Travel Guide L’atacora

Formed during the primary era, the Atacora mountain range, with its quartz and schist hills, divides the department from north to south. It extends to the south towards Togo and Ghana, and to the north towards Niger. The Atacora is made up of two parallel bulges, separated by a depression in which the Pendjari River flows and has formed several waterfalls. To the west, towards Tanguiéta and Boukoumbé, the Atacora presents a steep face offering panoramas on the plain. To the east, towards Kouandé, the slope is gentle and long. The Sagabarao mountains, which rise to 658 m in this hilly region, are the highest point of the country.