THE PORT OF WOOD

The timber port is located at the end of a poorly maintained track that leads to the village of Owendo. It is an extension of the Libreville-Owendo road. It is no longer possible to visit the port, but it is still impressive to stand on the hillock overlooking the port, to see the traffic of huge logs and the panoramic view of the estuary: you can see the Coniquet and Perroquet islands in the distance. The latter was the site of the first cocoa plantation in Gabon, established by a French colonist in 1892.