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Travel and Tourism in Cote d'Ivoire
Travel alerts, currency, climate, transit, health, and safety information for visitors to Cote d'Ivoire.
Practical Information
Travel alert status, currency, climate, and transit details.
- Travel Alert Status
- Level 3: Reconsider Travel
- Time Difference
- UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
- Currency
- 604.4
- Climate
- In the south, the tropical climate keeps temperatures between 24°C (75°F) and 32°C (90°F). The southern region features two rainy seasons, May to July and September to December. Humidity averages 85%. Over half the average annual precipitation (208 cm or 82 inches in Abidjan) falls in May, June, and July. Even then, however, the sun often shines. Temperatures vary in the north from 24°C to over 37°C (100°F). The northern region's one rainy season, May-October, averages 130 cm (51 inches) annual rainfall with 71% average humidity.
- Ethnic Groups
- Akan 42.1%, Voltaiques or Gur 17.6%, Northern Mandes 16.5%, Krous 11%, Southern Mandes 10%, other 2.8% (includes 130,000 Lebanese and 14,000 French) (1998)
- National Holiday
- Independence Day, 7 August (1960)
- Geographic Coordinates
- 8 00 N, 5 00 W
- Location
- Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia
- Airports
- 37
Destinations
Regions and cities, top sights, national parks, UNESCO sites, and festivals for visitors.
Tai National Park
In the far southwestern corner of Cote d'Ivoire, pressed against the border with Liberia and accessible from the provincial town of Guiglo or from the port city of San-Pédro, lies one of the most scientifically significant and ecologically extraordinary places anywhere in Africa. Tai National Park, inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1982, is the largest remaining area of primary tropical rainforest in West Africa, encompassing approximately 5,360 square kilometers of forest that has never been commercially logged or permanently cleared for agriculture — a remnant of the vast Upper Guinean forest block that once extended from Sierra Leone across Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, and Ghana to the forests of Nigeria and Cameroon, and which has been reduced by over 90 percent in the century since systematic exploitation began. What remains in Tai is irreplaceable, and the biological richness concentrated within these boundaries places it among the most important conservation areas on the planet.
The chimpanzees of Tai National Park are the feature that has attracted the most international scientific attention and made the park's name familiar to researchers and nature enthusiasts far beyond the usual constituency for West African wildlife.
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Health and Safety
Medical facilities, vaccinations, disease risk, and sanitation conditions.
Abidjan has privately-run medical and dental facilities that are adequate, but do not fully meet U.S. standards. Good physician specialists can be found, although few speak English. While pharmacies are well-stocked with medications produced in Europe, newer drugs may not be available. If you plan a lengthy trip to Côte d’Ivoire, you should bring enough medication to last the entire stay, not just a prescription, in your carry-on luggage. Medical care outside of Abidjan is extremely limited.
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