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Hiking and Wildlife in Loango National Park, Gabon

More opportunities to visit the south of Loango national Park have brought with them more incredible wilding sightings and stunning landscapes. Enjoy some of the highlights:

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Always fun trying to get from the boat to land
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Rainy season = lots of mud in Loango Park

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walking along the beach in Loango National Park
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Large herd of forest buffalo grazing near the beach

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Who would imagine to walk out of the forest and stumble across a hippo grazing in the fields above the beach?! Only in Gabon
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our guides, Zico and Kaza, were surprised and excited by the hippo as well

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the elusive red river hog
monitor lizard running across the beach
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hippos relaxing in the river in the south of Loango Park

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It’s Always Exciting in Gabon….Elephants Around Yenzi

20151027-IMGP7609This post isn’t that exciting, just elephants….we obviously live in their habitat and during the year they will occasionally pay us a visit. However, from October toDecember the fruit ripens on the mango trees and 20151120-IMGP8608elephants come with it…The elephants love the mangos and en masse come into camp after sunset during the mango season. They are way more silent than you would expect so there are multiple 20151102-IMGP8039occasions where you, and others, have bumped into them. Often they are equally scared and run away, but some times they are surprised and startled and start chasing you…mostly a bluff charge but it is always a good idea to show respect and run….

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