Die Insel Principe

Grün, jungfräulich,bergig

Príncipe ist nicht irgendeine Insel, sie hinterlässt einen bleibenden und starken Eindruck und ein schwer zu erklärendes "Gefühl" bei all denen, die dorthin gelangen.

Getting there: Air São Tomé e Príncipe flies three times a week between the main islands. Price for the returen ticket approx. 90 euros.

Ticketkauf nach Principe

Das Ticket kaufen Sie im Buero von STP Airways . Die Kosten liegen bei ca. 200 Euro return.

Der Flug in der kleinen Propellermaschine dauert ca. 30 Minuten

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Karte von Principe

The island is characterized by its gentle relief in the northern half of the island and a mountain range in the southern half composed of several phonolitic peaks with altitudes between 500 and 948 meters where there is a patch of primary rainforest. The difference in geomorphology and terrain between the two sides, results in differentiated bioclimatology, has influence in the distribution of major types of ecosystems of the island, such as lotic systems in the area of the massif and its valleys and lentic systems in the northern plains area.

The biosphere reserve is home to great biodiversity in terrestrial as well as in marine ecosystems, with high rates of endemism in many groups of organisms, especially vascular plants, molluscs, insects, birds, reptiles and bats. It is part of the biodiversity hotspot of tropical forests of West Africa, containing a wide range of plant communities and habitats of high international importance such as primary tropical forests, forest shade, palm trees and lowland riparian habitats.

Considering the importance that this area has for the reproduction of sea turtles, seabirds and cetaceans, as well as coral reefs, on the international scene, it's an area of great interest for the conservation of global biological diversity.

The resident population in the reserve is 6.737 inhabitants, of whom 100% live in the transition zone as all the islets are uninhabited.

The northern half of the island has its land characterized by gentle ups and downs and on the southern half by mountain range composed of several peaks with altitudes between 500 and 1000 meters.

A Ilha do Príncipe, incluindo o mar à sua volta e as Ilhas Tinhosas é, desde 2012, Reserva Mundial da Biosfera da UNESCO; no âmbito do Programa MaB, UNESCO (Man and Biosphere Programme - Programa o Homem e a Biosfera). As Reservas da Biosfera, em termos de zonamento funcional incluem três tipos de áreas, quer marinhas quer terrestres:

 Zonas Núcleo - com vocação essencial para a conservação da natureza e biodiversidade, as quais correspondem geralmente a espaços naturais classificados a nível regional ou nacional;

 Zonas Tampão - áreas de protecção imediata das zonas núcleo e com potencial para o desenvolvimento de actividades de conservação, educação, investigação e turismo entre outras;

 Zonas de Transição - áreas para o estabelecimento de povoamentos humanas e actividades sócio-económicas.