Mikongo

Mikongo Conservation Center--Lopé national park, Central Africa.

Eco-tourism for conservation and community...

WELCOME


ECOFAC website












 

 

 

 

he Mikongo Conservation Centre is located in the Lopé national park, deep in the equatorial rainforest of central Gabon. We provide visitors with a unique and unforgettable wildlife experience as part our active conservation and research projects.

Our goal is to create incentive to preserve Gabon's forest through the promotion of exclusive eco-tourism, which generates important revenues for local conservation and communities.  More broadly, this will help demonstrate that the management of protected areas in Central Africa can actually be self-sustainable.

isitors to Mikongo travel to the remote heart of Gabon, Central Africa, and into some of most bio-diverse tropical forest remaining on Earth. Gabon has high numbers of primate and other mammal species (notably, Lowland gorillas, chimpanzees, mandrills, forest elephants, leopard and antelope) and is a birder's paradise. The forest itself is majestic and tranquil, and many superb pristine rivers flow beneath the rich canopy. 

Visitors can track primates and other mammals with ex-hunters, search for some of the rarest birds in the world, and float along the magical Offoué River in a dug-out canoe through spectacular cloud forest. 

After an initial night at the picturesque Lopé Hotel, clients visit our two separate encampments which offer comfortable traditional-style facilities in a beautiful remote forest setting.

At the Mikongo Camp, clients join local trackers in search for forest animals with a focus on primates and birds.

At the Ololo River Camp, a two-hour 4x4 transfer away, clients have the option of a forest walk (birds are plentiful and sightings of the rare Sun-tailed Guenon and Black Colobus are possible), followed by a spectacular day-long descent of the Offuée River in a pirogue, the next morning. The jungle scenery is breath-taking, and the trip affords more opportunity to view Gabon's rich wildlife.

* * *

For more information on our visitor experience packages and relevant conservation projects, please see our associated pages via the left page navigation links. Also, visit our Frequently asked questions about Mikongo page.

We also provide additional information relevant to visiting Gabon (and Libreville) to help you plan a trip.

Thank you for visiting our site.
 


The Mikongo Project is associated with and supported by ECOFAC, The European Commission, and the Direction de la Faune et Chasse (Gabon).

Site produced by James Porteous.