Comfortable travel in Gabon is limited to Libreville and a handful of other places. You could spend US$300 a day or more if you tried, but the top-end hotels and restaurants in Libreville are notoriously overpriced, so you'd hardly get your money's worth. Moderate travel will run closer to US$50-100 a day, though you can get by for less if you pick your accommodation with care, do some self-catering and don't crisscross the country in a 1st-class cabin. Budget travellers can squeak by for well under US$50 a day if they stick to cheap resthouses and restaurants.

The commissions for changing travellers cheques at banks in Gabon can be punitive - make inquiries before you change. Cash has the edge. There are banks in the largest towns, but many of them refuse to change money or travellers' cheques other than those denominated in euros or CFA francs.

Expect to tip between 10% and 15% unless the service charge has already been added to your bill.

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