The Cascades de Karfiguéla or the Banfora Cascades (also Karfiguela Falls, Tagbaladougou Falls, or Banfora Falls) are a series of waterfalls along the
Komoé River in Southwestern Burkina Faso. They are located about 12 km northwest of
Banfora and constitute one of the most important tourism sites in
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...
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The
Cascades Region
Cascades (, "waterfalls") is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The population of Cascades was 812,062 in 2019. It is the second least populous region in Burkina Faso and contains 3.96% of all Burkinab ...
gets its name from the waterfalls. The flow of the falls peaks during the rainy season from June to September.
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Comoé Province
Waterfalls of Burkina Faso
Tourist attractions in Burkina Faso
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