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Gabon

2 places
Nearly nine-tenths rainforest and thinly peopled, oil-rich Gabon set aside a tenth of itself as national parks, including a coast where forest elephants, hippos, and buffalo wander onto Atlantic beaches.

The Coast (Libreville & Loango)1 place

Loango National ParkNature · ●●●●○Where the rainforest meets the Atlantic in the most surreal way: elephants and buffalo strolling on the beach, hippos…

The Interior1 place

Ivindo & the Rainforest InteriorNature · ●●●●○The green heart of Gabon: a vast tract of pristine equatorial rainforest hiding thundering waterfalls and a legendary…