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Ivindo National Park


This park, 3000 sq.kms in extent, is located in east-central Gabon. The park is becoming known for its bai's, one of which the Langoue Bai. This opening in the forest has the largest concentrations of easily observable elephants and gorillas in Gabon.

Wonga-Wongue Presidential Reserve & Pongara National Park


The Wonga-Wongue Presidential Reserve supports a diversity of wildlife including elephants, chimpanzees, buffalos, lowland gorillas and antelopes. Along the Pongara National Park's 35-kilometer Atlantic shoreline, 3,500 leatherback turtle nests are laid every year during the October to March breeding season.

Akanda National Park


Akanda National Park

This park is a Ramsar site of international importance for migratory birds. Located to the north of Libreville it is only accessible by boat, either by sea or by way of the rivers and creeks of the Mondah bay complex.One needs to fortify oneself with a picnic lunch and take a boat from Libreville through the mangroves to the mouth of the Moka River on the edge of the Akanda National Park. This is one of the finest places in Gabon for estuarine migrants and the mangrove and...

Lope National Park


Lope National Park was the first protected area in Gabon when the Lope-Okanda Wildlife Reserve was created in 1946. Its legal and management statutes have changed several times over the years. recentlythe Lope National Park became part of the network of 13 Parks created in August 2002 by Presidential decree. Although comprising mostly of rainforestto the north the Park contains the last remnants of grass savannas created in Central Africa during the last Ice Age, some15000 years ago. These...

Loango National Park


Loangois the jewel of Gabon's west coast. Highlights for the visitor include breathtaking panoramas with elephant, buffalo, hippo, gorilla and leopard venturing on the white beachfront, a unique sight in the world. Loango is internationally renowned as a site for tarpon of record size, as well as many other large sport ocean fish. The Loango is an exceptional coastal park because of the diversity of its ecosystems. Located on the coast some 250 km to the south of Libreville, the Loango...

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