Plan a trip to Gabon

Places to see in Gabon

12 of the 14 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Lopé National ParkUNESCO

  Parc national de la Lopé

  Park & nature · 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).

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: FX (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Ivindo National ParkUNESCO

  Park & nature · Ogooué-Lolo Province

  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.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jefe Le Gran (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Libreville

  City · Estuaire Province

  Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon, located on the Gabon Estuary. Libreville occupies 65 square kilometres (25 sq mi) of the northwestern province of Estuaire. Libreville is also a port on the Gabon Estuary, near the Gulf of Guinea. As of the 2013 census, its population was 703,904.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Global Photographer (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Port-Gentil

  City · Ogooué-Maritime Province

  Port-Gentil or Mandji is the second-largest city of Gabon, and a leading seaport. It is the center of Gabon's petroleum and timber industries. The city is located on a delta island in the Ogooue delta. Nearby Cape Lopez is Gabon's westernmost point. As of 2013 census, it had a population of 136,462.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Brian Ecton / (Public domain). Map

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  Franceville

  City · Haut-Ogooué Province

  Franceville is a city in southeastern Gabon and the capital of Haut-Ogooué Province. The 2013 general population and housing census recorded the city's population at 110,568, making it the third-largest commune in the country after Libreville and Port-Gentil.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Sidney MBA (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Lambaréné

  City · Moyen-Ogooué Province

  Lambaréné is a town and the capital of Moyen-Ogooué in Gabon. It has a population of 38,775 as of 2013, and is located 75 kilometres south of the equator.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Salipunan (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Loango National Park

  Parc national de Loango

  Park & nature · Ogooué-Maritime Province

  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.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Kurt Dundy at English Wikipedia (CC BY 3.0). Map

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  Mont Bengoué

  Mountain · Ogooué-Ivindo Province

  Mont Bengoué is the highest mountain in Gabon. Mont Bengoué is located in the Ogooué-Ivindo Province, at an elevation of 1,070 m.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Mont Bengoué.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Minkébé National Park

  Parc national de Minkébé

  Park & nature · Woleu-Ntem Province

  Minkébé National Park is a national park in the extreme northeast of Gabon. It covers an area of 7,570 km2. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said it was an area needing protection in 1989 and began working to protect the forest in 1997.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: US AID (Public domain). Map

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  Crystal Mountains National Park

  Parc National des Monts de Cristal

  Park & nature · Estuaire Province

  Crystal Mountains National Park is a twin park and one of the 13 national parks of Gabon. It is situated in the Monts de Crystal on the western edge of the Woleu-Ntem Plateau, between Equatorial Guinea and the Ogooué River.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Mleal001 (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Pongara National Park

  Parc National de Pongara

  Park & nature · Estuaire Province

  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.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Staff Sgt. Ryan Nikzad (Public domain). Map

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  Ndogo Lagoon

  Lagune Ndougou

  Lake · Ogooué-Maritime Province

  The Ndogo Lagoon is the largest lagoon in Gabon, located in the southwestern part of the country. It has a surface area of 487 square kilometres (188 sq mi). It runs parallel to the Atlantic coast for about 40 kilometres (25 mi), with an outlet to the sea at the northwest.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Joslingax (Public domain). Map