West Africa is home to stunning landscapes and inhabited by an astonishing diversity of peoples, this is the perfect destination to explore the expanse of rich culture and deep tradition found on this beautiful continent. Traveling West Africa is a balancing act – a  wonderful mix of culture, food, nature and a past best told by the region’s own storytellers. Festivals are all-singing, all-dancing and clothes shops and markets are draped in a rainbow of wax print cloth. The dark history of the slave trade marks port cities like Ouidah. Beyond, there are wild beaches, ancient rainforest and undulating, sun-baked dunes. West Africa properties and itineraries covers a vast vibrant region of Africa from Mauritania in the north to Gabon in the south, as well as the island nation of Sao Tome & Principe.