The world's largest saltwater lagoon.
Land of fortified tower-houses, UNESCO-listed.
Desert massif of oases and Tuareg life.
Whitewashed covered alleys of a Saharan oasis town, the "pearl of the desert".
Cliff villages of the Bandiagara Escarpment.
Trail beneath cliff-built Dogon villages and ancient Tellem granaries.
Earthen palaces of the kings of Dahomey, a UNESCO site.
Great Mud Mosque town, UNESCO-listed.
Swahili island town of donkeys, dhows and carved doorways.
Reed-island marshes, UNESCO-listed.
Two-thousand-year-old terraces stepping up the Cordillera like a green amphitheatre — the "eighth wonder of the world".
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