We tried to reach Loango National Park from Mayumba in the south, but when we called there, they brusquely told us that they were fully booked and camping not allowed. That only made us shrug indifferently. Gabon doesn´t want tourists, we already got that! Wir versuchten noch, von Mayumba aus den Süden des Loango Nationalparks […]
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Mayumba – The most beautiful beach in the world – Der schönste Strand der Welt
From Mouila, we took a shared taxi via Ndendé to Tchibanga in the south. There were three women and a man with us, and the youngest of the women was a shy adolescent without a decent passport. All she had was a permit to go from Mouila to her village. There was a direct way, […]
Mouila – A quiet place – Ein ruhiger Ort
Mouila is indeed a quiet place – not to say sleepy. It is the capital of the Ngounié region, named after the river which is the most important tributary of the Oogué. 30.000 inhabitants are living in Mouila that is linked to Lambaréné and Libreville in the north as well as Ndendé in the south […]
Cruising mighty Oogué – Bootsfahrt auf dem Oogué
The largest, longest and most important river of Gabon is the Oogué. Oogué River flows between its source in the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) and the estuary north and south of Port Gentil 1.200 km away, fed by many tributaries of which Ngounié River is the most important. Ngounié River runs parallel to the coastline […]
Lambaréné – Visiting Albert Schweitzer – Zu Gast bei Albert Schweitzer
Lambaréné is situated southeast of Libreville on the banks of the mighty Oogué, the “Congo of Gabon”, before it branches out, feeding several lakes and flowing into the Atlantic Ocean in a giant delta 100 kilometres west near Port Gentil. The town lies in the middle of dense rainforest, just like in the times of […]
Lopé
We were lucky because the van actually brought us to Ndjolé without thrombosis, bruises or other injuries. At the market in Ndjolé, we had to accept the fact that there was no way how we could reach La Lopé by road on that very day, so we took a taxi to the train station a […]
Bale mountains – Die Bale-Berge
The Bale mountains southeast of Shashemene rank among the most beautiful landscapes in the country. They are home to some decent peaks, including Mount Tulu Dimtu, with 4.377 m Ethiopia’s second highest mountain, rising out of the 4.000 m high Sanetti plateau, Africa’s largest area above 3.000 m. The lush montane rainforests on its slopes […]
Hayk
A few kilometres north of Dessie, you get to Hayk, a bland small town stretching along the road. But one or two kilometres from the town centre, one can find the eponymous lake on an altitude of 2.000 m amidst a lush mountain scenery that couldn´t be more picturesque. The lake is 85 m deep […]
Dessie
With more than half a million residents, modern Dessie is one of the biggest cities in Ethiopia. The town is set at an altitude of 2.600 m at the foot of local Mount Tossa right at the north-south link between Adigrat, Mekele, Weldiya, Dessie and Addis Ababa. Around Dessie, the ancient trading routes of the […]
Genna – Christmas at Lalibela – Weihnachten in Lalibela
Genna (or Lidet) is the Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas that is celebrated on January 7th, according to the Julian calendar used by the Ethiopians. In leap years, the celebration is shifted for one day. But not in Lalibela where Genna has a special significance. Legend has it that king Lalibela had been born on the same […]
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