Also known as the “land of upright men”, Burkina Faso, the former Republic of Upper Volta is a country in West Africa without access to the sea. The country has about 20,870,060 inhabitants and extends over an area of 274,200 km². It borders Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo to the southeast, Ghana to the south and Côte d’Ivoire to the southwest. It is a country that will captivate you with its thousand and one facets because it offers its visitors a wide range of tourist attractions and better emphasizes its assets. It is thus divided into five major tourist areas.

• The center area
• The Western area
• The Eastern area
• The Northern area
• The Sahel area