Côte d'Ivoire
Breezy and sun-washed, Boblin la Mer is easily the best value in Bassam. The rooms are decorated with masks and woodcarvings, and breakfast is served on…
Must-see hotels in West Africa
Malabo
Rather dark and depressing rooms here, but the Morenita is in a good central location. All rooms have a fridge, too. The bathrooms could do with some…
Sierra Leone
Has clean, spacious doubles with fan, running water and mosquito nets. A simple breakfast is included and evening meals are available if you order in…
Dakar
As one of Dakar's most luxurious hotels, with a contemporary, business feel, this plush spot is a decadent place to enjoy all the standard upmarket…
Dakar
Nizar's basic rooms boast the charm of social housing – but this is Dakar's cheapest digs in the city centre. Enter through the car park next to Ali Baba.
Boa Vista
This basic but friendly pensão, right on Sal Rei's main square, is a fine budget pick, with a set of dark and poky rooms with private bathrooms.
Mauritania
Atâr's fanciest option, with two-dozen concrete tikit-style rooms, all with air-con and fridge. Good facilities mainly aimed at tour groups.
Liberia
The best place to stay is the Munnah Guesthouse – it's used by NGOs working in the area's Ivoirian refugee camps. The modern, airy rooms have fans.
Nigeria
Close to Watt Market is this handy budget option. Rooms are comfortable, the management is friendly, and there's a terrifically formal dining room.
Gabon
This place is centrally located in the village of Mayumba, and is very reasonably priced. Rooms are clean and fan-cooled, but there are no frills.
Mauritania
Cheap but welcoming overlanders' option on the main road south from Atâr. Meals can be provided – breakfast UM500 and lunch or dinner UM1500.
Cameroon
This weirdly named country hotel is on the Bafoussam road, where rooms in tin-roofed huts offer TV and wi-fi. There's also a decent restaurant.
Santo Antão
Hidden away in a yellow-grey building near the church, with spacious nicely appointed rooms (request one with a window) and friendly service.
Cameroon
Scruffy accommodation, simple meals and very friendly faces – it's found at the Bon Course Supermarché at the main junction in Campo.
Conakry
The eye-catching red Hôtel du Golfe offers refreshingly cheap rooms, which are large and well-maintained. It's on a quiet side-street.
Benin
Right by the beach, this place oozes colonial charm and serves divine cuisine in its attractive terrace restaurant (menus CFA8500).
Banjul
This is slightly better than most Banjul dosshouses, simply because it has doors that lock plus occasional live music in the bar.
Dakar
Rooms are pretty basic, but the central courtyard with huge palm trees turns the space into a calm oasis in the heart of Dakar.
Cameroon
On the road towards Bamenda, this hotel is a solid midrange option, with accommodation in green rondavels in a pleasant garden.
Republic of Congo
The best budget lodging in the centre, and probably the whole of Pointe-Noire, is Sueco, the Swedish Mission. Curfew is 11pm.
Cameroon
Despite the grim brutalist exterior, this is a clean and friendly choice with pleasant en-suite rooms and a good restaurant.
Côte d'Ivoire
Hôtel Amointrin is probably Man's smartest hotel; the rooms come with hot water and pretty views out over the mountains.
Ghana
A block from the Intercity STC station, this is a decent budget option, with plain rooms set around a pleasant courtyard
Santo Antão
Central, with 12 tidy rooms, all with private hot-water bathrooms, air-con and TV. The best rooms have small balconies.
Serekunda & Atlantic Coast Resorts
Better known for its restaurant below, Mama's also rents out a handful of clean and tidy fan-cooled rooms. Great value.
Togo
This is one of the better options in Sokodé, with a nice garden and relatively clean rooms. Main meals cost CFA1800.
Serekunda & Atlantic Coast Resorts
This bare-bones guesthouse offers simple rooms and friendly service, making it a good deal for budget travellers.
Nigeria
A decent choice, with a pool, a good Indian restaurant and friendly staff. The wi-fi may be theoretical though.
Mauritania
Top of the hotel spectrum as far as Nouâdhibou goes, the Sahel is a solidly comfortable business-class option.
Sierra Leone
The no-frills rooms have fans and air-conditioning, though the generator is only switched on in the evenings.
University of Ibadan Guest House
Nigeria
A bit grimy but on campus at Nigeria's premier university, which has a lively campus with many amenities.
Guinea
Four bright orange rooms on the hilly crest of the island. It's all very simple but has a gentle charm.
Senegal
A basic but friendly choice in the heart of the city, with bright, simple rooms and friendly staff.
Cameroon
A basic option, the Âne Rouge has a few en-suite rooms with fans, and a pleasant terrace.
Lagos
Basic rooms and friendly staff; a good budget-ish choice on Victoria Island.
Complejo Turistico El Amanecer
Rio Muni
This complex has a range of rooms: pick one where most things work. Some overlook a destroyed swimming pool, a haven for mosquitoes. Air-con units are old…
Libreville
From the French sommeil (to sleep), Somotel is just that – a clean and relatively cheap place to crash. Views are of a shanty town and it's a bit of a…
Guinea
Perched on the boulders above a delightful little beach are a handful of simple huts which, if they were almost anywhere else in the world, would be a…
Le Jardin Brésilien Auberge de la Diaspora
Benin
Just off the beach near the Point of No Return, rooms here occupy two characterless, muscular buildings. Opt for the air-con rooms, which are spacious and…
Gabon
If you're looking for a simple place in the Quartier Isaac to lay your head and fill your belly, Banana's might be your Lambaréné. Rooms are clean but…
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