Niger

Niger, in West Africa’s Sahara region, is four-fifths the size of Alaska. It is surrounded by Mali, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Nigeria, Benin, and Burkina Faso. With the desert boasting some of the Sahara’s most beautiful dunes, the stark splendor of the Aïr Mountains and Ténéré Desert being one of West Africa’s most spectacular sights, and the intriguing, ancient trans-Saharan trade-route towns of Agadez and Zinder playing home to magnificent mazes of mud brick architecture and fascinating locals, the international appeal of Niger as a destination is undeniable.