Niger - Tourism -- Review --
The country has no historical sites and is seldom visited by foreign tourists who, however, can enjoy the following interesting places.
Niger - tourism -- Places --
Tourist destnations in Niger
| ¹ |
Place |
Location |
Size |
History |
Importance |
| 1 |
Niamey |
Niger river (mostly the left bank) |
670 sq. km.; |
founded in the 18th century; less importance till French colonization, when it began to develop; in 1926 became the capital of Niger; today 800 thousand inhabitants |
administrative, cultural and economic center of the country |
| 2 |
National park W |
transitional zone between the savanna and forested platforms; Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin |
135 sq. km. in Niger |
Neolith - inhabited by people |
natural reserve with typical but rare representatives of the region; special evolutionary environment of interaction between man and nature |
| 3 |
Tenere desert |
Sahara desert |
7.7 million ha |
called "desert in the desert"; tuareg camelry, loaded with salt for sale
|
highest sand dunes in the world (244 m), desert wind, fantastic rock formations
|
| 4 |
The Air plateau |
volcanic rocks in the northwestern border with Tenere |
1944 m high (mount Grebun) |
the first inhabitants - 5000 years ago (rock paintings of elephants, rhinoceroses and giraffes); in the past - lush pastures; commercial camelry; today - desert |
springs (growing dates, olives, etc..); rich in game (gazelles, ostriches, baboons and antelope) |
Niger - tourism -- Products
Most visited hotels by foreigners in Niger
| ¹ |
Hotel name |
Address |
%of customer approval |
Type of trip |
| 1 |
Grand Hotel du Niger |
Niamey, Niger |
85% |
business, family, group, solo |
| 2 |
Hotel de la Tapoa |
BP 12753, Niamey, Niger |
80% |
group, solo |
| 3 |
Tenere Hotel |
AVENUE DE LA LIBERTE, Niamey 10734, Niger
|
68% |
business |
| 4 |
Hotel Terminus |
BP. 882, Niamey, Niger |
67% |
solo |
| 5 |
Hotel Gaweye |
Niamey, Niger |
60% |
business, solo |
| | | |
Bulgarian