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Gabon · Central Africa

Africa's Last
Wild Frontier

88% rainforest. 13 national parks. Elephants that wade into the Atlantic surf. Gorillas that watch you watching them. Gabon has guarded its wilderness for millennia — Asina Tour opens its gates.

Duration8 – 14 days
FocusWildlife & Ecology
Best SeasonJun – Sep
Group Size2 – 8 people
The Intact Wilderness

The Country That Chose Nature Over Everything Else.

When the rest of the world was clearing forests, Gabon was designating them. Today, 88% of its land remains primary rainforest — a living cathedral that shelters species found nowhere else on Earth.

In 2002, President Omar Bongo declared 13 national parks covering 11.25% of the country's land area — one of the boldest conservation acts in African history. The result is a nation where forest elephants walk unafraid on ocean beaches and western lowland gorillas thrive in their largest remaining population.

Loango National Park — nicknamed "Africa's Last Eden" — is the centrepiece of every Asina expedition: a coastal wilderness where savannah, lagoon, beach and dense rainforest converge within a single landscape, and where humpback whales breach within sight of forest elephant tracks.

Our Spanish-speaking naturalist guides are trained ecologists and trackers with decades of field experience in Gabon's protected ecosystems. They read the forest like a language — and teach you to do the same.

88%
Rainforest Coverage
13
National Parks
95K+
Forest Elephants
Loango National Park beach and forest
Loango · Gabon
Where Forest Meets the Atlantic
Aerial view Loango Lodge
Aerial · Loango Lodge
The Canopy Perspective
Journey Log

The Loango Expedition

A day-by-day descent into one of Earth's last intact ecosystems. Each camp, each trail, each silence has been chosen by our naturalist team for maximum encounter and minimum impact.

D1
Day 01 — Arrival
Libreville: Gateway to the Last Eden
Land at Léon M'ba International Airport. Private transfer to your eco-lodge on the Libreville coast. Evening briefing with your naturalist guide: ecosystem overview, species profiles, tracking protocols and safety orientation. First jungle sounds at dusk — and the particular quality of equatorial darkness that no screen can replicate.
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D2
Day 02–03 — Transit & First Encounter
Into Loango: The Atlantic Edge
Fly or drive south to Port-Gentil, then boat into Loango National Park. Check in at Loango Lodge, perched above the lagoon. Afternoon beach walk — this is where forest elephants descend to the surf. At low tide, the tracks of the night are still visible in the sand: elephant, buffalo, sitatunga.
Forest ElephantsLagoonLoango LodgeAtlantic Beach
Loango Lodge aerial Gabon
D4
Day 04–06 — Deep Forest
Gorilla Tracking at Moukalaba-Doudou
Transfer to Moukalaba-Doudou National Park — home to one of the continent's highest densities of western lowland gorillas. Dawn tracking sessions with habituated groups, forest light filtering through 40-metre canopy. Evening spotlight walks along the park boundary for forest buffalo and red river hogs.
Gorilla TrackingDawn ForestCanopyMoukalaba-Doudou
Loango jungle expedition Gabon
D7
Day 07–10 — Ocean & Lagoon
Whale Season & Lagoon Safari
Return to Loango's coastal zone. June to September brings humpback whale breeding season — boat excursions into the Atlantic offer close encounters. Lagoon canoe at dusk: hippos, crocodiles and the migratory bird corridor above the papyrus beds. Sunsets over Ndogo Lagoon last about forty minutes and are worth the entire flight.
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D11
Day 11–14 — Departure
Libreville & Return
Final night in Libreville. Optional visit to the SEGC gorilla research station at Lopé National Park — Africa's longest-running primatology study. Debrief dinner with your guide, species count review, and the quiet realisation that you have crossed a place most of the world will never see.
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Species Tracker

Your Wildlife Checklist

Gabon's three flagship encounters — and the full supporting cast. Tick each species as you go.

// LOANGO EXPEDITION — SPECIES LOG
Live tracking — 0 of 3 confirmed
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Forest Elephant
Loxodonta cyclotis
Smaller and darker than their savannah cousins, Gabon's forest elephants are the park engineers of the Congo Basin — creating clearings, dispersing seeds and maintaining forest structure. Loango's beach herds are globally iconic: Africa's largest land mammal wading into Atlantic surf is an encounter found nowhere else on Earth.
Forest elephants Loango beach Gabon
Population
95,000+ in Gabon
Best Spot
Loango Beach
Encounter
High probability
Season
Year-round
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Western Lowland Gorilla
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Gabon holds the world's largest remaining population of western lowland gorillas — an estimated 35,000 individuals across its protected forests. At Moukalaba-Doudou and Lopé, habituated family groups allow guided approach on foot. Sitting in silence ten metres from a silverback belongs in a different category from any wildlife encounter you have had before.
Western lowland gorilla tracking
Population
~35,000 in Gabon
Best Spot
Moukalaba-Doudou
Encounter
Guided tracking
Season
Jun – Sep
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Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Between June and September, Gabon's Atlantic coast becomes one of the world's most important humpback whale breeding and calving grounds. Loango's offshore waters host hundreds of individuals annually. A whale surfacing against a backdrop of equatorial rainforest exists only here — on no other coast on Earth.
Humpback whale Gabon Atlantic
Season
Jun – Sep
Best Spot
Loango Offshore
Encounter
Boat excursion
Count
Hundreds annually
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Surfing Hippos
Loango · Atlantic
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Nile Crocodile
Lagoon Channels
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African Grey Parrot
Forest Canopy
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Forest Leopard
Dawn · Rare
Three Expeditions

Choose Your Gabon

A focused wildlife encounter, a gorilla circuit, or the complete eco-expedition from coast to canopy — each itinerary reveals a different depth of the Last Eden.

Loango beach elephants Gabon
Coastal Wildlife
Loango Focus
Beach, Lagoon & Atlantic
The concentrated Loango experience — forest elephant beach walks at dawn, lagoon canoe through hippo and crocodile territory, offshore whale watching during season, and the silence of a savannah-forest boundary at dusk. No other park on Earth offers this convergence.
⏱ 6–7 days🗺 Loango NP👥 2–8
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Gorilla tracking jungle expedition
Primate Circuit
Gorilla Deep Dive
Moukalaba-Doudou & Lopé
Multi-park gorilla tracking combining habituated group visits at Moukalaba-Doudou with research station access at Lopé National Park — home to Africa's longest-running great ape study. For those who came specifically for the silverback encounter.
⏱ 7–9 days🗺 Moukalaba + Lopé👥 2–6
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Complete Gabon eco-expedition
Full Expedition
The Complete Gabon
Coast, Forest & Deep Jungle
The definitive eco-expedition: Loango's coastal wildlife, Moukalaba's gorilla families, Lopé's research station, and the Ivindo River circuit through pristine rainforest. Three ecosystems, three flagship species, fourteen days in one of the world's most intact wildernesses.
⏱ 12–14 days🗺 Loango + Moukalaba + Lopé👥 2–6
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Your Expedition Awaits

Start Your
Wild Adventure

Gabon has protected its wilderness for decades so that you can walk through it untouched. Let a naturalist guide who knows every trail, every species and every silence lead you into Africa's last intact frontier.

Naturalist-led expeditions
Low-impact small groups
Vetted eco-lodges only
Flexible cancellation