


JOIN KATHLEEN FUNG, founder of Far Fung Places, on a 13-day exploratory journey exploring the physically stunning and culturally rich Ivory Coast. Lush forests of mahogany and teak and dense plantations of cocoa, rubber, cashew, banana, peanut and casava, combined with a stable country have made the Ivory Coast the largest agricultural exporter in Africa. Yet within this dynamic powerhouse, you will witness the traditional life of many authentic African tribal cultures and ceremonies from masked dances to initiation rituals, to traditional iron smelting to the creation of crafts by hand. After many years of civil unrest that ended in 2011, the Ivory Coast has shed its turbulent past and created a booming economy (the best in West Africa) with a lot of foreign investment, social investments in its civilian population, and a strong focus on military security.
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