Tour of Côte d'Ivoire
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Faune and flora, Discovery, Adventure / Sports & Leisure.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté, Automne, Hiver.
Petit Futé
Where to stay - Abidjan ?
The map of your stay "Tour of Côte d'Ivoire"
Detail of the stay : Tour of Côte d'Ivoire
How to get there - Abidjan
Abidjan
Steps: Abidjan
Visit ofAbidjan, whose center is largely walkable: Plateau, Cocody, Marcory, visit the main districts.
Abidjan
Steps: Parc National Du Banco
Visit the Banco National Park for a hike, the green lung of the city or go to Boulay Island for a day of relaxation and swimming. Enjoy the Ivorian nights in the maquis of Cocody or in Zone 4 in Marcory.
Yamoussoukro
Steps: Lac De Kossou
Direction Yamoussoukro. Visit of the basilica, the great mosque, the lake with sacred crocodiles, the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Foundation for peace, the Kossou dam...
Places of interest : BARRAGE DE KOSSOU
Bouaké
Steps: Bouaké
En route to the rebel capital of central Côte d'Ivoire, , the country's second-largest city and the presumed tomb of the mythical Baule queen Abla Pokou.
Katiola, Tortiya and Korhogo
Steps: Tortiya
Direction Katiola and its famous potters, Tortiya the diamond one if you have time, before leaving towards the sahelian Korhogo. The road will be long and chaotic.
Senoufo culture
Steps: Niofoin
Discover the Senoufo capital and its constellation of artisan villages (Waraniéné, a village of weavers and its sacred rock; the pearl makers of Kapélé; the canvas painters of Fakaha; the shea butter makers of Natio; the blacksmiths of Koni; Niofoin and its fetish huts...).
Route de l'Ouest
Steps: Man
Take the western route to the Dix-Huit Montagnes region around Man. Allow a day's drive via Odienné.
Yacouba Culture
Plan an excursion into the gentle rolling woodlands to climb mountains, cross waterfalls and liana bridges, and discover the Yacouba culture.
Cocoa route
Steps: Gagnoa
Then head south, for a day on the "cocoa road" through Gagnoa and Soubré, to discover the cocoa plantations (Gagnoa) and the superb Nawa waterfalls flowing in a setting of lush vegetation (Soubré).
Places of interest : LES CHUTES DE LA NAWA
The coast
Steps: San Pedro
Join the coast at last: San Pedro, Grand-Béréby... in itself, the musicality of these names already evokes escape.
Siren's Bay
Beautiful beaches such as Baie des Sirènes await you to unwind after so much savannah and driving.
Taï National Park
Steps: Man
From San Pedro via Djorotrou or from Guiglo via Douékoué (in the latter case, plan this excursion just after Man and before Gagnoa in the itinerary), it's possible to get to the Taï National Park, a Unesco World Heritage site known for its rich natural chimpanzee flora. Be sure to mark out your route, as Western Côte d'Ivoire has always been and remains a complex region to access.
Coastal road
Steps: Jacqueville
Back east via the coastal road through Grand Lahou, Jacqueville, Dabou to Grand-Bassam.
Grand-Bassam
Visit the city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It's easy to spend a whole day marvelling at the old colonial buildings of the France quarter, a veritable open-air museum, but it would be a shame to miss out on the pleasures of the beach and its string of hotel-restaurants, not to mention the pirogue rides on the lagoon. And last but not least, the effervescent Bassam by night, with its lively local scene.
Assinie
Steps: Assinie
Last but not least, here you are in Assinie, some sixty kilometers further on. Long sandy beaches, bordered on one side by the lagoon and on the other by a jealous and exclusive sea, in a heavenly setting. Here, everything is possible: lounging under coconut palms, long walks along the beach.
