The country's second port, and the way into the wildest stretch of the western coast.
San Pedro is a working city: the second port of Côte d'Ivoire, built in the 1960s to ship cocoa, timber and coffee out of the south-west. It is not a postcard, and that is worth knowing before you arrive. What it offers is access — to long, empty beaches running west towards the Liberian border, and to Taï National Park a few hours inland.
There is a domestic airport, which changes the calculation completely: a flight from Abidjan turns a six-hour drive into an hour. For travellers combining coast and rainforest, San Pedro is the logical base.
Grand-Béréby, about an hour further west, has the bays people come for: rock points, clear water and almost no development.
One of the busiest in West Africa, and a reminder that this coast is a working economy before it is a holiday destination.
The national park is a few hours inland. Permits and guides are arranged in advance, and San Pedro is where most itineraries stage from.
The country's first colonial capital, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the beach at the end of every street.
ExploreA spit of sand with the lagoon on one side and the Atlantic on the other — the country's weekend destination.
ExploreA working fishing port at a river mouth, with sheltered coves on either side. The quiet option.
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