AfrinkongThe Gran Caldera
A collapsed volcanic crater in the south of Bioko, forested, and reached only on foot.
EQUATORIAL GUINEA · Tourism
Bioko
Bioko is a volcanic island with cloud forest, seven primate species and four nesting turtle species on its southern beaches; the mainland at Monte Alen holds gorillas and forest elephant.
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A volcanic island, and turtles on the black sandKnown for
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Featured destinations
Where the country actually takes you.
Pico Basile
3,011 metres, the island's volcano, with a road most of the way up it.
Photo Paweł Kosmala / Pexels
WaterfallsIladyi
A 250-metre cascade off the caldera rim in the south of Bioko.
Photo Osmany Mederos / Pexels
Lakes & RiversThe Wele and the Muni
The Wele runs across the mainland; the Muni estuary marks the Gabonese border.
Photo Jazmin Morales / Pexels
Black Sand and Turtles
Four species nest on Bioko's southern beaches — leatherback, green, olive ridley and hawksbill.
Forests & RainforestCloud Forest and Lowland
Cloud forest above a thousand metres on Bioko, and Congo Basin forest on the mainland.
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Wildlife & safari
What lives here, and how you see it without disturbing it.
Wildlife
Seven Primates on One Island
Bioko has seven species, several of them found on that island and nowhere else.
Photo kevin yung / Pexels
SafariMonte Alen
Mainland forest with gorilla, chimpanzee and forest elephant, walked rather than driven.
Photo ali burhan / Pexels
The Bioko Biodiversity Programme
University-run monitoring of the turtle beaches and primates since 1998.
Photo Amy Farías / Pexels
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Culture & heritage
The part of a country you cannot photograph from a vehicle.
Culture
Spanish, Fang and Bubi
The only Spanish-speaking country in Africa, with Fang on the mainland and Bubi on Bioko.
Photo Vika Glitter / Pexels
Traditional PeopleThe Bubi
Bioko's first people, with their own language, and a history separate from the mainland.
Photo Yunus Tuğ / Pexels
Pepe Soup and Malamba
Pepper soup with fish, and malamba — palm wine sweetened with cane.
Photo FOX ^.ᆽ.^= ∫ / Pexels
The Abira
A Bubi purification ceremony, danced with drums and rattles.
Photo Alex Fanaso / Pexels
Carving and Basketry
Fang carving on the mainland, and Bubi basketry and wooden bells on Bioko.
Photo PALLAB HALDER / Pexels
Historic SitesColonial Malabo
Santa Isabel was a Spanish port town, and the cathedral and customs house still stand.
Photo Andres Agredo / Pexels
HeritageNothing Listed Yet
No World Heritage sites, and a colonial architecture that has been very little studied.
Photo Ivett M / Pexels
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Cities & everyday life
Where people actually live between the landmarks.
CitiesMalabo and Bata
The island capital in a drowned crater, and the mainland's largest city on the coast.
Photo K / Pexels
Spanish Colonial
Malabo's cathedral, customs house and shuttered merchant houses, in a Gulf of Guinea version of Spain.
Photo Olo A / Pexels
Local LifeSunday After Mass
Malabo empties into the streets after the cathedral, and stays there.
Photo Elias Alex / Pexels
Beach and Forest
Arena Blanca on Bioko is calm and shaded, and Pico Basile is drivable.
Photo Andrew Schwark / Pexels
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Adventure & outdoors
For travellers who would rather walk it than watch it.
Adventure
Trekking the Caldera
Three days on foot from Ureca to the Gran Caldera, through forest, with no road at all.
Photo Erwan Grey / Pexels
Outdoor ExperiencesWalking Bioko
The south of the island has no roads. Everything there is done on foot.
Photo Alesia Kozik / Pexels
Business Hotels, Mostly
Malabo and Bata have good hotels built for the oil industry, and Bioko's south has none.
Photo Serg Alesenko / Pexels
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Travel inspiration
The frames people come home with.
Photography / Scenic ViewsBlack Sand and Green
Ureca in the rain, which is most of the time — the wettest place in Africa.
Photo Fernando Vega / Pexels
Hidden GemsAnnobon
A volcanic island six hundred kilometres out, with a crater lake and four flights a month.
Photo K / Pexels
Why Visit This Country
Why Equatorial Guinea
Four turtle species on one black beach, under a forest with drills in it.
Why Equatorial Guinea
Four turtle species on one black beach, under a forest with drills in it.
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