Loango National Park

Located where rainforest meets the Atlantic, Loango National Park offers wildlife encounters rarely found elsewhere: elephants roaming wild beaches, families of lowland gorillas, migrating humpback whales, rare primates and reptiles and great gatherings of birdlife.

Loango National Park is one of Africa’s most extraordinary and least-visited wildlife destinations. Set along Gabon’s untouched Atlantic coastline, it brings together an exceptional mosaic of habitats: sweeping savannah, dense equatorial rainforest, tranquil lagoons and vast beaches.

The park is especially famous for its dramatic coastline, where wildlife moves between forest and shore. Forest elephants and buffalo are often seen patrolling the beaches, while red river hogs forage in the sandy savannah nearby. Seasonal spectacles also unfold here, with leatherback and olive ridley turtles coming ashore to nest, and humpback whales migrating offshore between July and October.

In the park’s interior, pristine rainforest supports an outstanding diversity of primates. There's the rare opportunity to track and enjoy an intimate encounter with a habituated family of western lowland gorillas, and there are possibilities to find chimpanzees and red-capped mangabeys, along with moustached, spot-nosed and crowned monkeys.

Away from the coast, the lagoons and mangroves offer equally rewarding wildlife viewing. Hippos and crocodiles inhabit these waterways, alongside rich and varied birdlife. Avian highlights include vermiculated fishing owl, African finfoot, Loango weaver, white-backed night heron, black-headed bee-eater, and the enigmatic African river martin, which gathers along the Akaka River in large numbers from July to September.

This remarkable blend of habitats make Loango National Park a truly unique and exciting choice for those seeking a safari experience far removed from the traditional.

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