The Cestos River, also known as Nuon or Nipoué River, rises in the Nimba Range of Guinea and flows south along the Côte d’Ivoire border southwest through tracks of the Liberian rain forest, where the pygmy hippo is endemic, and empties into a bay on the Atlantic Ocean forming one of the most beautiful tourists’ sites in West Africa. This is in River Cess County located in southcentral Liberia and bordered by Grand Bassa County which it was carved out of in 1984.
River Cess formerly a territory of Grand Bassa became a county in 1985. The county is known for its highly rich fisheries both in the Atlantic Ocean and the Cestos River as well as its rich dense forests that formed part of the large forest jungles or ranges in Liberia known as the “Krahn Bassa Forests”. Because of its wealth in fisheries, fishermen, from West African countries like Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Togo are often seen entering Liberia on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean through the beautiful beaches of River Cess County. With beautiful bays and beaches, Rivercess County is one of Liberia’s most amazing tourist destinations.
