Loropéni

Djôrô · Burkina Faso

Loropéni, Burkina Faso
Photo: Rik Schuiling / TropCrop-TCS, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Good to know

Best time to go
November to February
Accessibility
not-accessible
Coordinates
Open in maps

The imposing stone ruins of a fortified settlement tied to the trans-Saharan gold trade, the country's first World Heritage Site. Tall laterite walls enclose a complex whose builders remain uncertain.

Where next?

The world is wide open.

Sources