Tourists head to Gabon seeking psychedelic enlightenment through 'iboga'

Some in Gabon believe the bitter iboga root comes from the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden – others deem it a dangerous drug. Whatever it is, it’s attracting tourists in search of enlightenment.

A growing number of Westerners are travelling to the central African country to sample it themselves as part of an ancestral rite called Bwiti, one of Gabon’s official religions.