Port-Gentil is on Gabon's Coastal Plain.
Understand
[edit]Port-Gentil is Gabon's workhorse with offshore oil rigs and port activities humming around the city. Interestingly, Port-Gentil has no roadway connections with the rest of Gabon, and sits on a peninsula (island actually, if you consider that it is cut off from the mainland by the delta of the Ogooue River).
Get in
[edit]The connection with the rest of the world is maintained through * 1 Port-Gentil Airport. with transit to Libreville, and marine links, including a ferry service to Lambarene across the Ogooue River.
Get around
[edit]Taxis are available.
See
[edit]- 1 Cathedrale Saint Louis, Rue de Révérend Père Bichet. a fairly majestic tropical cathedral framed by palm trees.
Do
[edit]- 1 Beach Sogara (north of town).
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 Planete Grill, Avenue de la Mosquée, ☏ +241 07570215. 18:30-23:00. Ribs, pizzas, burgers, etc. Loud music at times. Closed on Sundays.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]Because of the oil and gas operations, lodging is kind of expensive here.
- 1 [dead link] Appart Hôtel Isis, ☏ +241 65998932. Big rooms. Large buffet on weekends.