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Equatorial Guinea Essentials
THE BASICS ABBREVIATIONS AND CODES
Currency Central African CFA franc (CFA) AC air conditioning
Rate of Exchange (September 2015) B&B bed and breakfast
US$1 = 586CFA, £1 = 901CFA, €1 = 655.957CFA FB full board
Time GMT +1 hour HB half board
Electricity 220V AC pp per person
International telephone code +240 telephone/mobile/email/fax
Useful telephone numbers
113 police, 114 gendarmeria,
115 fire department
RESTAURANT PRICE CODES
Prices are based on the cost of am ain course per person
$$$$$ expensive ° 30,000CFA+ €45+
$$ss above average 20,000—30,000CFA €30—45
$$$ midrange - 10,000—20,000CFA €15-30
$$ cheap and cheerful 5,000—10,000CFA e015
$ rock bottom: <5,000CFA <€7.50
ACCOMMODATION PRICE CODES
Prices are based on a double room per night, including taxes
$$$$$ luxury 100,000CFA+ €150+
$$$$ upmarket-~* 70,000—100,000CFA €105-150
$$$ \ mid range 40,000—70,000CFA €60-105
$$ jg budget. «. 20,000—40,000CFA €30-60
<20,000CFA <€30
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—-— International boundary Y Bar
Regional boundary be Nightclub/casino
Main road (regional) e Internet
Other road (regional) d Telephone
Airport (internationa!/regional) + Church/cathedral
Bus station/bus stop Cemetery
Taxis/car rental G Mosque
Pirogue ferry A ZOO
Filling station AD Beach
Car park 4 Viewpoint
Embassy/consulate {Waterfall
Cinema a Woodland feature
Historic/important buiding —_ Border crossing
Monument/statue Toll booth
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Bank Historic site
Hospital
A Summit (height in metres)
Pharmacy/clinic Stadium/sporting facility
Hotel/guesthouse, etc Urban park
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Hike through the jungle to
the black volcanic shores of
Bioko Sur, where you will
find a waterfall on the beach
page 145
Go whale-spotting
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Annobén Island
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Watch endangered turtles Punta llende
nesting on the northern Natural Reserve
shores of Rio Muni in the
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Calatrava
hite-sand beach with views
of Gabon on Corisco Island
pages 171-4
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Principe, Bata¢ Corisco Bay area by wandering the
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trails of Monte Alen National Park of destruction around the forests
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The 250m-tall lladyi Cascades,
located only a short trek from
Moka in central Bioko
(CM/A) page 143
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Nesting turtles
The beaches of Equatorial Guinea,
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both on Bioko and mainland Rio
Muni, are important nesting sites
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for rare sea turtles such as this
leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea)
(SS) page 162
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Malabo
Malabo’s waterfront
skyline includes
the Santa Isabel
Cathedral, the
Sofitel hotel, the
presidential palace
and the infamous
Black Beach prison
(IVA) pages 105-36
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Locals await the
return of fishermen
with their daily
catch in San Antonio
de Palé, Annobon
(OS) pages | 75-93
Corisco
The last vestiges of
Spanish colonialism,
here in the form of
a Claretian mission
house, are being
slowly reclaimed
by the jungle on
Corisco island
(OS) pages |7 1-4
The Catholic missionary Iglesia Parochial Maria Reina still
Serves as a spiritual and educational focal point for the
community of Niefang (OS) page |87
La Basilica de la Inmaculada Concepcion in Mongomo is one
above left
of the largest and most highly decorated cathedrals in all of
Africa (OS) page 198
The Iglesia Parroquial Corazon de Maria was renovated in
above
2010, marking a new wave of investment on the isolated
island of Annobon (OS) page 181
below left Overlooking Corisco Bay and neighbouring Gabon, this
church and mission house is one of the few places to stay in
Cogo (OS) page 168
below The Torre de la Libertad dominates Bata’s coastal skyline,
and features a great Italian restaurant with panoramic views
(OS) page 161
above left Pico Quioveo, the extinct
volcanic peak at the centre
of Annobon (Os) page 181
above right Frogs are common on Bioko,
such as this modest forest tree
frog (Leptopelis modestus)
(PM/BBPP) page | |
The unspoilt Arena Blanca
beach, less than an hour south
of Malabo (OS) page 134
below Bioko’ lush rainforests are
teeming with wildlife and are
easily accessible from Malabo
(SS) page 137-45
Football is the national sport of Equatorial
Guinea, with informal games taking place
wherever space will permit (WS/F) page 125
left Most Equatoguineans are subsistence farmers,
growing tropical crops such as this papaya
(GD/F) pages 50-|
below left The shores of the sacred Lago Mazafim on
Annobon are used for subsistence agriculture
(OS) page |80
below Riaba, once a global centre for cocoa exports,
still processes a small harvest every year in
the traditional manner (OS) page 50
