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If you are travelling on to Ghana, it is much cheaper to take the journey in stages, then straight through with the STC bus. It cost us less than half by taking a STMB bus to the border, and then picking up share taxis and tro-tros on the Ghanaian side
By road from Djenne (Mali) to Bobo, approx. 6-7 hours.There are flights doing the Paris-Bamako-Ouagadougou route (Air France) and also with Sabena i think. From North America, Air Afrique flies from N-Y to Dakkar, end local companies can bring you to Ouagadougou.To go to the Gaoua region, try to use a 4x4. The dirt roads were just awful and with our minibus, we suffered a couple of flat tires (we even had to have a new tire sent by bus from Bobo). As if this was not enough, the wheel even broke and needed welding. If travelling on your own, there are busses every day that go from Bobo to Gaoua.From Gaoua to Ouaga will take you a good 7 hours, mostly on a very bad and dusty dirt road. Quite an experience. Make sure you can have access to a shower afterwards!
I came to Burkina Faso by taxi all the way from Cotonou in Benin. We paid a taxidriver there to drive us all this long way. Cant remember how much it was but it wasnt terrible expensive.In Burkina Faso I went around by train, bus, minibus, bush taxi and ordinary taxi...PHOTO: HERE I AM WITH THE TAXIDRIVER WHILE TAKING A REST IN SOUTHERN BURKINA FASO.
By train: from Abidjan (Ivory Coast), a lovely trip via Bobo Dioulasso.By air: the international airport is in Ouagadougou, tha capital. Frequent connections to/from Paris. Ethiopian Airlines runs the only inter-african connection, linking Dakar to Addis Ababa, with a stop in Ouaga.Taxi-brousse, that is the overloaded taxies
You can go from Ougadougou to Bobo-Dioulasso in first class seat in busses for only 5.000 CFAF (+/- 6.55 USD)
Hotel les Palmiers Ouagadougou
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Le Pavillon Vert Ouagadougou
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Q: Could someone please tell me if Mastercard can be used in Burkina Faso? I have conflicting reports on this. thank you.
A: I haven´t tried Mastercard there, but in general it is rather difficult to pay with Mastercard in most African countries. If hotels etc accept a credit card at all, they...
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