Gabon

The World’s Best Mammalwatching

Gabon is off the hook. Unlike so much of the region, most of Gabon’s forest remain intact. With nearly all the Gabonese living in cities the bush is still home to a lot of wildlife. Lope and Mikongo National Parks are two of the best mammalwatching destinations in Africa. See my 2018 trip report for a mouthwatering list of species including Mandrills, Giant Pangolin and Water Chevrotain. Travel around with Vianet Mahindou: he is one of the best guides I’ve ever travelled with. See more of the World’s Best Mammalwatching.

Community Reports

Gabon, 2019: Fona Reid, 2 weeks & 52 species including Sun-tailed Monkey, Yellow-backed Duiker, Long-eared Flying Mouse and Golden Cat. And here’s Keith Millar’s bird list too.

Gabon, 2018: Jon Hall, 2 weeks & 58 species including Mandrill, Black Colobus, Western Palm Squirrel, Red River Hog, 5 species of duiker, Cameroon Scalytail, Large-eared Flying Mouse and Giant Pangolins.

Lope and Mikongo, 2018: Michel Gervais, 2 weeks & a some nice species including Black Colobus and Chimpanzees.

Gabon, 2017: Mogens Trolle, 2 weeks & 21 species including Mandrill, Lowland Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Grey-cheeked Mangabey, Congo Clawless Otter and Red River Hog.

The Congos, Cameroon and Gabon, 2009: Vladimir Dinets account of a week in each country. Species include: in Congo-Brazzaville – Black-legged Mongoose, Red-fronted Duiker; in Gabon – Northern Talapoin, Black Colobus, Red River Hog, White-collared Mongoose, Mandrill, and Cameroon – Drill, African Manatee and a swag of rodents, shrews and bats everywhere.

Don Roberson’s trip reports for trips to Kenya, Gabon, Uganda and South-West Africa (South Africa, Namibia and the Okavango).

Gabon, 2004: Richard Webb, 2 weeks & 25 mammals (including Gorilla, Chimpanzee and Red River Hog).

Also See

Golden Cats (see the comments below the post) (May 2013)

RFI Gabon awww.nd Sierra Leonne (May 2012).