Middle Africa
Gabon
The top 5 natural landmarks of Gabon — real photos, locations and fascinating facts for every wonder.
CoastsLoango National Park
Ogooué-Maritime
Loango National Park is a national park in western Gabon. It protects diverse coastal habitats including part of the 220-square-kilometre (85 sq mi) Iguéla Lagoon, the only significant example of a typical western African lagoon system that is protected within a national park.
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Where forest elephants and hippos wander onto Atlantic beaches.
WaterfallsIvindo National Park
Ogooué-Ivindo
Ivindo National Park is a national park in east-central Gabon in Central Africa, straddling the border of the Ogooué-Ivindo and Ogooué-Lolo provinces. Its creation was announced in August 2002 by then-President Omar Bongo at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg, along with Gabon's 12 other terrestrial national parks.
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Home to the thundering Kongou Falls deep in the rainforest.
ForestsLopé National Park
Ogooué-Ivindo
Lopé National Park is a national park in central Gabon. Bordered by the Ogooué River to the north and the Chaillu Massif to the south, the park has an area of 4,912 km2 (1,897 sq mi).
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A mosaic of rainforest and relict savanna rich in wildlife.
CoastsPongara
Estuaire
Pongara National Park is a national park in Gabon, located near the capital, Libreville, on the south side of the Gabon Estuary and the Atlantic Ocean. Covering an area of 929km2, the national park is composed chiefly of moist tropical forests and mangrove forests.
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A coastal park of mangroves and major leatherback turtle nesting beaches.
RiversOgooué River
Central Gabon
The Ogooué, also known as the Nazareth River, some 1,200 km (750 mi) long, is the principal river of Gabon in west-central Africa and the fourth largest river in Africa by volume of discharge. Its watershed drains nearly the entire country of Gabon, with some tributaries reaching into the Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea.
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Gabon's great river, winding through rainforest to the Atlantic.