Travel Guide Sassandra

Ayoka ! Located on the coast, a little less than 300 km from Abidjan, the city of Sassandra enjoys an incomparable natural setting: cocoa, oil palm, coconut and lemon plantations rub shoulders with enclaves of primary forest and mangrove landscapes, while far from the secrets of the mangroves, the river and its islands join a series of beaches that are sufficiently protected from the bar to allow for safe swims. With its lush hinterland, its traditional fishing villages, its colonial vestiges and its hilly escapades, Sassandra is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and authentic stopovers in Côte d'Ivoire, spared from wild tourism and urbanization because of its rugged terrain and winding tracks that jealously preserve it from the crowds. Sassandra appears today as an exceptional tourist destination because it is preserved, all the more confidential because it is difficult to access. From the surrounding hills, one has a magnificent view of the bay, coiled between the wooded peninsula that bars half of the estuary and the gently sloping cliff that seems to watch over the myriad of polychrome pirogues of fishermen who go to brave the waves beyond the rocks In the surrounding area, the coast, hit by a strong swell, is rocky and jagged, offering a string of enchanting beaches coiled in a constellation of small bays, difficult to reach and little or not developed. Ménéké, Walé, Boubélé, Barélébré, Niezeko, Lagnega, Latéko, Tolou... All of them are located in small creeks backed by a dense vegetation wall. About ten kilometers east of Sassandra are two beautiful wild beaches Gode and Pauly Plage, each with an interesting camp