ITINÉRAIRE EEastern outskirts
The Second Capital: Bingerville
Cocody → Bingerville
In 1900 yellow fever drove the capital from Grand-Bassam up to this plateau. Today Bingerville is close to Cocody yet as quiet as another era: a colonial botanical garden, a museum in an art school, and a fishing village on the lagoon.
09:00
1 Leave Cocody
Départ de Cocody
About 15–20 km east.
09:30
2 Bingerville Botanical Garden
Jardin botanique de Bingerville
Founded in 1904 on the orders of Governor Angoulvant, about 56 hectares, where coffee and cocoa were first trialled in Côte d'Ivoire, with century-old trees. Go in daylight, in company, and ask staff to guide you: local reports have mentioned safety problems in the park.
11:30
3 Former governor's palace (exterior)
Ancien palais des Gouverneurs, Bingerville
A building from the capital years, 1900–1934; check opening status, mainly seen from outside.
13:00
Lunch by the lagoon
Déjeuner au bord de la lagune
Grilled fish with attiéké.
14:30
4 Charles Combes Museum
Musée Charles Combes, Centre technique des arts appliqués (CTAA)
Opened in 1968 in the Centre for Applied Arts, with about 91 paintings and sculptures, named after the colonial-era painter Charles-Alphonse Combes.
16:30
5 Adjin fishing village
Village d'Adjin (Aghien-Télégraphe)
A quiet fishing village on the lagoon shore; ask what was caught today.
Getting aroundRide-hailing from Cocody is easiest. Bingerville is small; take short rides between the garden and the museum.
Estimated cost (per person · FCFA)
Return rides (est.)
approx. 6,000–12,000Lunch
3,000–7,000Botanical garden ticket
[to be confirmed]Museum ticket
[to be confirmed]Totalknown costs approx. 9,000–19,000
Ride costs are estimated from the quote for the roughly 5 km Plateau–Cocody trip and have not been tested.
MISSIONS · Missions
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