Ecotourism in gabon (Lopé, loango ...), Congo, São-Tomé and South Africa and Namibia, Mistral-Voyages, Libreville, Gabon

300 km from the Gabonese coast , we can see the archipelago of São Tomé and Principe with its volcanic summits in a paradisiac environment. They have kept from their past as a Portuguese colony, the magnificent architecture, lifestyle and language. In the four corners of the island, we are astonished at the plantations (called ‘roças’) and their buildings that are often monumental.
In the middle of the rainforest, amateur botanists can find exotic plants and flowers such as orchids, giant begonias or tree ferns. As for amateur rare bird-watchers, the islands will reveal 143 species, 26 of which are endemic.

Sunset on the Praia Jalé Beach

Fishermen

The turtles come to lay their eggs from November to February, and the whales and dolphins play in the coastal waters between July and September. In both São Tomé and Principe you can do big game fishing and deep-sea diving with or without oxygen bottles. Marlin and sailfish are the best known of the big fish in the archipelago, but underwater sea life is extremely rich for either fishing or observation. These islands still almost unknown, have very few visitors, and they have kept their natural freshness and authenticity. The friendly welcome of the São Tomé people, the beauty of the scenery and the originality of this unique place, leaves visitors with an unforgettable memory.

Hotels
Hotels in São Tomé are very nice and offer a rather broad choice.

Santana Club
One half hour from the city centre, around twenty air-conditioned bungalows are spread out in very beautiful gardens, overlooking the beach and small Santana island. The food is very good.

Miramar
In the centre of the city, near the presidential palace and on the beach, you have the Miramar with its gardens and beautiful swimming pool, 50 comfortable air-conditioned rooms, restaurant and bar.

Mouth of the Devil

Rolas Island

Marlin Beach Hotel : Between the airport and the city centre, on the Praia Lagarto Beach, you have gardens, a swimming pool, tennis, restaurant and bar, and 30 air-conditioned rooms.

Provence Hotel : Near the airport, you have 10 comfortable air-conditioned rooms, a swimming pool and a bar and restaurant with French specialties.

Rolas Island Resort : In the South of São Tomé, on the Das Rolas Island right on the Equator, you have a vacation village with deep-sea diving and fishing.

Beautiful and comfortable bungalows on the beach, with an immense swimming pool with ocean water, a bar and restaurant.

Bom Bom Island Resort
In Principe, this luxury hotel is made up of 25 high standard bungalows on the edge of two magnificent beaches, and opposite the Bom Bom Island on which you have the restaurant, club house, bar and equipment for big game fishing and deep-sea diving.

Phenicia
In the centre of the city, you have 25 air-conditioned rooms and a restaurant.

Bom Bom Island Resort

Rolas Island Resort

Activities

As options but with obligatory reservations in advance, visitors can choose from the following:
Organised excursions in a car with a driver / guide:
-visit of the city of Sao Tomé:
-Excursion to the north of the island: Agostinho Neto and Monte Café Roça (plantations), São Nicolão Waterfall, the blue lagoon and Neves;
-Excursion to the south of the island: Santana, Agua Izé ‘Roça’ and the Mouth of the Devil (Boca do Inferno), São João de Angolares:

-Porto Alegre and the Island of Rolas: discover the wild beauties of the far south;
-Egg-laying of the turtles (in season);
-Trekking in the National Obo Park: in collaboration with Ecofac starting at Bom
Sucesso, a visit of the botanical gardens with its hundreds of orchids, a walk on the volcanic summit with its surprising and lush vegetation up to the mouth of the extinct volcano, and in the crater you have the famous Amelia Lagoon – an ecological treasure.
You then continue on to the Bom Baim ‘roça’, where you have the option to spend the night and continue on the next day to São João de Angolares;

Agostinho Neto Plantation

2-story House

-Big game fishing and boating excursions;
- Car rental.

Stay in São Tomé
There are flights to São Tomé from Libreville 4 times per week: Friday, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. Three flights per week are also scheduled from Lisbon. There is a whole range of pricing available including the plane fare, transportation to and from the hotel, room and breakfast.

This tourist site is included in the following tours:
[ Ornithology tour |São-Tomé: the forgotten Island ]