West Africa route advice - Guinea/Ghana/Benin/Togo
Hi, we're travelling north to south across Africa later this year, heading via the western route. We're planning on taking about 10 months in total (heading to South & Central America afterwards for total max 2 year trip), and currently the route is Morrocco-Western Sahara-Mauritania-Mali-Burkina Faso-Niger-Nigeria-Cameroon.
There are options to take a little longer and add in the following countries along the west - Guinea, Ghana, Benin and Togo.
Can anyone offer advice (or strong encouragement!) on whether it is worth adding the extra time to our route for one or more of these 4 countries, bearing in mind it may mean skipping more quickly through other countries past Cameroon? They all sound very interesting, but we're wary of taking up too much just getting through western Africa. Decisions, decisions....(note we've never been to Africa before).
Thanks, Tam
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