and Nazinon. Most of the country is covered with dry savannah bush.
There are two distinct seasons – the rainy season from June through September and the dry season. In the northern part of the country the hot dry wind from the Sahara blows, bringing and dry conditions very hot temperatures up to 115⁰ F and more. Hunting talks place from January through July.
The capital of Ouagadougou is the arrival point and all safaris begin there. There are numerous hunting areas, including private ranches and government concessions, many of which surround the major national parks, including the W National Park, Arly Wildlife Reserve, and Leraba-Comoe Forest and Reserve.
Burkina Faso offers many West‑African species of game including western roan antelope, western savanna buffalo, Nagor reedbuck (only found in Benin and Burkina Faso) and western kob, etc. Elephant, hippo, leopard, cheetah and crocodile are protected.
Species List:
- Lion
- West African savannah buffalo
- Western roan
- Western hartebeest
- Buffon kob
- Nagor reedbuck
- Sing Sing waterbuck
- Harnessed bushbuck
- Oribi
- Western bush duiker
- Red-flanked duiker
- Warthog
- Baboon