Kongou Falls

Ogooué-Ivindo Province · Gabon

Kongou Falls, Gabon
Photo: Lengai101, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
June to September, the drier and more navigable season
Accessibility
not-accessible
Coordinates
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Often called Central Africa's most spectacular waterfall, Kongou sees the Ivindo River shatter into dozens of channels and cascades over three kilometers of black rock deep in the rainforest. Reaching it requires a pirogue journey and forest hike, which keeps visitor numbers tiny.

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