Maradi

• Get in1 skirts the city to the north; the turn off is clearly marked in both directions (but is very poorly regulated; slow way down and watch for trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, and donkey carts coming from all directions).
• Get inBush taxis are the central means of transportation for most of Niger, and Maradi is the bush taxi hub for the region.
• Get inIf you are traveling within the Maradi region or from Nigeria, this is often your only option; bush taxis arrive and depart several locations within the city for the rest of the region, with costs ranging from 200-1500 FCFA for within the region.
• Get inIf you are planning on turning your experiences traveling in Niger into a book and you want the most harrowing stories possible, than definitely try to make this trip by bush taxi.
• Get inIf you are coming from Kano or Katsina, you will probably have to take a bush taxi; no Nigerien bus companies, at least, service Kano or any other city in Nigeria.
• Get inA seasonal river springs up in late May or early June to the south of the city and flows along until perhaps October, and in some remote places you can find dugout canoes being used as ferries.
• Get inThere does not appear to be regular service along the river in this way, or canoe rides marketed to tourists.
• Go nexta series of bush taxis on desert tracks), so you're better off trying it in Zinder or, better yet, from Konni, where you can take the bus.

From Wikivoyage: Maradi, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-08.