Tranquil lagoons meet a growing tourist industry

Bonjour! Welcome to the Côte d’Ivoire, a coastal African country on the up and up. Here, starfish are regular beach visitors and cities are climbing ever up towards the sky as the economy improves. Parc National De Tai is home to chimps with various skills, including as nutcrackers, and beach-resorts cater to holidaymakers from party-happy to arty. Abidjan is the biggest city but not the capital, and it’s an urban space of water and spires. This is a little-visited country with loads to offer, and is bound to be on the lists of more and more adventurers in coming travel seasons. Visit landmarks of the struggle for independence in Grand Bassam, and wonder about how we have all overlooked this fantastic nation, when you VISIT COTE D’VOIRE!