And they are the descendants of the ancient Tairona civilization, the greatest goldsmiths of South America, who in the wake of the conquest, retreated into this isolated volcanic massif that soars to 20,000 feet above the Caribbean coastal plain.

The relief of the Central African Republic consists of plains in the centre and the south, plateaux in the west, and two large massifs, the Fertit Hills in the north east and the Yadé Massif in the north west.