The Guide
From The Report: Gabon 2012
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Although it is not a major tourism destination at present, Gabon has much to offer travellers looking for a destination off the beaten path. Located in the Congo River Basin, the country is home to some of the world’s most pristine rainforests, and has pockets of savannah and an 800-km coastline complete with fauna-rich mangroves, wetlands and magnificent beaches. Thanks in part to its small population and lack of a strong tradition of large-scale organised agriculture, its equatorial forests…