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Gabon UNESCO world heritage sites

Ogoue-Ivindo province [capital = Makokou]

Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape in Mikongo at Lope-Okanda National Park
The property's collection of Neolithic and Iron Age sites, together with the rock art found there, reflects a major migration route of Bantu and other peoples from West Africa along the River Ogooue valley to the north of the dense evergreen Congo forests and to central east and southern Africa, that has shaped the development of the whole of sub-Saharan Africa.

Ogoue-Lolo province [capital = Koulamoutou]

Ivindo National Park in Mikouka
It features rapids and waterfalls bordered by intact rainforest, which make for a landscape of great aesthetic value.