Below are some of the major travel highlights for West Africa Overland. For more in-depth attractions of each country on this route, click on the country names below or select a route to see the highlights on this section of the journey. Click on the icons below to focus on specific types of features (click again to return to all).
| In-depth highlights: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo |
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Wildlife attractions of West Africa Overland
| Pendjari National Park | |
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Pendjari National Park is located in the north-west corner of Benin and has a wide range of mammal and bird species including elephant, buffalo, lion and various antelopes such as kob, waterbuck, hartebeest and duiker. | |
| Kakum National Park | |
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The rainforest at Kakum National Park can be explored by walking along a 40 metre high canopy walkway which runs through the park allowing a unique perspective of the rainforest. The park covers 360 km² and is home to monkeys, elephants, antelope, warthogs and buffalo. | |
| Mole National Park | |
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Mole National Park is the largest national park in Ghana, at almost 5,000 km², and was established in 1958. It is a slice of East Africa in the west, except with far fewer tourists. The savannah of the park is home to over 300 bird species and over 90 mammals, including elephant, lion, buffalo and several species of monkey and antelope. The guided walking safaris available are a particular highlight. | |