AI generatedIvindo National Park
Gabon · Ogooué-Ivindo · 460 m
Short description of Ivindo National Park
Ivindo is rainforest almost without a break, and the Ivindo river runs through it over two of the great waterfalls of Africa. Kongou drops sixty metres across a front several hundred metres wide and is reached only by pirogue and a walk through the forest. Mingouli falls further upstream in a single narrow chute. Away from the river the draw is Langoué Bai, a natural forest clearing where mineral-rich mud pulls in forest elephants, sitatunga and lowland gorillas that a hide overlooks for hours at a time. UNESCO listed the park in 2021. The railway stops at Ivindo station on the way through.
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Best time to visit: June – September
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- Kongou Falls
- Langoué Bai forest clearing and its viewing hide
- Western lowland gorillas at the bai
- Forest elephants in the clearing
- Mingouli Falls
- Pirogue journey up the Ivindo river
- Ipassa research station and its forest trails
- Rainforest birdlife including the picathartes
- Trekking to the falls through primary forest
- Camping at the Langoué Bai platform
- Sitatunga and forest buffalo at the bai
- Swimming holes on the Ivindo above the falls
- Makokou as the road gateway to the park
- Butterflies and orchids of the primary forest
- Night sounds of the rainforest from camp