RV. Gabon Expéditions

11/04/2024

Hello dear Explorers, today we would like to talk to you about a special ceremony that you could attend while traveling in Gabon.

Among the different ceremonies that you can attend in Gabon there is one reserved for women, less known to the wider world: Niembé.
Niembé is an initiation rite practiced in Gabon and exclusively reserved for women. This rite is a passage from childhood to adulthood for the young girl under the supervision of a spiritual mother guardian and guarantor of traditions.
Throughout the ceremony the young girl receives a series of teachings which will enable her to face the problems of everyday life and also to resolve them wisely.
The world of ancestral spirits reigns over the entire rite giving it a strong spiritual tone.
the ceremony consists of a procession of songs and dances performed by older and already initiated women adorned with body paint (red and white caolin).
Niembé also trains young girls in the knowledge of plants. This allowed some, more gifted than others, to treat certain childhood illnesses or those linked to fertility in women.

📷 : Yvan G.

05/04/2024

Gabon's Ivindo National Park is a temple of biodiversity.

The site teems with life and beauty. Ivindo national park was listed on Wednesday as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

It is the second natural site to be listed in the central African country, 90% of which is covered by forest and known for its efforts to preserve its natural heritage.

The first was Lopé Park in 2007.

The park covers nearly 300,000 hectares crossed by a network of picturesque black water rivers. It includes rapids and waterfalls bordered by intact rainforests, making it a landscape of great aesthetic value, according to UNESCO.

The park is home to a number of endemic species and some emblematic mammals, now threatened, such as the forest elephant, gorilla, chimpanzee, leopard and three species of pangolins. Some parts of the site are barely explored, according to UNESCO.

📷: ANPN

02/04/2024

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Moukalaba Doudou national park in the south of Gabon is one of the areas on the continent with the highest concentration of large primates, and walking through its forests is always a fascinating experience.

01/04/2024

If you only visit two continents in your lifetime, visit Africa – twice! ― R. Elliot
Fact.

Welcome in Gabon a land of adventures.

30/03/2024

How about exploring Gabon and Sao Tome in summer?
▶️ Go hiking through these two little pieces of green paradise, go snorkeling in the turquoise waters of Sao Tome to live a magical experience in communion with the underwater fauna, explore the Roças and meet its inhabitants in all its authenticity.
▶️ In Gabon discover the western lowland gorillas and go on 4x4 and boat safaris or attend a Bwiti ceremony among the Punu people...
Who's up for it? 👣🎒🌴🌏

Contact us for more details on WhatsApp or by email at the following address: [email protected]

29/03/2024

Singing, dancing and worshipping the ancestors in punu dialect during a Bwiti ceremony in Gabon - we love such evening atmosphere during our trips 😍 If you want to feel it too - come with us! We visit the punu tribe during the next expeditions in the south of Gabon all the month of July and August.
for more informations please contact us on our website :
rv-gabonexpeditions.com or by calling us on WhatsApp.

25/03/2024

Hello dear Explorers, we start this week with beautiful images from our last expedition in the Ivindo National Park where we organized a private expedition to special guest who is touring Africa. She discovered the most beautiful falls in Central Africa, the Kongou Falls.
Passionate about nature and adventures far from the beaten track? Do not hesitate to contact us to book your next expedition to Gabon on our website you will find our different expeditions and their dates.
[email protected]

https://www.rv-gabonexpeditions.com/

22/03/2024

Hello dear Explorers, our team is back from a private tour to the heart of Gabon forest where the Babongo people reside. An enriching and unforgettable experience for our visitors who wanted to discover the life of these forest men and learn about their culture.
If you want to discover our next expeditions visit our website and for more informations contact us on whatsapp +33 7 57 83 33 91or by email at the following address: [email protected]

16/03/2024

Do you want to explore Central Africa on your next trip but precisely Gabon-Congo Republic?

We've recently confirmed our new RoadTrip to Congo Republic, departing from Gabon 01 July, to run.
Meet in Brazzaville and Pointe Noire. These cities will amaze you! Walk through the neighborhoods of the Congolese capital and admire the historical and religious buildings: the frescoes of Africa, the river courier hut, the Place du Sacrifice Supreme, the mausoleum of Pierre Savorgnan, the Basilica of Sainte-Anne, etc... This city has many surprises in store for you, such as the Loufoulakari and Béla falls, the Nguela hole, which offers a superb view of the Kinkala road, or the thousand-leaf tree which has all the species of the region.
Explore the beautiful beaches of Pointe Noire, Nouabale Ndoki forest, the Diosso gorges, visit the Makola salt glacier, discover the world of The Sappeurs. You understand, visiting Congo Republic is much more than a simple trip than you might think.

For more informations please leave us a WhatsApp message or email us at [email protected]

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12/03/2024

In addition to Gabon, Congo Brazzaville and Sao Tome, we also organize trips to Equatorial Guinea, the only Spanish-speaking African country.

