Gabon

Loango National Park where elephants wade in ocean surf, Ivindo National Park's Kongou and Mingouli waterfalls, Libreville's coastal boulevards and African art markets, 13 protected national parks covering 11% of the nation, lowland gorillas and forest elephants in pristine rainforest, mangrove estuaries teeming with fish, Fang and Myene cultures, and oil-rich equatorial wilderness.