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...hard too! Why not join us after your project on our very own Mad to Timbuktu adventure? Travel with us, through Ghana, Burkina Faso and Mali on this 21 day adventure to a place most people don’t believe exists! Walking across a jungle canopy,...

...also enjoy an evening safari and, of course, no wilderness experience would be complete without a roaring campfire. Burkina Faso comes next and the chance to see the famed mud Mosque at Larabenga. Then it's time to dig out the old French...

...being made to improve some of the sections that have previously been in repair. One can travel from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso all the way to Diffa, near Lake Chad on roads in decent to tolerable condition. The road from Niamey to "Park W"...

) that do charter flights from Niamey in small planes. By car Travelers can get to Niger overland by roads from Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin and Nigeria. Some adventurous souls still cross the Sahara from the north (Algeria), but that area is not...

...with automatic weapons far from authority are obvious. It is also possible to ship to Ghana and then drive up through Burkina Faso. By bus It is possible to reach Mali by bus, from a variety of African cities. These include, but are not...

...by foreign travellers. By car It is illadvised to try to enter Côte d'Ivoire from Guinea, Liberia, Mali, or Burkina Faso. The Ghanaian border is fairly secure. If you enter at Elubo, you can easily catch a shared taxi to Aboisso and...

... Burkina Faso is one of safest countries in West Africa. There are no special precautions, in terms of safety, necessarily. However, be aware of thieves in the big city. Violent assault is rare. Pickpockets and purse snatchers are something...

...towns of Mopti and Djenne we travel to the remote Bandiagara Escarpment, trekking to visit Dogon tribe villages. Burkina Faso - we hear some of the best music in West Africa! Ghana - another change in people and culture - after two...