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Adventure & Ecotourism

Ivory Coast is one of the best tourist destinations in Africa. It offers several impressive seaside resorts. It is endowed with 515 km of maritime coastline and has beautiful beaches lined with coconut trees, washed by the blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean with about 300 000 hectares of lagoon water. Beach tourism is well developed in Ivory Coast and many marinas (beachfront hotels) are available.

Cultural Trips

Ivory Coast has a rich cultural heritage with more than sixty ethnic groups, the Baoulé, the Bété, Gouro or the Dioula can be cited as examples of ethnic groups found in the country. They can be divided into four main groups: Akan, Gour, Krou, and Mandé. Geographically, the Akran group can be found in the South-Eastern corner of the country, the Gour mostly in the North-East, the Krou in the South-Center/South-West, and the Mandé in the North-West to North-Center part of the country.