Côte d'Ivoire

Taï National Park

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Taï National Park contains one of the last areas of primary tropical forest in West Africa.

The vegetation is mainly characterized by tall trees with massive trunks. A large number of epiphytes and lianas can be found. The humid forest is home to a breadth of flora and fauna: it holds about 150 endemic flora species, 250 bird species and endangered mammal species such as the pygmy hippotamus, bongo, chimpanzee, pangolin (three species) and forest elephant.

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Official Information
Full Name
Taï National Park (ID: 195)
Country
Côte d'Ivoire
Status
Inscribed 1982 Site history
History of Taï National Park
1982: Inscribed
Inscribed
WHS Type
Natural
Criteria
  • vii
  • x
Links
UNESCO
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Community Information

  • Community Category
  • Natural landscape: Forest
Travel Information
One thousand visitors or fewer
One thousand visitors or fewer
“En ce moment la station d’écotourisme de Djouroutou reçoit en moyenne, 100 touristes par …
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Ecology
  • Elephants
    African elephant
  • Strepsirrhini
    Senegal bushbaby, dwarf bushbaby
  • Hippos
    "threatened mammal species such as the pygmy hippopotamus" (official description)
  • Inselbergs
    Mont Niénokoué
World Heritage Process
  • Perfect Inscriptions
    1982
  • Minor modifications after inscription
    2023: increase of 53%, Firstly, add the managed Fauna Reserve and more than two thirds of the “N’Zo Fauna Reserve”. The new boundaries add a part of the Haut Dodo classified forest in the south-west and a part of the Rapides Grah classified forest in the south-eastern and eastern part of the national park.
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Visiting conditions
  • One thousand visitors or fewer
    “En ce moment la station d’écotourisme de Djouroutou reçoit en moyenne, 100 touristes par an. (IUCN Outlook 2020)
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