Things to Do in Gabon

Old Presidential Palace

Jesko Albert Eugen von Puttkamer (2 July 1855 in Berlin – 23 January 1917 in Berlin) was a German colonial military chief, and nine times governor of Kamerun:13 May 1887 – 4 October 1887 14 August 1890 – 2 December 1890 31 December 1894 – 27 March 1895 5 May 1895 – 26 October 1895 11 Septe…

Roman Catholic Diocese of Mbalmayo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mbalmayo (Latin: Mbalmayoën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Mbalmayo in the Ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé in Cameroon.June 24, 1961: Established as Diocese of Mbalmayo from Metropolitan Archdiocese of YaoundéBishops of Mbalmayo (Roman rite), in reverse…

Le Jardin sonore

Le Jardin sonore is a permanent public artwork located in Douala (Cameroon). It was created by Lucas Grandin in 2010 and is made of a wooden structure built on three floors that serves as a panoramic viewpoint on the Wouri River, as a botanical garden and as a dewdrop percussion organ.Le Jardin sono…

Mont Etinde

Little Mount Cameroon, also known as Etinde, is a 1,713 m (5,620 ft) peak on the southern flank of Mount Cameroon.

Face à l’eau

Face à l’eau is a public artwork made by the artist Salifou Lindou between 2008 and 2010. It is made of five panels, each 3.70 metres (12.1 ft) high, in wood, metal, and colored plastic sheets on the banks of the river Wouri in Bonamouti, Douala, Cameroon.

Doual'art

doual'art is a non profit cultural organisation and art centre founded in 1991 in Douala, Cameroon and focussed on new urban practices of African cities.

Obo National Park

The Obô Natural Park of São Tomé (Portuguese: Parque Natural Obô de São Tomé) is a natural park of São Tomé and Príncipe, covering 195 km2 (75 sq mi) of the island of São Tomé. It was established in 2006. It has not yet been assigned to an IUCN protected area category.

Sete Pedras

Sete Pedras (Portuguese for "seven stones") is a group of rocky islets in the Gulf of Guinea, part of São Tomé and Príncipe. The islets lie about 2.5 nmi (4.6 km) off the southeast coast of the island of São Tomé. The largest islet is 42 metres high.

Mouila's cathedral of Saint John the Apostle

Roman Catholic Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe

The Roman Catholic Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe (Latin: Sancti Thomae in Insula) is a diocese, immediately subject to the Holy See, with its seat in the city of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe. It covers the territory of the Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe.

Ilhéu de Santana

Ilhéu de Santana is an uninhabited island in the Gulf of Guinea and is one of the smaller islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. The islet is located 0.7 nmi (1.3 km) off the east coast of the island of São Tomé near the town of Santana in Cantagalo District. It is 50 metres high.

Loango National Park

Loango National Park is a national park in western Gabon. It protects diverse coastal habitat, including part of the 220 km² Iguéla Lagoon, the only significant example of a typical western African lagoon system that is protected within a national park.

Island of Príncipe Biosphere Reserve

The Island of Príncipe Biosphere Reserve (established 2012) is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in São Tomé and Príncipe. It encompasses the entire emerged area of the island of Príncipe, its islets Bom Bom, Boné do Jóquei, Mosteiros, and Pedra da Galé, and the Tinhosas islands (Tinhosa Grande and…

Pico de Príncipe

Pico do Príncipe is a mountain on the island of Príncipe, the smaller of the two inhabited islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. The elevation of the mountain is 947 metres (3,107 ft), making it the highest peak on the island.

Lopé National Park

Lopé National Park is a national park in central Gabon. Although the terrain is mostly monsoon forest, in the north the park contains the last remnants of grass savannas created in Central Africa during the last Ice Age, 15,000 years ago.

