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Port-Gentil is on Gabon's Coastal Plain.

Understand

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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

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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

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Taxis are available.

See

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  • 1 Cathedrale Saint Louis, Rue de Révérend Père Bichet. a fairly majestic tropical cathedral framed by palm trees.

Do

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  • 1 Beach Sogara (north of town).

Buy

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Eat

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  • 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

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  • 1 La Case. a good place for a drink on the beach

Sleep

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Because of the oil and gas operations, lodging is kind of expensive here.

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