Mont Sangbé National Park

Mont Sangbé covers around ninety-five thousand hectares of mountain savanna, gallery forest and rocky ridges in the western highlands north of Biankouma, gazetted in 1976. It is among the least visited parks in West Africa: wildlife was heavily reduced and the park has had long periods with almost no management, though ranger presence has been rebuilt. What it offers is the landscape, ridges and valleys running up towards the Guinean border, rather than reliable game viewing.

What you actually see

• The mountain savanna - open grassland and wooded slopes across the ridges.
• The gallery forest - ribbons of forest along the watercourses.
• The ridges - high ground running towards the Guinean frontier.
• The emptiness - a park of ninety-five thousand hectares with almost no visitors.

When to go

November to March is the dry season and the only practical window. The rains from April to October make the tracks impassable. Grass is high and visibility poor at the end of the wet season.

Honest expectations

Wildlife is scarce and this is not a game-viewing destination. There is no infrastructure, no accommodation and no fuel inside or nearby. Access must be arranged with the park authority in advance.

Nearby

Biankouma is south, and Man is beyond it.