 | Gabon Hotels and Accommodations | Tips 1 - 7 of 7 |  | Popular Hotels | Miscellaneous Hotels Tips | All Tips (7)  | |  |  | Your tent: Secondary camp | Tip Rating:     Satisfaction:      |  |  | |  |
In the secondary camp, we were a few hours or a day drive from the base camp. This camp consists of your tnet, , one or two other tents and tarpaulins for the workers.The comfort is still acceptable, as there can be some personal staying at the camp for cooking, cleaning, etc. , but you need to establish your camp near a river (no problem, generally), for cooking, washing water. You leave the camp for the day and come back every night. When weather allowed it, the VHF radio allowed you to report to the base camp and have news, and you can ask for supply or help if needed from the base camp.
You are there in the middle of the forest, the vegetal life is surrounding you, and day or night the noises from the forest are filling your ears. Theme: OtherAddress: Deeper in the forest
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At the fly camp you are on your own; do not think about a shower, the river is good, and as it goes for food and drinks (drinks: water, sterilised for me, or when available, water from small creeks in the mountains, had never problems). Food: some supply like "manioc" (fermented cassava flour, very sticky and I would like the computer displays the smell when you click on the name. . . ugly, but you need to eat!), coffee, sugar, rice, oil. The meat is what the hunter got during the day, generally birds, sometimes monkeys and game: small antelopes, porcupines, little crocodiles, snakes, pangolins, and fish if we have time to fish when coming back from work and after building the camp.
Unique! Environment, food, weather change everyday. Theme: OtherAddress: see previous tipDirections: see previous tip
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Okoume Palace or Intercontinental as it is often called, is 5 minutes from the airport. Rates CFA 60 000 can usually be negociated, for the price you'll probably be dissapointed, but LBV is expensive. Breakfast is another CFA 8000 and a bottle of water CFA 2000 min. The rooms are a/c and have TV, double beds and are safe, noise free (unless close to lift) and have towels, soap and toilet paper....the beach is just over the road but better to swim in hotel pool which is usually clean and not too crowded. There is also a gym and beauty parlour, with sauna and massage. The bar has a big TV screen and is good for big sports events, but otherwise has little ambience, perhaps the odd hooker or business man, but best go to the town if you want to meet more interesting people. The restaurant is okay, slow service but if desperate and don't want to go into the town then eat there. Meridien is the far side of town, about 15 minutes from the airport. It's probably a better hotel than the Okoume in terms of comforts, costs about the same and has similar facilities. Much depends on whether you wish to be close to the aiport or not. I like both hotels. Theme: HotelPrice: US$80-120 » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averageAddress: Libreville
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