Burkina Faso: getting There & Getting Around

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Burkina Faso: Getting There & Getting Around

Getting There: By Air By rail By Road

Getting Around By Air By Rail Car / Self Drive

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Air Burkina is the national airline. Flights from Europe and UnitedStates all come via Paris. The main airport is Ouagadougou (OAU), it is 8 miles from the city. Taxis and bus services run into the city.

City	Airport	Code
Ouagadougou	Ouagadougou Arpt	OUA
Ouahigouya		OUG

By Rail

The only internationl line is from Cote D'Ivoire, but services are currently not running.

By Road

There are routes to and from Mali, Togo, Ghana, Cote D'ivoire and Niger, but roads conditions are generally poor. During the dry season buses run on these routes. there are bsh taxis running generally all year round.

Getting Around

By Air

Domestic flights run between Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso.

By Train

A limited train service runs between Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso.

Car Hire / Self Drive

traffic drives on the right
Many roads are unpaved and unpassable during the wet season.
Buses run on all main routes and are cheap.
Car hire is available in Ouagadougou.

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