Killi expedition to Gabon - July 2016

Discovering
the true
primary forest

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D8 - What a fauna ! *07/11/2016 - Journey : Omboué --> Port-Gentil --> Omboué*

Objective: fishing near Port-Gentil. We thus leave early enough Omboué to make this round trip. The road is correct (in works for the new tarred main road), but especially we can observe, sometimes closely, a large number of birds.
The sandy strip of 2 km wide, with on the West the Atlantic Ocean and in the East lagoons, abounds in animals. We shall see only some monkeys, but elephants, buffaloes, varanuses, antelopes footprints (...), counts by one thousand!
We cross finally Ogooué, but the welcoming committee is there. Without the agreement delivered by the governor, impossible to go farther. We are asked to turn back. We shall take advantage of it to make in particular a fishing point on an island in the estuary (Aplo. spilauchen).
After a good meal to the same restaurant as the day before (and with a pleasant and great service !), we take a last drink in a "bar" close to the hotel. We are the only customers of the evening but it does not affect the waitress morale !
It is with regret that we are going to leave Omboué and its good mood.