Next trip to Malabo 03 August 2024.
For any informations you can contact us by sending us a WhatsApp message or by email at: [email protected]

07/03/2024

Pongara National Park is located on the coast in north-western Gabon, near Libreville on the south side of the Gabon Estuary and taking in much of the Pointe Denis peninsula.
The undulating landscape of Pongara makes for an amazing forest walks. Forest Buffalo, Elephant, monkeys or different species of birds can be seen while trekking.

27/02/2024

🟢🟡🔵 Hello dear explorers, we would like to announce such a good news that makes us happy. We are going to give our support to the NGO mwanaglenn based in Gabon.

Who are they?
They are a small group of people sensitive to the situation of children with severe disabilities in the Republic of Gabon.
Our president and founder went through the experience of caring for her son Glenn who was in this situation.
We believe in the possibility of building a center in the Republic of Gabon, where children with severe disabilities can be accommodated.

Their mission?
It's to Carry out a project that helps dignify the lives of these children in an environment as difficult as that country of Africa.
Offer a center not only for reception, but also for treatment and recovery, to the limit of the possibilities of these people.
Help the families of these children understand their specific needs, and collaborate with them so that their lives can be as dignified and happy as possible.
From this year evey trip contracted with us in Gabon will be a support to this NGO as a part of the benefit will go for them in order to help them to keep taking care of the children.
We would like to thank Honorine the president of the NGO who does an amazing work with children.

If you want to know more about the NGO click on the link below.

https://www.mwanaglenn.org/category/apoyo-economico/

Publicado el 11 diciembre, 2023HAZTE SOCIO DE MWANA GLENN COMPLEJO DE EDUCACIÓN ESPECÍFICA MWANA GLENN SOLICITUD DE INSCRIPCIÓN COMO SOCIO DE ESTA ONG. NOMBRE: APELLIDOS: DNI/NIE/NIF: CORREO ELECTRÓNICO: TELÉFONO DE CONTACTO: Deseo ser admitido como socio de la ONG “Complejo de educación esp...

26/02/2024

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Gabon boasts an incredible wealth of biodiversity due to its abundant tropical rainforest (87% of its territory). It is known as the second lung of the planet due to its fauna and flora, where large concentrations of lowland gorillas, chimpanzees and forest elephants can be found. It also has one of the largest marine reserves in Africa, home to a large colony of humpback whales and leatherback turtles.
In 2002 the government decided to create a network of 13 national parks.
All of these national parks cover 3 million hectares, or approximately 11.25% of the territory.
Welcome to the Last Eden in Africa.

📷: ANPN

21/02/2024

Loango National Park in Gabon is an incredible gem. This site with an area of ​​1550 km² was classified as a nature reserve in August 2002 by the government. It is one of the rare places where you can observe the animals of the equatorial forest (elephants, buffaloes, antelope, etc.) and at the same time whales or mangrove fauna, or even hippos. Stretched along an 86 km beach on the edge of the Atlantic, the park offers spectacles that cannot be seen anywhere else: silhouettes of forest elephants against the backdrop of the golden setting sun. Between July and September you can observe the ballets of humpback whales. Sea turtles come and lay their eggs on the fine sand beach.
Loango National Park is a true microcosm of the fauna and flora of Central Africa. In addition to the forest, there is savannah and wetlands not far from the mangroves.

📸 : Sébastien Pontoizeau

13/02/2024

Today we speak about the Babongo people.

This ethnic group has historically inhabited the jungles of Gabon and this has made them experts in the natural environment, and that is why they have incredible skills for hunting, fishing and knowledge of gathering.

In a derogatory way, they are often lumped together and called “pygmies,” which is a term that has acquired a negative connotation over the years, but they are really the people who live in the rainforest of Central Africa.

The Babongo people cling to their ancestral beliefs and traditions. It is an animist town, full of mysticism and with strong beliefs based on the spirits of the forest and nature.

The Bwiti ceremony has its origins in the Babongo ethnic group. The Bwiti is an ancestral ritual loaded with deep mysticism and symbology. It is a ceremony in which the “initiates” ingest a hallucinogenic alkaloid called “Iboga” that they extract from the root of the bush that bears the same name and this causes them to come into contact with the spirits of the forest.

Undoubtedly, attending a Bwiti ceremony is one of the most powerful and interesting experiences that we can find in Africa. And, of course, in these get-togethers or visits that we usually organize with them, you must be extremely respectful in order to disturb their daily life as little as possible.

Want discover this amazing tribe in Gabon? Do not hesitate to contact us we propose tailored made trip from July to September of this year.

08/02/2024

🟢🟡🔵 Dear explorers we have started with an initiative that makes us very happy!

In order to promote the development of domestic tourism and create jobs in the country, we are organizing severals outings per month to promote ecotourism among the local population.

