Moukalaba-Doudou

In southwestern Gabon, covering the Doudou Mountains forest and part of the Nyanga savannas.

Park Highlights

• Diverse landcapes
  Little known and rarely visited up to now, the site offers a rich variety of natural scenery  - different types of forest, the savannas of the Nyanga plains, the Doudou mountains, the immense papyrus marshes close to the mouth of the river Nyanga, and the Raphia marshes of the Rembo Ndogo.
• Larger mammals
  These include special species such as the waterbuck, a savanna antelope.  Hundreds of elephants congregate in the papyrus marshes during the dry season.
• Apes
  The Doudou Mountains could become an important site for observing gorillas and chimpanzees.  The density of gorillas is very high.

International status

• The National Park is acknowledged by IUCN as a critical site for conservation.

Tourist facilities

• The WWF started up a management program in 1996. Moukalaba can be reached using the Tchibanga-Doussala road. The Doudou Mountains have previously been logged so there is a network of old forestry roads. The existing Moukalaba fauna brigade could develop into an important base for the protection of the Park