Visa available at the Gabon border?
 

Does anyone knows if its possible to buy a visa for Gabon on the border comming from Cameroon, Ebolowa, going to Gabon Oyem?
We heard a lot of contradictory things about it. Anyone who wnt there recently and got one?
Thanks a lot!
Anne and Reinier

I know you are going to hate this response, because it's going to be a yes and no response :).

I was there early this year.

I had gotten my visa in Yaounde in Cameroun. But because there was an english couple traveling about a month or so behind us, we asked at the border if it would have been possible to get a visa directly at the borderpost. The answer was; yes, we could have. The french language barrier was (and still is) a problem for me, so I could have misunderstood the answer or he could have misunderstood the question. And to be honest, the "yes" answer seemed more like "yes yes...now get out of my border post so I can get back to my lunch" more than "yes, that would definately have been possible sir. We look forward to welcoming your friends".

I just thought I'd respond to your question since no one else had. If I had to wager money on it, I'd say; get your visa in Yaounde. Unless as you say, you hear from someone who has actually gotten one at the border.

Good luck

Torsten

Yes and no
 

I border-crashed Cameroon coming from the south on my motorcycle and bought my Cameroon visa at the border - there was a price list posted, and I am pretty sure crossing from Cong into Gabon at Leconi/Lekety there was a price list as well (though I already had my visa so didnt pay too much attention).

I didn't see anything on the Gabon side going north. It was a surprisingly hassle-free crossing on both sides - probably the first hassle-free border going north since SA/Namibia (thought Angola/DRC was relatively easy).