Akanda National Park - Wildlife Safaris in Gabon

About the Park

Akanda National Park is one of the 13 National Parks in Gabon set up in 2002 by President Omar Bongo after a two-year study by the DFC, WCS and WWF. The 13 national parks are designed to represent the biodiversity of the country and encourage tourism.

Akanda National Park is located in the northeast of the country, near Libreville, along the Mondah and Corisco bays. Both of the bays are rich in marine life, and Corisco bay provides an important feeding area for turtles.

Akanda is internationally important as a site for migratory birds and is home to the largest populations of such birds in Gabon.

Activities:

Boat ride through the Mangroves
Beach walks to see the birds and turtles nesting on the beach and walk through the savannah and see the forest Buffalos and Antelopes. The Experience is amazing

The accommodation

At Pongara a simple and very basic facility (there is an outhouse, bucket shower, water drawn from a well, sleep in a tent which they provide). The experience is magical .