Bioko Island Beaches: Volcanic Coasts & Gulf of Guinea
Bioko Island's beaches are among the Gulf of Guinea's most dramatic — volcanic black sand alternating with white sand coves, backed by ancient rainforest, with Mount Cameroon visible across the water
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Arena Blanca Beach
Bioko's best beach south of Malabo — a white sand cove backed by forest, with calm waters in the Gulf of Guinea and almost no tourism development beyond a few weekend visitors from the capital
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Luba Crater Scientific Reserve
The caldera lake at the southern end of Bioko contains some of the rarest animals on earth — the Bioko Allen's bushbaby, the Bioko borer and endemic species found nowhere else
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Punta Europa Cliffs
The northern promontory of Bioko has a dramatic landscape of basalt cliffs — the lighthouse and the view of the Cameroon coast with the Cameroon volcanic cone in clear view
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Cascadas del Moca Waterfalls
A series of waterfalls in the southern highlands plunge into pools in the forest — a half-day hike from Moca reaches three spectacular cascades in primary rainforest
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Bioko fishing grounds
Traditional fishing villages around the island's coast maintain the Bubi people's relationship with the sea — wooden pirogues launched by surf, nets pulled by hand, fish sold on the beach
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Ureca Turtle Beach
The most remote beach on Bioko — accessible only by boat or a 6-hour hike — is one of the most important sea turtle nesting sites in the Gulf of Guinea