Sette Cama Eco Camp
Loango National Park, Gabon
Sette Cama Eco Camp lies in a coastal forest clearing at the southern reaches of Loango National Park, Gabon. A short track from camp leads to Sette Cama’s remote, uninhabited coastline where forest elephants and sitatunga roam the beach.
A living window into tropical Africa’s wild past
Where rainforest, lagoon and coastline are home to more forest elephants, great apes, hippos and sea turtles than humans.
The wild: un-rehearsed
Track un-habituated great apes on foot under the dense forest canopy, together with other primates, mammals and birdlife.
Learn to speak rainforest
Interpret calls of wild chimpanzees, decipher wildlife tracks and discover the cultural and medicinal uses of flora for humans and wildlife alike.
A living window into tropical Africa’s wild past
The wild: un-rehearsed
Learn to speak rainforest
Explore Our Camp
Your Stay in the Wild
Experience
Rooms
Camp
Our Location
Camp Information
Category
Machaba Wild Camp
Camp Size
4x Meru double/twin tents
1x Guide tent
(max 8 people)
Concession Type
National Park
Region
Sette Cama, Southern Loango National Park
Ages
12 years and older
Getting There & Away
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Everything you need, nothing you don't
What does this mean?
We don't distract you from the wild - we connect you to it. Sette Cama is built under canvas so the wilderness is only one degree of separation away. We give you all the creature comforts required to brave the tropics in which we're located : air-conditioning, comfy beds, en-suite bathrooms with double vanities and private decks to retreat to. Join us in our main area and find a communal bar, dining area and reading nook that encourage quiet conversation.
Need to Know
- Camp runs on a generator for 24/7 power
- Wi-Fi is available in our main area, and cell service is present - yet intermittent
- Small and intimate - the perfect base for immersive explorations in the wild
- Book camp privately for the ultimate wild foray with family and friends
Your Home in the Wild
Meru Tents on Decks
Private decks in front of your room provide seating to tuck yourself away during siesta.
En-suite and Airconditioned
Rooms can be configured as twin or double, with plenty of space for one or two sharing. Rooms feature universal plug points, dressers and en-suite bathroom with double vanity, toilet and shower.
Surrounded by Coastal Forest
Enjoy the privacy of your own tent, or take a short track down to the beach in one direction, or towards the banks of the Ndogo Lagoon in the other.Sette Cama Eco Camp Experiences
Sette Cama Eco Camp isn’t built around the rhythm of a ’typical’ week. Out here, the pace is set by nature itself - shaping what you’ll do and when. Explorations adapt to environmental shifts and how your guide sees this changing the routine of wildlife, along with the clues left behind by them to follow. Together with your guide, you’ll read the tracks, the sounds and the silences - and follow them deeper into Loango’s wilderness.
Learn to speak rainforest while tracking un-habituated western lowland gorillas, chimpanzees, red river hogs, rare duikers and other primates.
Embark on a Point Milongo overnight to look for surfing hippos at dawn, hiking deeper into the park for an immersive forest experience.
Explore Ndogo Lagoon’s 50,000 hectares of mangroves, islands, and birdlife by boat.
Meet the night time residents of Sette Cama, from water chevrotain to Pel’s fishing owls and dwarf crocodiles.
Discover the calls of the rainforest from the water, whether distant primates or resident birdlife.
Uncover the secrets of Gabon’s rainforest through camera-trapping and contribute to scientific efforts to document Sette Cama’s biodiversity and wildlife.
Spot forest elephants, forest buffaloes & red river hogs on the coastline while searching out surfing hippos and sea turtles in the shallows.
Over 395 recorded species, including specials such as Vermiculated fishing owl, white-crested tiger heron, Loango weaver, rosy bee eater & African river martin.
Scout for nesting activity along the shoreline, assist with nest relocation and monitor hatchlings at our sea turtle nursery.
Learn about Gabon’s rich plant life and human history.
The Machaba Wild Experience
A little more effort, a lot more reward. Why going wild is different to our classic camps.
Physically active days involving self-powered exploration
Wilderness immersion moments: from rainforest siestas to back-to-basics fly camping
Grassroots conservation, including wildlife monitoring and habituation projects
Engage more than just your eyes, and learn to read the wild with all your senses
Testimonials
Conservation Through Tourism
Great Ape Tracking
Every rainforest walk is a collaborative effort with great ape researchers in Gabon. Through slow, low-impact encounters, we gently build trust with western lowland gorillas and central chimpanzees, revealing insights into their movements, social bonds and seasonal routines within the Sette Cama ecosystem.
Wildlife Monitoring
Every guest adds vital observations to our conservation work. Together with our guides, you'll read tracks and signs, helping us build long-term data. You’ll assist with camera traps and downloads, revealing the secret lives of species that slip past us, or move in the small hours while we sleep.
Sea Turtle Nursery (Seasonal)
Gabon’s remote coastline hosts the world’s largest nesting population of leatherback turtles, and the Atlantic’s most important Olive Ridley rookery, together with green and hawksbill turtle populations. During nesting season, guests join conservation patrols, helping relocate vulnerable clutches to our turtle nursery and boosting hatchling survival.
Community Partnerships
At Sette Cama, sustainable tourism creates local employment, easing reliance on illegal extraction practices, commercial fishing and subsistence poaching, while improving access for people and supplies. Your guide will speak English, though your tracker won’t always. As skilled interpreters of the rainforest, they'll often communicate using gestures, tracks and calls – which in the quiet of the forest proves more useful than words.
Low-Impact Explorations
We protect Gabon’s rainforest by leaving it untouched. Every exploration follows wildlife-made paths, and our coastal campouts are light, self-sufficient, and deeply immersive. Experience true wilderness while knowing your presence leaves no trace—just awe, experience, and a lasting commitment to safeguarding this wild environment.
Conservation Levy & ANPN Support
Every night of your stay contributes to our community and conservation levy which is used to fund efforts to sustain livelihoods for the communities we work with, and support wildlife and wilderness conservation projects long after your stay.
The collection of park entry fees and taxes provides revenue for ANPN (Gabon’s Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux). Combined with a transparent, collaborative partnership and logistical support from Sette Cama Eco Camp, this revenue strengthens ANPN’s capacity to manage and protect the park.
Let our experts help you plan your safari experience.
Camp Layout
Tailored Itineraries
Inspired by our knowledge and first-hand experience of Gabon, we have crafted a series of itineraries to provide textured and authentic African safaris.
Sette Cama Exploration
Gabon
Loango National Park
Experience an immersive week amongst the wildest, most remote rainforest of tropical Africa.
At Sette Cama Eco Camp, you’ll embark on rainforest trails searching for forest duikers, red river hogs, and primates, as well as tracks and signs of great apes.
Explore the waterways of Ndogo Lagoon by boat and kayak for a chance to find forest elephants, sitatunga and over 395 recorded species of birds.
A coastal camp out to witness the remarkable surfing hippos of Loango National Park is a true highlight.
- 8 Nights
North & South Loango
Gabon
Loango National Park
Combine the north & south of Loango National Park with this truly immersive wilderness exploration.
Begin at Sette Cama Eco Camp for a truly wild discovery of untouched rainforest, coastline and lagoon during days of self-powered exploration.
The physically intensive nature of exploring Sette Cama prepares you for your journey to northern Loango as you embark on a full-day hiking and boating adventure north.
Your next few days at Loango Savannah Camp provide a contrast to Sette Cama with open coastal savannah, and a chance to see habituated western lowland gorillas together with great ape researchers.
- 11 Nights
Sette Cama Exploration
North & South Loango