On the road to the Dômes de Fabedougou from Banfora, this sugar factory is one of Burkina's more unusual sights. It produces 35,000 tonnes of sugar a year from 4000 hectares of sugar cane. You can visit the factory and attend the spectacular sugar-cane fires from November to April. Ring the factory for details of the visits.
Société Nouvelle Sucrière de la Comoé
Burkina Faso
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