Annobon- Travel Tips
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Natural Scenery
Equatorial Guinea
5 Reviews
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Suggested Duration: 6 hours
Annobón, the smallest province of Equatorial Guinea, consists of the island of Annobón and its surrounding islets in the Gulf of Guinea. Located about 350 km west of Cape Lopez, Gabon, Annobón is an extinct volcano, with its highest peak reaching 598 meters. The island is characterized by lush valleys, steep mountains, and dense forests, making it biologically diverse. Annobón is home to a range of endemic species, including the Annobón white-eye and the Annobón paradise flycatcher, and is recognized as an Important Bird Area. The island's economy relies on fishing and forestry, with a small population of around 5,300. Annobón's rich history includes colonization by the Portuguese in the 15th century, later passing to Spain in the 18th century. The island's capital is San Antonio de Palé, and while it is isolated with infrequent shipping routes, it offers a unique cultural and ecological experience for visitors.

Reviews of Annobón

  • reviews-avatar Hamza Stouta
    5
    Reviewed: 2024-08-12

    Very beautiful city

  • reviews-avatar Mario Teruel pueyo
    2
    Reviewed: 2023-10-27

    Very good, when it comes to publishing things from my land

  • reviews-avatar Crispin Ramirez Dueso
    3
    Reviewed: 2023-10-20

    Es FOUR LOVE 🥰

  • reviews-avatar Juan Zuñiga
    3
    Reviewed: 2022-04-12

    Throughout the 15th century, the African continent had been explored for the most part by the Portuguese, reaching the mouth of the Congo and the Cape of Storms, now known as Cape of Good Hope. One of the expedition members was Fernando Poo, who would conquer an island that he gave his name (the current Bioko) and another that he named Annobón. The first Europeans to reach the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe were the Portuguese navigators João de Santarém and Pedro Escobar between 1469 and 1472 together with Annobón. For more than a century the Portuguese controlled that distant part of the world until October 1, 1777, when the island ceased to belong to Portugal after the signing of the Treaty of San Ildefonso, an agreement between Spain and the Portuguese country in which They established the borders between both countries in South America. Thus, the Portuguese ceded Colonia del Sacramento and San Gabriel Island (south of present-day Uruguay) to Spain, plus the islands of Annobón and Fernando Poo in the waters of Guinea, in exchange for the Spanish withdrawal from the island of Santa Catalina. on the southern coast of Brazil.

  • reviews-avatar Eugene Ross
    1
    Reviewed: 2020-02-13

    This place was not good. No good food.

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