Burkina Faso, 2nd (Bradt Travel Guides) Paperback – January 10, 2012

Other travel guides cover all of Africa or all of West Africa. The entire Brandt Guide book covers only one country, Burkina Faso. Therefore, there is more actionable information on Burkina Faso including more town maps and descriptions of villages and tribal markets where you can find traditional life untouched by modern ways. There is also more depth and more insight. The author seems to have more connection to Burkina Faso. This is more valuable than having the latest published guide. Published on quality paper, the book is heavier than others but indispensible for navigating along the path less traveled. Traveling on your own, I wouldn't go without it. You would risk bypassing places that would cause you post-travel regrets.

I relied heavily on this guide book on a trip to Ouagadougou and the south and west of Burkina Faso in 2013. It provided lots of great ideas and helped shape the trip. Just don't take everything as gospel, there were some small mistakes on the included maps and some questionable advice (e.g. about swimming in waterfalls and lakes, etc). Overall, a wonderfully helpful place to start your planning, with the understanding that things may not be exactly as described in the book.

The maps and city-by-city area descriptions are very helpful in getting a picture of the entire country and people.

Was super helpful! So glad I read it before going to the country.

-- bought this for a daughter who was headed to Burkina Faso with the Peace Corps -- of the 6+ books I purchased for her, this is the only one she chose to take with her -- she just arrived there last week and haven't heard much from her, but will inquire at some future point how useful it's being -- certainly looked good to me, so much so that in hopes that I'll get to visit her, purchased another copy for my use -- at the least it will give me some idea what's coloring her experiences.

I live in Burkina Faso and this book has tons more information than any other English-language guidebook on the country and seems to be more comprehensive than any French-language ones too. Days after receiving the book, I used it to plan and execute a very successful trip to the far north-east of the country. All of the practical information about where to stay and eat was spot-on. The maps of towns and regions were also very useful. I spent a night at a beautiful desert campsite, 30 kilometers from the nearest dirt road, and run by friendly Tuareg tribesmen because of this book. I'd be delighted with this guidebook even if there was nothing more to it. However, it also has the distinction of being extremely well written and interesting - be it concerning local transportation, customs, history, languages, etc. I enjoyed this book so much that when I recently visited Dogon country in Mali and met a group of Spanish tourists heading for Burkina Faso, I gave them my copy. When I got home, I ordered two more.

Tons of information, great attention to detail, honest appraisals of the entire spectrum of accommodations, eateries, sights, and festivals. In a country with a very limited tourist infrastructure where even your French may not be sufficient to allow you to communicate clearly with the locals, this kind of a guide is absolutely crucial. Burkina Faso is not for the novice traveler, but it is an extremely relaxed and rewarding country to visit, and it is one of the last truly exotic places left on earth.

Burkina Faso is not (yet) considered among the top 10 tourist destinations in the world, but for those going there for travel, work, or to visit family/friends, this new book is an invaluable resource. We've just bought it after having just moved back to the US after over three years in Burkina Faso. It provides a great overview of the country, including the better-known destinations, but the authors have also made an effort to cover less-known towns and sites of cultural interest. Highly recommended !

If you intend to visit Burkina Faso, this is THE book to read; there are none other, anyway, as far as I know. The book was published in 2011; much of the information hasn't changed since, or not much, such as georgraphy or history.It would be most useful for Bradt to publish an updated edition

I bought this book as a gift for someone who was about to go to live and work in Burkino faso. He was very pleased with his gift because he had been just about to buy it himself.He had been researching which guide book to buy and had decided on this one. I had done similar research and we'd both arrived at the same conclusion. Great wee book.

There are not many travel guides specific to this beautiful country and this is still undoubtedly the best. Out of print for the moment, so perhaps a few tweaks need to be made to reflect the current economy and political arena, but that doesn't detract from the fact that this is an excellent overview of sights not to be missed,what to expect from BF and where to eat, brought together in a real appreciation of the warmth annd friendliness of the Burkinabe people.Most bases are covered,including the goats on the bus roof and the crocodiles that cluster around to be fed in the same way that pigeons gather in Trafalgar Square.

This book is a brilliant, thorough travel guide for Burkina Faso. We went for a 3 week holiday and found a lot of good information for sightseeing as well as background information on the country and its people in this travel guide.

i find this book is very helpful in preparing a trip to Burkina Faso. I can just agree with the previous reviewers!