Acalayong (ak-KAI-a-long) is a town on the

Muni Estuary The Muni (French: ''Rivière Muni'', Spanish: ''Río Muni'') is an estuary of several rivers of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.''A directory of African wetlands'' By R. H. Hughes, J. S. Hughes, p. 501 (on Google Books Part of its length forms part o ...

in Litoral Province,

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. It has an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name refers to its location both near the Equ ...

, 80 km SSW from Bata. It is a border crossing town, the only one other than Kogo from which passengers traveling to Gabon from Bata and the other cities, especially those from the

Littoral The littoral zone, also called litoral or nearshore, is the part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore. In coastal ecology, the littoral zone includes the intertidal zone extending from the high water mark (which is rarely i ...

province of Equatorial Guinea sail to Cocobeach,

Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...

. Acalayong is not a significant tourist destination. The most popular method of crossing the estuary is by

pirogue A pirogue ( or ), also called a piragua or piraga, is any of various small boats, particularly dugouts and canoes. The word is French and is derived from Spanish ''piragua'' , which comes from the Carib '. Description The term 'pirogue' ...

s (dugout canoes), which can take passengers across the estuary to Gabon. It is about 15 minutes away from Cogo by pirogue.

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Populated places in Litoral (Equatorial Guinea) {{EquatorialGuinea-geo-stub