Black Volta Region

The Black Volta Region of Burkina Faso is in the southwest of the country.

Cities

 * — home to the famous Banfora Cascades
 * — the nation's second largest city is a major center of culture and music
 * — hosts a biennial festival of masks
 * — an important market town that has a range of crafts, including pottery and basket work
 * — host one of the five sites of ancient iron metallurgy in Burkina Faso classified as World Heritage by UNESCO
 * — gateway to the ruins of Loropéni
 * — capital for the Siamou ethnic group
 * – famous for the Pics de Sindou sandstone formations
 * — close to the Sourou River (hippopotamuses), the Dounkou crocodile pond, and the granite cave and pyramid of Dio

Other destinations

 * — home to baobab trees, hippopotamuses, and crocodiles
 * — the only UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Burkina Faso is home to about 100 hippos; it is about 60 km north of Bobo-Dioulasso,
 * — Medieval UNESCO World Heritage site with extensive ruins of a 1000-year-old fortress 40 km west of Gaoua

See
Dômes de Fabédougou near Banfora are great dome-shaped sandstone formations near the Karfiguéla Falls.

The Grande Mosquée in Bobo-Dioulasso is a fine example of Sahel-style mud architecture.

Dédougou hosts a festival of masks in even-numbered years. For several days, representatives from all regions of Burkina Faso parade wearing the traditional masks of the country.

The Lobi "villages" around Gaoua are mini-fortresses scattered around the countryside.

Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites
Five sites with ancient iron mines and furnaces around Burkina Faso have been listed as a world heritage site. Two of them are in the Black Volta Region (the other three are in North Burkina Faso):