Check out the giant “Golden Chicken Nugget” a.k.a Place de la Femme.

• Ouagadougou to Dedougou 3000 cfa E.D.BA.F. provides daily service at approximately 8 AM and 9 AM. Reservations need to be made by calling the night before. The buses fill up fast and if you are not at the bus station by 7:30 your seat will be given away. I am sure there are taxi brousses to Dedougou, but I have never experimented with them.

• Dedougou to Ouagadougou 3000 cfa Again E.D.BA.F. is you best bet with twice daily transportation first bus leaving around 8 AM and then next one theoretically at 9:30 AM, but actually whenever it arrives from Nouna. Reservations will need to be made by visiting the local E.D.BA.F. office in Dedougou (see map for location or just ask) NOTE: Not all buses are equipped with racks for bikes so you need to ask the night before when you make your reservation, or you could be stuck at the gare waiting for a bus that does.

• Nouna to Dedougou 1500 cfa. You can either take the 7:00 AM E.D.BA.F (if it's there) or you can take one of the various taxi brousse "services." Et Freres provides daily trips to Dedougou leaving at around 4 PM.

• Bobo-dioulasso to Dedougou Price N/A

• Dedougou to Bobo-dioulasso Price N/A There are no major bus services to Bobo, but you can find a bush taxi to take you there. There are two regular cars that leave on alternating days, and your best bet is to just ask at the gare when you get there.

• Dedougou to Boromo 1500 cfa Solidarite provides daily service to Boromo via Safane. The car leaves each...???

Marché

Daily marche. The selection is exactly like any other marche in Burkina. Whole lotta nothing and dried fish. See map for location.

Boutiques

Again like most larger villes in Burkina, Dedougou has many boutiques. One however offers many things you can rarely find outside of Ouaga. They carry a good assortment of canned vegetables, liquors, and juices. They even have canned mushrooms and bean sprouts for stir-fry. I have labeled this boutique on the map. It’s a very nondescript building, but I found it on accident my first time in Dedougou.

Prestige: By far the best restaurant in the region. They offer everything from grilled and sautéed chicken, french fries, salads, omelettes… you name it they can probably make it. Prices are cheap with chicken being the most expensive item, about 1500 cfa.

There are numerous other “restaurants” around town, but I’ll leave these for the adventuresome to discover.

Street food and snacks

You can order cheese by going to the above-mentioned boutique and requesting cheese. It is made at a nearby Catholic mission and can be delivered the following day. The prices vary, but I believe it is around 5000 cfa per kilo. I know they make Camembert and at least one other kind.

The best street food in Dedougou is made by Jillene’s tante. I marked her on the map. The street running from the gare to the marche is full of people selling the usual Burkinabe street food.

There are many drinking bars in Dedougou, and there is even one “really” cool dance club. I have labeled a few of my favorites on the map.