We have adapted the prices so that Gabonese and other people who live there can discover the wonderful places that are in the surrounding area.

Our team has started with Pongara National Park, a wonderful place where walking safaris are carried out to observe animals on the beach and in the forest. It is certainly a different experience!
During our beach walk, we rescued baby turtles that couldn't make their way to the ocean during our beach walk. Unfortunately when turtle eggs hatch, baby turtles find themselves victims of predators such as crabs, monitor lizards and many other reptiles.

🗓️Next expedition, 24 February for Akanda Camping
and from 23rd to 29th Avril 2024 for Twindi. Places limited.
For further informations contact us on inbox or WhatsApp.

04/02/2024

"Luxury is the enemy of observation!"

Go out from your comfort, explore, discover & meet one of the most untouched land on earth, GABON a land of adventures.
Meet his people of unique beauty, diverse culture and astonishing practices.

01/02/2024

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Lope National Park Gabon is one of the only parks in Africa where you can see the Mandrills. No other park in Central Africa is considered more vital for primates than Lopé National Park, the oldest and one of the most astounding biospheres on the African continent. Lope National Park Gabon is home to over 1400 endangered mandrills as well as 420 bird species, the national park is equally a stronghold for western gorillas, sun-tailed guenon, black colobus, chimpanzee and forest elephants who thrive in the forest gallery and fingers of lush, misty savannah interacting landscapes that were created at the end of the last Ice Age almost 12,000 years ago. The parks vast wilderness covers 5,360km2 of virgin forest and intersects pockets of misty savannahs in its northern boundary. The first protected area in Gabon which was established in 1946, this UNESCO World Heritage-listed park nurtures one of Africa’s most important prehistoric sites and ecologically significant reserves for primates.

27/01/2024

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Marry Kingsley is the first female explorer to delve into the forests of what is now Gabon.

Born in 1862 in England, to a servant mother and a doctor father, Mary Henrietta Kingsley taught herself Latin, physics, chemistry and a few foreign languages ​​by reading books from her father's library. Encouraged by her father, a great traveler, she specialized in ichthyology, the study and observation of fish. It was in this capacity that she left for Africa in 1893 to become the first explorer to delve into the forests of what is now Gabon.

She owes this trip to the British Museum which commissioned a study on African fish. Mary therefore set sail in July 1893 for the west coast of Africa. On the program, the exploration of the mouths of the rivers which, from Senegal to Angola, allowed him to bring several unknown specimens to the British Museum. His collections still exist, referenced under the genus Kingsleyae. Fascinated by the continent, she left in December 1894 for what is now Gabon, whose rivers seemed more promising to her. In the company of a few porters, she goes up the course of the Ogowé then the Rembwé, reaching territories that have not yet been mapped. Traveling this time at her own expense, she only hired a few porters, bartered, slept under the stars, learned to handle a canoe and to hunt. This autonomy forces her to get closer to the people she meets. This is how she was invited to stay for several weeks with the Fang of Gabon. From an ichthyologist, she became an ethnologist. She takes photos, makes sketches, collects statues and masks. Shortly before her return in November 1895, she could not resist climbing Mount Cameroon by a hitherto unknown route!

Get be connected to our page, this year we will unveil our new route on the step of Marry Kingsley.

25/01/2024

21/01/2024

A boat safari on Nyanga river is always a beautiful experience with possibilities to encounter wildlife around like forest elephants and hippos.



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19/01/2024

Back from our private expedition in Ivindo national park to see the most impressive and amazing Waterfall of central africa.
As you can see it's been an expedition full of surprises and we are just delighted to share it with you. 😉

17/01/2024

🟢🟡🔵 Trekking day in Pongara national park.

12/01/2024

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🇬🇧 Gabon is divided into 9 provinces and no matter which province you are in, you will always have to witness magnificent sunsets.
We are waiting for you to discover the wonders of Gabon. 😉

10/01/2024

«The happiest moment of a human life is the departure for an unknown land. » – Richard Burton. Thanks to our first American visitor of the year who chosed us for his adventure in Gabon.
If you dream of adventures and want to discover how the Explorers of the 18th century felt during their expeditions in Central Africa, contact us. Next expedition January 25 to 29.

07/01/2024

Welcome in Gabon, land of adventures.

🎥 The Explorers

06/01/2024

Travelling is about more than the places you visit and the things you’ll see. It’s about people, culture, wildlife, history, and experiencing something you’ve never done before. With RV. GABON EXPÉDITIONS you’ll walk, boat, fly, drive, trek, track and discover a world of adventures.



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05/01/2024

Located in Ivindo national park, Kongou falls are reputed to be the most beautiful waterfall in Central Africa.
Next month we will be exploring the beauty of this national park that has been Enscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage-listed site.

Contact us for more details about our first expedition of the year.





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