Super Dense & Tangled Jungles, Legendary Rivers & Thundering Waterfalls
Flights to Makokou now available!
Ivindo National Park is one of our most sought-after destinations that we are incredibly excited to offer!
With its super dense & tangled jungles, legendary rivers and thundering waterfalls; Kongou, Mingouli and Djidji, Ivindo National Park guards within its realms some of Gabon‘s most captivating biodiversity. It is so remote that hardly anything interrupts its glory, except for the magnificent wildlife that makes its forests boom with life. It also hosts the magnificent Langoué Bai — the fifth largest forest clearing in equatorial Africa and one of the most pristine ecosystems in the world. Here you will see a gathering of forest elephants, western lowland gorillas, and a multitude of other exotic species even the rare pangolin, golden cat, or a leopard or two. And when you journey by pirogue or on foot, you will discover worlds lost in time.
Kongou Falls Camp is now accessible by 45 minute flight + 2.5 hr pirogue journey. It offers very basic, traditional wooden jungle cabins with three of them serving as guest dormitories and each outfitted with single beds and mosquito netting.
There is no electricity or hot water so you will find a real “explorers” adventure. With evenings only lit up by paraffin lamps. Bathing in the Ivindo River which flows directly behind the buildings. You will never feel more at one with nature than when you have bathed in a river such as Ivindo, as the sun goes down and the jungle quickly transforms into darkness.
Langoué Bai is Ivindo's other incredible highlight, where many elephants and gorillas come for the minerals the bai offers. Presenting fantastic opportunities to see these shy animals out in the open. Viewings a from a 'mirador', the watchtower created for and still used for research.
When guests visit the Bai from Boué, they can stay in Dilo Base Camp, which is located in the southern region of the park, or sleep in the watchtower overnight - an amazing experience to awake in the Bai and immediately see which visitors are already looking for breakfast in and around the bai!
To plan your trip, it is important to note that Kongou Falls is only accessible from Makoukou town, which is a 45-minute flight from Libreville, or you can choose a 10-hours drive from Libreville.
From Makokou you then take a motorised pirogue to the Kongou Falls Camp.
Langoue Bai is accessible from Boué town, which is about 9 hours drive from Libreville or roughly 4 hours drive from Makakou.
From Boué there is an adventurous drive and hike, whereby you will experience Gabon's barge crossings to transport the vehicle over the water. The hike can be 2 hours or up to 5 hours, depending on the availability of a quad bike, which cannot be booked in advance.
This trip is aimed at those who are physically fit and, if you are going to Kongou Falls then you need to be a competent swimmer as the pirogue journey often takes you through rapids.
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