Ivory Coast - Côte d'Ivoire
Ivory Coast (or Côte d'Ivoire), is a country located in West Africa and its capical is Yamoussoukro, while its economic capital and largest city is the port city of Abidjan.
Prior to its colonization by Europeans, Ivory Coast was home to several states, including Gyaaman, the Kong Empire, and Baoulé. The area became a protectorate of France in 1843 and was consolidated as a French colony in 1893 and finally achieved its independence in 1960.The official language is French, with 78 local indigenous languages also widely used.
The area around Abidjan and Yamoussoukro is very accessible by road, but transports can be more difficult for the others regions.
BEST TIME to VISIT COTE D'IVOIRE
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to IVORY COAST
December to March
young boy
cattle with a large bull
small shop
bargaining for a ride in this collective taxi
cattle - mother and calf
market
Market - fruit shop
city centre
city centre - women
women
Mosque
women
Yamoussoukro Basilica
Yamoussoukro Basilica - stained glass cupola
Yamoussoukro Basilica
Yamoussoukro Basilica - Stained glass windows
Yamoussoukro Basilica - Stained glass windows
Yamoussoukro Basilica - Stained glass windows
market
Yamoussoukro Basilica - Stained glass windows
market - clothes
city centre
city centre - street shop
red taxi and friendly people
city centre
Stadium
Hotel Ivoire is the most famous in the city
skyline with the cathedral
city centre
the famous hotel Ivoire
mother and baby
woman at the market
young boys
Transporting goods and people
After school
learning to surf
woman
young boys
woman in pink
Unusual building with an angel and a woman
colorful women
young boy
Yamoussoukro Basilica
Yamoussoukro Basilica
Yamoussoukro Basilica
Yamoussoukro Basilica
Yamoussoukro Basilica
Yamoussoukro Basilica
Yamoussoukro Basilica
Yamoussoukro Basilica
woman
women
woman
woman selling shrimps
women
coffee shop on wheels
overloaded collective taxi
city centre
market - women selling fruits
a kind of totem with african masks in front of Hotel Ivoire
market - clothes shop
city centre - The Pyramid building
local market
local market
sandy beach
fishermen are coming back
Yamoussoukro Basilica
Yamoussoukro is a strange capital city : bad roads, few hotels, no government buildings... as the power is still in Abidjan
market
small shops along the road
Cattle
Cattle
women
small shops along the road
cattle
selling food along the highway
market
the famous Hotel Ivoire
Skyline with skyscrapers and the modern style cathedral
man with a carriage crossing the road
city centre
cattle near a lake
truck transporting manioc
fruits shop along the road
the road is the dam, crossing the lake
woman at the market
women carrying goods on their head
fruits shop along the road
clothes shop
women and a man
women carrying goods
men on a motorbike
women and a baby
local restaurant
steert view and an old damaged french colonial house
street view
fruits shop along the road
old french colonial building - today a government building
women carrying goods
fisherman and boats
old french colonial building
coconut plantation with cattle grazing
some beach are full of plastic and waste
old french colonial building
entrance of a hotel
old french colonial building very well refurbished
woman and baby
fishermen working on a boat
Ivory Coast is a Republic but there is still the traditional kings with a local power
woman
market
women carring goods on their head
women going to the central market
fruits shop along the road and charcoal bags
fruits shop along the road
street view with women carrying goods on their head
women buying fruits or charcoal in the red bags
unpaved road
coconut plantation
fruits shop along the road
Return of the fishermen
man pushing a cart
Tropical forest
men traveling on a truck
Unpaved road
Fisherman on a boat