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Côte d'Ivoire : When to go ?

Côte d'Ivoire with a climate changing by region, the best time to go depends on where you intend to stay. For a stay on the coast, the best period is the dry season, from mid-December to mid-April and expanded, from mid-November to mid-May. For a stay in the land, it is preferable to depart between October and February; and from December to February if you visit the Savannah region.

Côte d'Ivoire : Go with a local agency

A sense of incomparable hospitalityAs a "toubabou", one can legitimately wonder what the reception is for Ivorians to the French. But Ivorians are really winning to be known: warm, funny, solidaires and with an incomparable sense of hospitality and celebration! By organizing your trip with a local agency, you will have many opportunities to interact with Ivorians, for a particularly authentic stay.In Côte d'Ivoire, we get mixed up!In Côte d'Ivoire, everyone is becoming Métis. A melting pot that the country clearly owes to its position as a crossroads of West Africa.The ivorian way of lifeAbidjan is not in place and never sleeps, as if the Ivoiriens, hedonic in the soul, wanted to take in advance on a possible misfortune, living at the rhythm of daily joy.A good road networkApart from a few axes (Abidjan-Bondoukou, some portions of the coastline from Abidjan to San Pedro...) and in comparison with other African countries, one can only be pleasantly surprised by the quality of the road network in Côte d'Ivoire.A very palpable StoryThe story is here, tangible and white, in old buildings, succeeding the conquerors of conquerors, some streets and cities adopted names. It stands in lively chapters all along the coast following the old counters with evocative and musical names. History is also there, tangible and black, in the eternal remains left by the "Old Father", Félix Houphouët-Boigny.Thanks to a stay organised by a local travel agency, you will understand the exciting history of Côte d'Ivoire and discover the main sights!

No trouble leurrer ?: to make tourism in Côte d'Ivoire, we must have the means. The price difference is felt between Abidjan and most of the cities of the interior, but it remains that in the "Pearl of the Lagoons", living in the West is barely cheaper than in Paris (including rent between 200 ? 000 and 600 ? 000 minimum FCFA for a correct apartment/full meal in a restaurant between 10 and 20 ? 000 FCFA FCFA), and living at the local level is no longer as adaptable as in the past ?: unless it is satisfied with attiéké (cassava pastry) fixings, it is difficult to eat for a few hundred francs and it is generally necessary to count a base of 1 ? 500 to 2 ? 000 ? FCFA for a meal in the scrub, and an average of 500 and 1 000 FCFA for a Flaguette beer and a Flag (its big sister), tariffs otherwise submitted to increase according to the standing of the maquis'establishment, as for most foodstuffs. Imported products are sold at quite simply exorbitant prices (we will pay 4 ? 000 FCFA a pack of 4 yaourts imported from France) and for food products, it is better to opt for supermarkets only for extra races, preferring the street vendors to offer much better quality products at prices that are far more affordable. The price of a packet of cigarettes generally ranges between 800 and 1 000 FCFA (depending on the brand and establishment). And last goal not to be touched, transport which, in the case of the taxi, severely ponctionnera your budget if you are forced to move often and around town (Abidjan is Large). By way of example, the route from the airport to the city centre (Plateau) will cost you no less than 3 ? 000 FCFA and the smallest race justifying the use of the taxi is generally in the order of 300 to 500 CFA francs.A meal in the bush: from 1 500 FCFA.Big Flag and Small Flag: CFAF 650 and CFAF 400 (large surface; otherwise, the price depends on the location of the institution).A water bottle: 395 FCFA for 1,5 litre of Awa (idem).An hour of the Internet: between 500 and 2 000 FCFA.One night in a middle-class hotel: between 15 and 30 000 FCFA.A packet of cigarettes: 800 FCFA.
FormalitésIn addition to a passport valid still 6 months after the date of return, since July 2009, travellers wishing to travel to Côte d'Ivoire (excluding ECOWAS nationals) are subject to the obligation of biometric visas. Think of it in advance because many pieces are required to form the file, some of which may require some time (extract from birth certificate, certificate of education for children). The visa costs € 50 and on the website www.snedai.com you will find details of how to obtain it (withdrawal at the Embassy of Côte d'Ivoire in Paris). The vaccine against yellow fever is mandatory, and vaccines against tetanus, diphtheria and hepatitis A are essential. It is also strongly advised to protect against hepatitis B, typhoid fever, poliomyelitis, and méningites A and C.