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Required travel documents for Equatorial Guinea

Required travel documents for Equatorial Guinea: passport [...]

Electric power

Electric power: 220V / 50 Hz [...]

Area code to Equatorial Guinea

Area code to Equatorial Guinea: +240 [...]

Getting Around

The country's national airline schedules six flights a week from Malabo to Bata. On Bioko there are good bush taxi connections around the island, while in Rio Muni about three minibuses a day run each way along the coast road between Bata a [...]

Getting There

Most arrive at Rio Muni by minibus from either Cameroon or Gabon. If you're then heading to Bioko, you can either fly or catch the ferry. Arranging to put your own car on the ferry may be the thing that finally breaks you on your African jaunt - you'd be [...]

Transportation

Railways: total: 0 km Highways: total: 2,880 km paved: 0 km unpaved: 2,880 km (1996 est.) Ports and harbors: Bata, Luba, Malabo Merchant marine: total: 11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 25,907 GRT/26,812 DWT ships by type: cargo 8, pass [...]

Communications

Telephones - main lines in use: 3,000 (1995) Telephones - mobile cellular: 0 (1995) Telephone system: poor system with adequate government services domestic: NA international: international communications from Bata and Malabo to African and Europe [...]

History

The first inhabitants of the region that is now Equatorial Guinea are believed to have been Pygmies, of whom only isolated pockets remain in northern Rio Muni. Bantu migrations between the 17th and 19th centuries brought the coastal tribes and later the F [...]

Mbini

Although only 50km (32mi) south of Bata, the trip to Mbini involves a minibus and a ferry, and can take some time. The ferry, which runs hourly, carries only four vehicles, so expect a wait. Mbini is a pleasant town at the mouth of the Rio Ben [...]

Islas Elobey

Two islands - Grande and Chico - near the southern border with Gabon make fascinating destinations. The few people who live on Elobey Grande are very friendly and if you're lucky you might be invited to stay for the night. Elobey Chico, on the [...]