Room Types
Guestrooms. The rooms all in wood and mosquito net and view of the PGOOUE river. Some rooms have air conditioning and others have just fans.
Albert Schweitzer, a respected doctor and theologian, left his career in 1913 to found a charming and authentic hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon, now offering visitors a unique homestay experience with its wooden, stilted rooms overlooking the Ogooué River.
Lambarene Gabon
Albert Schweitzer Museum is dedicated to the life and work of Albert Schweitzer, the famous humanitarian, philosopher and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and offers accommodation for visitors.
The museum showcases Schweitzer's contributions to medicine, music, philosophy, as well as his efforts to promote peace and understanding between different cultures. It also preserves his former home and hospital, where he provided medical care to the local community for more than 50 years. The museum offers visitors a glimpse into Schweitzer's remarkable legacy and the impact he had on the world.
Lambaréné is well known for its fishing activity, during your stay in this historic town, take the opportunity to visit these artisanal fishermen engaged in this activity, and get some good fresh or dried fish at affordable costs. From Lambaréné, you can reach Gabon in depth for those who wish to tour Gabon by car, you will discover amazing villages and welcoming local communities, particularly Pygmy communities and their knowledge of traditional plant-based medicine.
Albert Schweitzer Museum is dedicated to the life and work of Albert Schweitzer, the famous humanitarian, philosopher and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and offers accommodation for visitors.
The museum showcases Schweitzer's contributions to medicine, music, philosophy, as well as his efforts to promote peace and understanding between different cultures. It also preserves his former home and hospital, where he provided medical care to the local community for more than 50 years. The museum offers visitors a glimpse into Schweitzer's remarkable legacy and the impact he had on the world.
Lambaréné is well known for its fishing activity, during your stay in this historic town, take the opportunity to visit these artisanal fishermen engaged in this activity, and get some good fresh or dried fish at affordable costs. From Lambaréné, you can reach Gabon in depth for those who wish to tour Gabon by car, you will discover amazing villages and welcoming local communities, particularly Pygmy communities and their knowledge of traditional plant-based medicine.
Guestrooms. The rooms all in wood and mosquito net and view of the PGOOUE river. Some rooms have air conditioning and others have just fans.
Meals are served in the old refectory which is a friendly and historic place.
Children Activities (Kid / Family Friendly)
Running water
️ Electricity
No internet
Meals are served in the old refectory which is a friendly and historic place.
Children Activities (Kid / Family Friendly)
Running water
️ Electricity
No internet
Arrive at Libreville Airport
Rent a 4x4 type vehicle or take a public bus transport for a journey of 158 km (4 hours) to the town of Lambaréné where Albert Schweitzer Homestay is based.
Tsam Tsam village:
During your stay in Albert Schweitzer homestay and your experience in the town of Lambaréné, you may take a 2 hours boat to reached Tsam Tsam village where you will have the opportunity to spend 3 days/2 nights experiencing the local culture, seeing wildlife and supporting sustainable agriculture and fishing projects implemented by local communities through OELO.
️Mission SINDARA:
Created in 1971, and located between Lambaréné and Fagoumou, precisely at 1h40 minutes from Lambaréné, SINDARA MISSION is a former slave market. The central building with arcades, characteristic of Spanish architecture, will be built in the middle of the 20th century. It was abandoned towards the end of the 1970s, for 20 years, before being re-inverted at the beginning of 2000, by volunteers. Today, the SINDARA mission houses a college with a boarding school for boys.
Tsam Tsam village:
During your stay in Albert Schweitzer homestay and your experience in the town of Lambaréné, you may take a 2 hours boat to reached Tsam Tsam village where you will have the opportunity to spend 3 days/2 nights experiencing the local culture, seeing wildlife and supporting sustainable agriculture and fishing projects implemented by local communities through OELO.
️Mission SINDARA:
Created in 1971, and located between Lambaréné and Fagoumou, precisely at 1h40 minutes from Lambaréné, SINDARA MISSION is a former slave market. The central building with arcades, characteristic of Spanish architecture, will be built in the middle of the 20th century. It was abandoned towards the end of the 1970s, for 20 years, before being re-inverted at the beginning of 2000, by volunteers. Today, the SINDARA mission houses a college with a boarding school for boys.
Community Activities:
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