LAND SERVICES PER PAX: 6,450 €

ACCOMMODATION

LIBREVILLE: not include
LOANGO : Luxury tented camp
LOPE : Hotel Lope

Description

Gabon boasts an incredible wealth of biodiversity due to its abundant tropical rainforest (87% of its territory). It is known as the second lung of the planet due to its fauna and flora, where large concentrations of lowland gorillas, chimpanzees and forest elephants can be found. It also has one of the largest marine reserves in Africa, home to a large colony of humpback whales and leatherback turtles.

In Gabon you can visit the Moukalaba Gorilla habituation project, explore the beaches and coastal forests of Loango NP in search of elephants, or have the opportunity to spend time with the local people, as well as attend a Bwiti Dissoumba night. All this diversity makes for one of the best travel experiences one can have.

Expedition to the heart of Gabon’s most unspoilt wilderness. Explore the most beautiful corners of the Lope and
Loango National Parks.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Note: In the event that the accommodation offered on this route is fully booked on the date of booking, RV-GABON EXPEDITIONS will provide an alternative or at least the same category as the accommodation offered on this route.
IMPORTANT WARNING: Gabon is a virgin destination for tourism. To experience this enigmatic country on the west coast of Africa is synonymous with travelling like a true explorer, which means that it is a destination where you will encounter certain discomforts. We must be willing to explore, to discover and therefore to improvise during the journey if necessary. We will have to accept unjustified delays, sometimes very high temperatures, but above all we will have to be determined to embrace the place and its people with kindness and, above all, humility. Despite these discomforts, we will be embarking on a true expedition that will remain in our memories for the rest of our lives.

Day 1 :

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT TO LIBREVILLE

On arrival at Libreville, capital of the Gabonese Republic, we will be met and then taken to the hotel. Hotel Tropicana is near the airport and has the town's best beaches. It is in the northwest of the country, and is a quiet coastal town with more than 15 km of coastline.
Overnight at Hotel Radisson (Bed and Breakfast)

Day 2 :

LIBREVILLE - PORT GENTIL - LOANGO

After breakfast we will go to the airport (7 am) to take our domestic flight for Port Gentil, the second main town of
Gabon. After half an hour we will arrive and a car will be waiting for us for a transfer to Loango National Park. From Port Gentil to Loango we will have a 5 hours ride. After arriving in Loango National Park we will have lunch and, in the afternoon, we will go for a game drive in the park to look for wildlife like elephants, buffalos, monkeys, red river hogs…

After the safari we will go back to our camp and have dinner at night.

Loango National Park is located near the coast of Gabon and comprises over 1.550 km² of almost untouched wilderness including the 220 km² Iguéla Lagoon just North of the park near Omboué. It is bordered by a long coastline with alluring white-sand beaches bordering the rainforest on the east of the coast where we find not only forest, but also savanna and mangrove. The beaches often attract large mammals such as elephants, hippos, buffalos and even gorillas and leopards who try out the sand. Although you have to be lucky, you can even witness some animals going into the sea.

Overnight at Loango Camp. (Full Board)

Day 3 :

LOANGO

Very early after breakfast, we will go for Loango gorillas’ project where we will be able to see a group of gorillas habituated to humans. An amazing experience that will be one of the best memories in someone’s life.

In the afternoon we will go for a trekking to look for emblematic animals of the park. After the safari we will go back to our camp and have dinner at night. The next day we will have one activity in the morning and another one in the afternoon. Depending on the weather, a nocturne safari by boat could be done see how our guides catch crocodile.

Overnight at Loangoi Camp. (Full Board)

Day 4 :

LOANGO - PORT GENTIL – LIBREVILE

In the morning we will have our breakfast and get our luggage ready to go back to Port Gentil. A transfer of 5 hours. We will arrive in Port Gentil and in the afternoon we will take the flight back to Libreville.

Overnight at Hotel Radisson. (Bed and Breakfast)

Day 5 :

LIBREVILLE – LOPE

After the breakfast we will leave the capital to go to Lope national park in the south west of Gabon. It will be a transfer by train of about 5 hours.

Overnight at Hotel Lope.(Bed and breakfast)

Day 6 :

LOPE

GABON – LOPE National Park Gabon is one of the only parks in Africa where you can see the Mandrills. No other park in
Central Africa is considered more vital for primates than Lopé National Park, the oldest and one of the most astounding biospheres on the African continent. Lope National Park Gabon is home to over 1400 endangered mandrills as well as 420 bird species, the national park is equally a stronghold for western gorillas, sun-tailed guenon, black colobus, chimpanzee and forest elephants who thrive in the forest gallery and fingers of lush, misty savannah interacting landscapes that were created at the end of the last Ice Age almost 12,000 years ago. The parks vast wilderness covers 5,360km2 of virgin forest and intersects pockets of misty savannahs in its northern boundary. The first protected area in Gabon which was established in 1946, this UNESCO World Heritage-listed park nurtures one of Africa’s most important prehistoric sites and ecologically significant reserves for primates. Our main activity will be the observation of mandrils in the morning and in the afternoon we will have a 4×4 safari.

Overnight at the Hotel Lope (bed and breakfast) NGO ROUTE 10 DAYS

Day 7 :

LOPE - LIBREVILLE

In the morning we will have one last activity. In
the evening transfert to Libreville in train.

Overnight at Hotel Radisson. (Bed and Breakfast)

Day 8 :

LIBREVILLE

In the morning city tour of libreville.A stroll through the Mont Bouet market or a fresh fish lunch at Plaine Oreti will give you an idea of the liveliness of this city.In the evening we will attend a Bwiti ceremony nearby the town.

This ceremony is one of the most spectacular ceremony in Africa. During this ceremony the initiated consume all along the ceremony a plant called Iboga that allows them to connect with their ancestors. They will dance with fire all night. We will attend the bwiti ceremony during two days.

Day 9 :

LIBREVILLE - INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT EXIT

Transfer to the airport in the evening for the international flight.

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