The country at a glance
Discover Djibouti
Where the Red Sea meets the Gulf of Aden, Djibouti packs extreme landscapes into a small territory: salt lakes, lava fields, rich marine life. It is also one of the best places in the world to swim with whale sharks, in season.
- Capital
- Djibouti
- Languages
- French and Arabic; Somali, Afar
- Currency
- Djiboutian franc
- When to go
- November to February
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