Touristic Places

The Basilica

It is the biggest church of the country and is located in the political capital city, Yamoussoukro. It's construction was ordered by Felix Houphouet Boigny, first president of Cote D'Ivoire, in his developing of the town. It is larger than the St Pierre Basilica in Rome.

The bridge of Man

The bridge was built hundreds of years ago by artisans and villagers. It is not alone however, many more were built in the west area of the country; precisely in Man. It is still used today by the people to travel over the huge bodies of water in the area. They are very scary but efficient when hiking to get from one mountain to the route of another mountain. There is an old wives tale about a curse on people building the bridges during the day so they are built overnight by villagers and only take one night; however, of their ages they often need reparations. They are built and repaired by on initiation night and are done by the next morning, made entirely of vines. In respect to the elders that built the first one, no one should walk on them with shoes on or  a dark curse should be the consequence.

Man Waterfalls

In the same region as the vine bridges, the waterfalls are located. The cascades were rehabilitated very recently ( on march 25th) to make this place as touristic as it used to be.

Foundation FHB,

It was built by FHB, the first president. It is where every president of the country has been given power, where political dinners or governmental balls are located. It is very touristic.

Caiman Lake

The reptiles were bred by FHB, the first president. He located them in the lake of the political capital city, .They live in liberty, and are fed daily by a trained person. The feeder has to go through lots of routines and training to be not be eaten. About three of their guardians were eaten in there.