I recently dragged Bertrand and the kids up Pico Basilé, the imposing volcano that sits behind Malabo. As the volcano hasn’t erupted since 1932, we surmised that it would be utterly safe to visit the national park on top of the mountain.

On our way up the winding and narrow road, we stopped at a beautiful church and took photos.

After visiting the outside of the church, we continued to the very highest point on the peak, where we stopped to admire the plethora of communications equipment (no photos because the military guys asked us to put our cameras away), then continued on to see the crater left by the 1932 eruption.