Lake Day Tour At Tiagba

Departure from Abidjan for a day of discovery of the "Ahizi" people of Tiagba (lake village) located 105 km southwest of Abidjan. Visit along the way of coffee/cocoa plantations, rubber trees, and oil palms. Arrive in Tiagba, crossing by canoe, and visit the lake village on the island of Tiagba, with the children and young people of the village playing the role of picnic lunch guides along the lagoon. Return to Abidjan at the end of the day.

Explore More About Cote D'Ivoire:

From the soaring grass-clad mountains of Mount Nimba in the north to the lagoons and roaring Atlantic waves of the south, the mist-topped rainforests where chimps live in the west to the sweeping plantations of cocoa and plantains in the east, the Ivory Coast represents one seriously huge slab of West Africa.

Yes, the nation’s certainly had its fair share of troubles, with coups and military juntas and Ebola to name just three, but travelers do still come. They come to hike the empty paths of Taï and Comoe, sample spicy cassava and cashew curries between the mud-caked streets of Korhogo, witness curious primates swinging in the trees, and experience the energy of Abidjan – the country’s great metropolis of more than four million.

And then there are the beaches, fringed with age-stained French towns and colonial relics, sloping down to the sea in colors of yellow, white, and, well, ivory!

Grand-Bassam:

With the UNESCO World Heritage tag, Grand-Bassam bursts forth from the Ivorian coast with the medley of elegant Parisian mansions and crafted colonial municipal buildings that are the Ancien Bassam district.

Now crumbling and creaking with age, this area once reigned as the capital of the French Ivory Coast.

Some of the buildings have been returned to their former glory, and visitors can still spy out the great Cathédrale Sacré Cœur and the enthralling Museum of Costume.