The national park of Minkebe
The Gabonese green lung
DISCOVER OUR NATIONAL PARKS
- PONGARA NATIONAL PARK
- AKANDA NATIONAL PARK
- MONT DE CRISTAL NATIONAL PARK
- MINKEBE NATIONAL PARK
- MWAGNA NATIONAL PARK
- MAYUMBA NATIONAL PARK
- IVINDO NATIONAL PARK
- LOPE NATIONAL PARK
- WAKA NATIONAL PARK
- LOANGO NATIONAL PARK
- MOUKALABA DOUDOU NATIONAL PARK
- BIROUGOU NATIONAL PARK
- PLATEAUX BATÉKÉ NATIONAL PARK
The national park of Minkebe is a Natural Protected Zone covering 8000km2 . It is located in the North-East of Gabon in the province of Woleu-Ntem.
A huge virgin forest
Hidden in the background of Gabon, Minkebe is located in the middle of the virgin tropical forest of Africa. Its forest is classified among the second largest bloc of forest in the world. A wild flora and untouched, deeply mingles with ancient trees.
The forest is crossed by four large rivers, providing the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the landscape with a dugout canoe. The granite mountains of Minkebe with spectacular greenery also called inselbergs have been formed since two billion years. Until now this forest remains untouched by mankind. Today, the biggest est trees aged of hundreds of years are higher than 50 meters. Some of them are encircled with a wild garden of orchids and terns where old creepers have also been interlaced for many years. It gives an impression of an ancient site that remains intact.
Tourism in such a wild environment may sometimes look a mystical experience. The region could be considered one of the last wildlife frontiers of the world with a tropical forest full of life. Minkebe offers exceptional touristic opportunities that will be a benefit for the region and its preservation.
The lungs of the planet
That large wild area that constitutes one of the greatest rainforest in Africa is totally kept untouched for playing an important role on the global level, in terms of carbon trapping and oxygen production . Those functions are essential for reducing negatives effects of the global warming. The biodiversity is outstanding with so many species such as the bongo (that may be the nicest antelope of Africa) and other rare species westward.
Good to know
Do you know that the National park of Minkebe provides a habitat to more than 3000 elephants? An inestimable heritage for Gabon.
The wildlife of the national park
Minkebe is made of a diversity of ecosystems (swamps areas, primary forest and secondary forest) ,the Guinea and Congolese rainforest wet and houseleek. The forest is full of the leguminous plants (Limbali, Okan, Engona). We can also find an important a colony of Moabi.
In the forest of Minkebe there are about 30000 African elephants. We also find 64 species representing 19 families and 11 categories have been listed in Minkebe. Minkebe is one of the richest area in terms of primates with 16 species in which we can find gorilla and chimpanzees (decimated by the virus of Ebola in 1990),the black colobe and Mandrill monkeys. We also have exceptional mamals in Gabon such as the bongo, the great antelope of the forest, and hylochoerus, the biggest specie of the boar family found there,or the cercopitheque from Congo Brazza. There, we can also find the marine fauna with the presence of crocodiles, the garial, fresh water tortoise, sea otter and the giant heron can be met there too.
