Let’s Go to Gabon in 2020: A Safari Tour

A Scheduled Trip to Gabon

Highlights

Gabon is still an enigma. A wild place of pristine old-growth rainforests where there are almost no human settlements and where wild animals live protected within the thick foliage nestled between the many rivers that traverse this west African country.

Scheduled group tour from
July 12, 2020 - July 28, 2020

Starting from
US$ 9,000
per person sharing

Duration
14 days / 13 nights

Transport
Escorted Safari

Accommodation
Hotels, Lodges & Tented Camps

Exploring
Ivindo National Park, Libreville, Loango National Park, Lopé National Park

About this Safari

6 to 8 Person Small Group Departure

This is a trip for adventurers, who don’t expect smooth sailing every day. It is a country for explorers who want to see something new, something different. It is a place for the intrepid Africa enthusiast who will be thrilled by the sight of a red river hog in a wallow, or a glimpse of a wary lowland gorilla in a forest clearing.

On this trip, timed to coincide with the gathering of humpback whales on the shores of Gabon, and the troops of the fabulously colorful Gabon mandrill, we will enjoy a truly epic African adventure, moving by train, pirogue, and plane through the heart of Africa.

And if at least 6 of you are curious to learn about Gabonese culture, we have the potential to experience an authentic 2-day Bwiti ceremony in the forests outside Libreville.

Trip Highlights

Winding down the Ivindo, Ogooue River and Akaka rivers in a pirogue;
Visiting Lope NP, Langoué Baï in Ivindo NP, Akaka and Iguela Lagoon in Loango NP;
Walking, quad-biking, game driving and boating in rainforests, savannas and mangroves;
In search of forest elephants, mandrills, red river hogs, chimps, humpback whales & more;
Habituated gorilla tracking at Akaka (Loango);
Venturing out to sea for the gathering of humpback whales;
Experiencing an authentic Bwiti ceremony in the company of an expert.

Dates:
– Arrival in Gabon on July 12, 2020
– Departure from Gabon on July 25, 2020
– Optional Bwiti Ceremony: July 26-28, 2020 (Minimum of 6 Required)

Price:

The cost of the core 14-day Gabon trip is EUR 7,900 per person
Single supplement EUR 500 per person
Optional gorilla permit for Akaka habituated gorilla tracking is EUR 500
Optional 3-night/4-day Bwiti extension is EUR 650 per person (this needs a minimum of 6 people, and can be arranged after the core trip)

Seats Available for 2020: 8 seats available at the moment.

2019 Groups

Our 2019 Gabon safaristas had some mind-blowing experiences. Read there Trip Reports below:

Day By Day Itinerary

DAY 1: Arriving in Libreville, Gabon.

The first group will gather in Libreville today, where you will be met and transferred to your hotel…

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DAY 2: Train to Lope National Park

After breakfast, we will head out for Libreville city tour. The city was established as a holding station for slaves waiting to be shipped out from Africa. Liberated slaves from the ship L’Elizia arrived here in 1848 – thus the name Libreville or Freetown. This city is…

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Day 3: Lope National Park

Lope National Park is ground zero for our mandrill search, and our time here will be spent focused mainly on these incredible…

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DAY 4 - 14: Contact us for the full itinerary

Another day, another chance to visit to Lope National Park, its special animals and enjoy a trek up Mount Brazza….

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BWITI CEREMONY EXTENSION

Bwiti is a spiritual discipline of the forest-dwelling Babongo and Mitsogo peoples of Gabon, and the Fang people of Gabon and Cameroon. Modern Bwiti incorporates animism, ancestor worship, and Christianity into a syncretistic belief system.

Bwiti practitioners use the psychedelic, dissociative root of the tabermanthe iboga plant to promote spiritual growth and resolve pathological problems. The root has been consumed for hundreds of years in a Bwiti rite of passage ceremony, as well as initiation rites and acts of healing. The experience is said to yield complex visions and insights.

On this trip with Chalo Africa, you will be accompanied by an expert who will explain the
significance of the ceremony to you. This is one of the many fascinating faces of Africa that few
people ever see…

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