Bradt's Gabon remains the only English-language guide dedicated exclusively to what is
considered by many to be 'Africa's last Eden' thanks to its sparse population and perhaps the
highest percentage of forest cover of any country in the world. This new edition has been fully
updated and covers all recent developments including in the national parks. Several new maps
have been added (taking the total to 31) and most sketch maps have been upgraded. Also covered
is the discovery of the extraordinary orange-coloured crocodiles living in the Abanda cave
system. Full background natural history conservation practical and health information is
accompanied by a nine-chapter regional breakdown of the country from Libreville and L'Estuaire
to Moyen Ogooué Ngounié Ogooué Maritime and Nyanga as well as Woleu-Ntem Ogooué-Ivindo
Haut Ogooué and Ogooué-Lolo. Visitors to Gabon will come face-to-face with nature in its rawest
wildest most untouched form from the impenetrable forests of the interior to the grassy
plateaus of Haut-Ogooué and the windblown white-sand beaches of the coast - the latter known
worldwide for the gorilla buffalo and elephant that come to wander the sandy shores and the
'surfing hippo' that - astonishingly - come to play in the frothy surf. Gabon is more than just
nature however and culture lovers will be taken with one of the region's finest carving
traditions (in both wood and soapstone) floored by the furious tempos played on the moungongo
mouth-harp and transported to another place entirely by the all-night drums dance fire and
faith of the traditional Bwiti rites. Bradt's Gabon offers the most thorough and up-to-date
information available and is an ideal companion for wildlife enthusiasts Africa aficionados
and completists and overlanders travelling along Africa's west coast.
