Gabon

I visited central Gabon for a spectacular two weeks in August 2018 focussed on Lope National Park, plus Tsam Tsam lodge and a couple of sites near Libreville.

Black Colobus, Colobus satanas. Lope National Park.

Libreville Area

Akanda National Park

Northern Talapoin, Miopithecus ogouensis. Akanda National Park. Photo Sjef Ollers.

We spent a morning here looking for – and seeing – Northern Talapoins. This might also be a good place for West African Manatees.

Pongara National Park

A day trip to Pongara Point was uneventful. Forest Buffaloes are common and we saw a lone Moustached Monkey.

Marsh Mongoose, Atilax paludinosus. Tsam Tsam.

Lope National Park

Lope Hotel

Red River Hog, Potamochoerus porcus. Lope National Park. Photo Sjef Ollers.

Gabon Squirrel Galago, Sciurocheirus gabonensis. Lope National Park.

Mikongo Research Camp

Cameroon Scaly-tail, Zenkerella insignis. Mikongo.

Water Chevrotain, Hyemoschus aquaticus. Mikongo.

Tsam Tsam

Red-capped Mangabey, Cercocebus torquatus. Tsam Tsam.

We spent three nights at the lovely lodge with very good food. We saw Green Squirrel, Lord Derby’s Anomalure, Putty-nosed Monkey, Crowned Guenon, Western Lowland Gorilla, Red-capped Mangabey,emodoff’s Galago (probable), Blotched Genet, Marsh Mongoose, Hammer Bat, Egyptian Rousettus, unidentifiable roundleaf and slit-faced bats, Hippos, Sitatunga, Giant Pangolin, and (probable) Soft-furred Mice (Praomys misonnei or P. petteri) and Stella Wood Mice.

Giant Pangolin, Smutsia gigantea. Tsam Tsam.