Cabane aux zèbres
The place
Cabane aux zèbres ("Zebra cabin") in Ogooué-Lolo province, Lastoursville/Franceville area (eastern Gabon, ~40 km from the Republic of the Congo border), at 600 m altitude, on the Lopé plateau. FIRST RECORD Gabon. COUNTRY ANOMALY: Gabon absent from the database. Ecotourism cabin in Lopé National Park (UNESCO mixed heritage site 2007, western gorillas/chimpanzees Pan troglodytes/forest elephants Loxodonta cyclotis), an area of savanna-forest mosaic, heritage of the Fang (Bantu people, 40% of GA population).
The setting
Ogooué-Lolo Lastoursville/Franceville eastern Gabon 600 m Lopé ~40 km from CG border first record, Lopé NP UNESCO mixed heritage 2007 gorillas/Pan troglodytes/Loxodonta cyclotis, savanna-forest mosaic, Fang Bantu 40% GA, ANOMALY Gabon absent.