The surfEXPLORE Podcast, Episode 5 GABON

The source recounts the journey of the surfEXPLORE Group to Gabon, Central Africa, with the primary objective of surfing the rarely visited point breaks in the far south at Mayumba. Due to the challenging logistics—including a car crash sidelining their initial contact, the need for a long drive through the vast equatorial forest, and the necessity of navigating the French-speaking region known as “Françafrique”—the group hired a long-distance taxi, or taxi-brousse, driven by Auguste. After days of travel, enduring encounters like the smell of bushmeat being prepared, they reached Mayumba during the optimal winter swell season and successfully surfed pristine, remote waves, even overcoming bureaucratic hurdles and high fees to access Mayumba National Park. The trip concluded with a memorable return