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Old 10 Aug 2017
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Ivory coast - Ghana border

Hi all,

I'm looking for information regarding border between Ivory coast and Ghana on the north side.

I'm planning to reach Ghana from Bouna then crossing the Mounhoun river to reach Bole (Ghana).
On google earth it looks like there is a boat crossing the river.

Any information? How about Border documents (visa, CDP) in this area?

Thanks
Laurent
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Hi Laurent,

I wanted to confirm that on the Ghana side their is immigration and customs and they can processes your entry into the country. There is however no bridge linking CDI and Ghana, so you will need to pile everything (including your bike) into a local canoe. Always fun!

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Rory
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Agree with Rory! The boat could become problematic though in terms of cost, you'll need some serious negotiation skills!

Stunning corner of CI, I adore Bouna & have friends up there ... enjoy it! Where do you plan to continue onto after Bouna? The roads heading west are terrible, going south to Bondoukou - Abengourou the tar is in good shape
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Ivory coast to Ghana

Hi Rory and Creer,
thx for your response. Setting the bike on a small boat seems to be a wrong idea.

There is a border crossing between Bondoukou and Sampa. This looks a better option.

However there is no termac in this country, after Malian dirt tracks this should be ok...
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There is a crossing between Bondoukou & Sampa (also used by traffickers!) ... you'll hit tarmac near Bondoukou, the road from Bouna down to Abidjan is all tar and brand new from Agnibilekrou to Adzope!

Alternatively, if you headed into Burkina from Ghana you could go south from Kampti and cross at Galgouli (BF) and Koguienou (CI). It's a decent dirt road to Doropo (where there's a good hotel on the northern edge of town) then the road to Bouna is currently being surfaced by the Moroccans so it might be semi-tarred!
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Creer,
It seems that the situation in BF is not safe actually. As our bike are in Bamako, we will go from Bamako directly to CI passing by Tingrela, then Korhogo (by M'bengué) then Bouna and finally Boundoukou. As there is no Hotel on this route (maybe do you have any information) we plan to set ou Tent in Comoé park (hope there is no more wild annimals)

What about CDP in Ghana, entering by this small border? Might we try to do wihtout?
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