Loango National Park

Climate

Temperatures vary from 28 to 31 °C. The rains fall between October and April, with a short dry season in December and January.

History

Loango National Park is one of the 13 national parks created in 2001 byGabon’s President Omar Bongo Ondimba.

Flora and fauna

Gabon is home to western lowland gorillas and nearly 200 other mammal species and 600 species of birds. In Loango National Park, you have a chance to see amongst others: the smaller forest elephant, red forest buffalo, red river hogs with furry ears, the slender snouted crocodiles, sitatunga, duikers, a variety of monkeys, a huge array of birds, whales in season, hippos, western lowland gorillas and chimpanzees.

Landscape

The habitat types in Loango National Park vary from marine, seashore, coastal lagoons, mangroves, salt marsh, coastal forest, swamp forest, rain forest, savannah, rivers until papyrus swamp