Tiebele

Elephant Safari

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November 16th 2009
Geo: 11.1697, -1.145To get back on the beaten path (if there is such a thing in Burkina) we decided to take a ‘short cut' through the Nazinga Game Ranch, a 94,000ha park, for a West African safari. DH has an absolute fixation with elephants, particularly since our East African trip a couple of years ago, and with over 800 elephants and numerous other mammals in a relatively small park, ... read more

Africa » Burkina Faso

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Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) achieved independence from France in 1960. Repeated military coups during the 1970s and 1980s were followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Burkina Faso's high population density and limited natural res... ... read more