Lonely Planet West Africa (Travel Guide)
Lonely Planet, Anthony Ham
Language: English
Pages: 520
ISBN: 1741797977
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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Lonely Planet West Africa is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Experience the culture of Dakar or Marrakesh, visit the gorges and oases of the Sahara, or hike to paradise on Santo Antao in Cape Verde; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of West Africa and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet's West Africa Travel Guide:
- Colour maps and images throughout
- Highlights and itineraries show you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests
- Insider tips save you time and money, and help you get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
- Essential info at your fingertips - including hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, and prices
- Honest reviews for all budgets - including eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, and hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
- Cultural insights give you a richer and more rewarding travel experience - including history, literature, cinema, religion, music, arts, and West African peoples
- Over 90 maps
- Useful features - including Month by Month (annual festival calendar), Itineraries (suggested routes that maximise your time and money), and Peoples of West Africa
- Coverage of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, and more
The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet West Africa, our most comprehensive guide to West Africa, is perfect for those planning to both explore the top sights and take the road less travelled.
- Looking for just a few of the destinations included in this guide? Check out the relevant Lonely Planet country guides for a comprehensive look at what each country has to offer.
Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Anthony Ham, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Paul Clammer, Jane Cornwell, Emilie Filou, Nana Luckham, Tom Masters, Anja Mutic, Caroline Sieg, Kate Thomas and Vanessa Wruble
About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.
largest in West Africa; there are 11,000 stalls and at least four times as many people working there) look like a circular shantytown. Inside, the throbbing Kejetia is quite disorienting but utterly captivating. There are foodstuffs, secondhand shoes, clothes, plastic knick-knacks, glass beads, kente strips, Ashanti sandals, batik, bracelets and more. Wandering around the market by yourself is absolutely fine: few tourists come here and shopkeepers will be pleasantly surprised to see you.
policies and tried to liberalise the economy. He died in March 1984. Days after Touré’s death, a military coup was staged by a group of colonels, including the barely known, barely educated Lansana Conté, who became president. He introduced austerity measures, and in 1991 bowed to pressure to introduce a multiparty political system. Initial hopes for a new era of freedom and prosperity were quickly dashed. Conté claimed victory in three highly disputed elections, and there were incidents of
is still a staple of Ghana, where hip-life – the country’s very own hip-hop – is also huge. Nigerian music isn’t as popular in the West as it was; Mali and Senegal are ahead in the popularity stakes, but the demand for the back catalogue of the late great Nigerian Fela Anikulapo Kuti continues apace. After revisiting their roots with traditional acoustic albums both Salif Keita and Baaba Maal have gone on to re-embrace electronica; Keita’s 2013 album Talé is produced by Phillipe Cohen Solal of
wildlife specialists offering tours in Ghana and The Gambia. Peregrine Adventures (www.peregrineadventures.com) Six-country tour of West Africa. Rainbow Tours (www.rainbowtours.co.uk) Goes to Sierra Leone. Responsible Travel (www.responsibletravel.com) Serves as a clearing house for eco-tours and sustainable travel operators with 12 West African countries covered. Songlines Music Travel (www.songlines.co.uk/musictravel) Music-centred tours to Mali, Senegal, Cape Verde and Morocco.
town is still a good base for a night or two, with its pretty cobbled centre and a handful of decent hotels and restaurants. Sleeping & Eating Casa Tambla B&B GUESTHOUSE $ ( 9825059; kasatambla@gmail.com; s/d CVE2100/3750) Rooms here feature a cosy and cheerful vibe. Some come with kitchenettes, others with terraces; most have private bathrooms. It’s just up from the ocean, fronted by a tropical patio. The French multilingual owner is a fount of info about the island and can set you up with