The park is in the north-east of Côte d'Ivoire and covers over 11,000 square kilometres - an area bigger than the entire country of Lebanon. Because the park sits where the dry savannah meets the wetter rainforest zone, it contains an unusually wide mix of plants and animals from both types of habitat.
Hippos wallow in the Comoé River, lions and leopards roam the grasslands, and elephants move between watering holes. Over 500 species of birds have been recorded here, making Comoé one of the best birdwatching locations in West Africa.
UNESCO listed Comoé as a World Heritage Site because it is the only place in the world where certain rainforest plants grow naturally in a savannah setting. Scientists think this happens because the river valley creates a cool, moist corridor through the dry landscape, allowing forest plants to survive far from the main rainforest.