La Nouvelle Liberté

La Nouvelle Liberté is a public artwork in the Deido suburb, in Douala (Cameroun).La Nouvelle Liberté is the most famous and emblematic artwork of Douala, which today has become a symbol of the city.Produced by Joseph-Francis Sumégné in 1996, the Nouvelle Liberté is a majestic 12 meters tall sc…

Villa Mandessi Bell

The villa Mandessi Bell situated at Douala is a building constructed between 1904 and 1909 by David Mandessi-Bell a rich farmer and commissioner of the king Rudolf Manga Bell. This building is and architecture from the colonial period.

Chambre de Commerce

The Chamber of Commerce in Douala, Cameroon is a building constructed between 1927 and 1928 under the French mandate, under the umbrella of the League of Nations.

Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Douala

The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul - situated in Douala, Cameroon - is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala and dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.The Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul was built in 1936 by French Spiritans fathers and it is based on the legacy of the fathers…

Ancien Palais des Rois Bell

The Palace of the Kings Bell situated in Douala is a building constructed in 1905 by the Germans for King Auguste Manga Ndumbe (King Bell).

Palace of Justice of Douala

The former Palace of Justice of Douala situated in Douala is a building originally constructed between 1930-31 under the French Mandate.In 2000 the building was extended with two additional wings in a project initiated by the Department of Justice.

Sundy (Sede)

Sundy is a settlement in the northwestern part of Príncipe Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 416 (2012 census). Sundy lies 5 km northwest of the island capital of Santo António. In 1822 the first cocoa plantation of the whole archipelago was established in Sundy.

Fortaleza de Santo António da Ponta da Mina

Fortaleza de Santo António da Ponta da Mina or Forte de Ponta da Mina is a ruined fort located east of the island capital Santo António in the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe. It is located at the headland Ponta da Mina.

Campo Ma'an National Park

Campo Ma'an National Park is a 2,680 square kilometer National Park in Cameroon, located in the South Region in the Océan division. It borders with Equatorial Guinea on the south, the Atlantic Ocean to its west, the Vallée-du-Ntem and the Mvila to the east.

Campo River

The Campo (in Spanish: Río Campo) or Ntem River is a border river in Cameroon, mainland Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It rises in Gabon, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean in Cameroon in the Bight of Biafra.Campo Minvoul, GabonCommunes of Cameroon

Albert Schweitzer Hospital

The Hôpital Albert Schweitzer was established in 1913 by Albert Schweitzer and Helene Bresslau Schweitzer in Lambaréné, Gabon.

Arbre à palabres (Bonambappe)

L'arbre à palabres is a permanent sculpture located in Douala (Cameroon). Created by the architecte Frédéric Keiff in 2007, it looks like a palaver tree, whose trunk and branches are made of painted iron rods, while attached fragments of colored glass represent leaves.The Arbre à Palabre by Fré…

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Douala in Cameroon. The current archbishop is Archbishop Samuel Kleda; he had previously been the coadjutor archbishop to the Archbishop Emeritus, Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi.March 31, 1931: Estab…

Borne Fontaine

Borne Fontaine (or Kiosque à eau) is a permanent fountain, from artist Danièle Diwouta-Kotto, inaugurated in 2003. It is located in Douala (Cameroon).Borne Fontaine is a public artwork in Douala (Cameroon.

Birougou National Park

Birougou National Park, also known as the Monts Birougou Wetlands, is a national park in central Gabon. It contains extremely dense rain forest in the Chaillu Mountains and is one of the two parks where the endemic sun-tailed guenon, a monkey first described in 1988, can be found.

Minkébé National Park

Minkébé National Park is a national park in the extreme northeast of Gabon. It covers an area of 7,570 km2. The WWF recognized it as an area needing protection as early as 1989 and has been actively working towards protecting the forest since 1997.

Moukalaba-Doudou National Park

Moukalaba-Doudou National Park is a national park in Gabon. It covers an area of 4,500 km2 (1,700 sq mi). The national park includes various habitat types, including humid rain forest and savannah grasslands.The WWF started a development programme in the park in 1996.This site was added to the UNESC…