West Africa

At the base of a 500-metre sandstone cliff in central Mali, the abandoned dwellings of the Tellem people are embedded in the rock face like wasps’ nests. The Tellem built …

The Atlantic is louder here than you expect. Standing at the edge of Goree Island, off the coast of Dakar, with the ocean throwing itself against the pink and ochre …

Tourists press together beneath the Door of No Return, an ochre-and-gold arch rising from the beach at Ouidah in southern Benin. Carved into its face are the figures of chained …

There is a wall in Nigeria that rewrote the Guinness World Records. Not metaphorically. Literally. When archaeologists began to fully measure the earthworks surrounding the ancient Kingdom of Benin in …

Choosing from the best countries to visit in West Africa is not straightforward. The region spans 16 countries, each offering completely different travel realities, from structured cultural tourism to high-energy …