This Gabon safari combines history…  visiting Lambarené colonial town and its World-famous Schweitzer Hospital, with nature…  with Loango, Ogooue river, Fernan Vaz lagoon and the forest zone on the way to Crystal Mountains and anthropology…the unique Bwiti rituals practiced by Bantus Mitshogos and Babongo Pygmies in the forest.

• Bwiti rituals
• Lambarené
• Loango National park
• Duration: 11 days / 10 nights

Highlights of the Gabon safari

• Bwiti tribal rituals in the forest – their culture is embedded in the surrounding ecosystem.  They’re keepers of one of Africa’s best kept secrets, the Iboga bark. This bark has hallucinogenic properties and complex rituals are celebrated to honour its powers and to bring human beings to the spirit world.
• Bantu villages of Gabon’s forests – with Bantus Mitshogos and Babongo Pygmies
• Ogooué River – visit Evengué Island gorilla sanctuary Island’s orphan gorillas sanctuary. The trip lasts around 8h and it is just amazing. You’ll get a real feeling of how the first explorers felt navigating along the Africa tropical rivers
• Lambarené colonial town and Schweitzer Hospital – established in 1913 by German Doctor Albert Schweitzer. Its Medical Research Unit is one of the leading scientific institutions in Africa working to end the scourge of malaria. It’s also a highly-regarded training site for African physicians and scientists
• Loango National Park and fauna on the beach – the eco-system at Loango is one of the richest and most complex in Central Africa.  Discover mangroves, beaches with coconut trees, river forest, Congolese forest and inland forest with huge trees, and even tropical meadows… A true mosaic of landscapes with breathtaking vegetation and wildlife
• we’ll follow the Park guides to explore the areas they consider best at the point of our trip. Spot forest elephant, red forest buffalo, red river hogs with furry ears, hippos, etc. Inside the park’s lagoons it is possible to see the slender snouted crocodiles, sitatunga, duikers, a variety of monkeys, a huge array of birds, western lowland gorillas and chimpanzees. With a pirogue in the Akaka river we will travel to the heart of Loango, deep inside the forest.
• mid-July to mid-September, humpback whales can be spotted in the Atlantic waters in front of Loango national Park.

Best time to visit Gabon…

Set departure dates – more on our small group tours and safaris

• 19th – 27th August 2017
• 8th – 18th December 2017