Bangr Weogo ,An amazing Park in Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso is an inland country in West Africa around with 274,200 square kilometers (105,900 sq mi) in size. It is surrounded  by all sides  by six countries:Niger to the east, Mali to the north, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. Its capital is Ouagadougou.
Per  2014 records, its population was estimated at about 17.3 million.Formerly Burkina Faso was called the Republic of Upper Volta,and later the renamed "Burkina Faso" on 4th August 1984  by then-President Thomas Sankara. .
Burkina Faso, the zoological gardens and national parks are great places of tourist attractions.Some of the most important parks in the Burkina Faso serving as source of   attraction are the Bangr Weogo park,Manega Museum,Snake Museum,National Museum,Kabore Tembi,Karfiguéla Waterfalls,Ethnography Museum,etc.

Entrance of Bangr Weogo

Bangr Weogo Park is located at the heart of the city of Ougadougou, it is such an awesome urban park which is full of   plants  and animals.

The park is indeed huge and full of   trails everywhere! you have to get a tour guide to be with you because you may eventually get  found yourself in difficulty in your way out of there,if you are alone.

Some of the animals at Bangr Weogo park

There are most of the times the place is very hot  and sometimes its  pretty cool .Native urban forest once was under the ownership of the emperor of Mossé, the forest of the dam of Ouagadougou was classified in 1936 by the decree of ‘AOF’, signed by the Governor COPET. What was once a dumping area and meeting place for bandit was then cleaned up, developed from 1995 to 2000 and returned to the Commune of Ouagadougou on the 5th January 2001.

It has many important aims,one is to develop Tourism and Ecotourism and also to conserve biodiversity.

It feels so good to be here,at Bangr weogo.Get to visit here and see beautiful things of nature for yourself.