Bangui, Bayanga, Lobeke, Douala & Kirbi

Day notes

Today you visit Dzangha Bai: Here you make your way to the Dzangha Bai. A Bai is a natural forest clearing where a variety of forest animals come in to feed on the mineral-rich soil. You observe the wildlife from a tree line hide.

Here you can expect to see forest elephants (an average of 40 – 120 turn up throughout the day in the Bai!), bongos (the largest and heaviest of the antelopes), sitatunga (swamp dwelling antelopes), red river hogs and myriad bird species.

This is a true wildlife experience, giving you a chance to see some truly rare creatures in the midst of the second largest rainforest in the world. Your overnight arrangements will be at the Sangha Lodge on a full board basis.

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After breakfast you head to Bai Hokou: You make your way to Bai Hokou Research Camp, from where you will be tracking the only habituated lowland gorillas. Rangers will locate their sleeping points from the evening before, where you then head out off in search of them.

This is currently the largest number of lowland habituated gorillas, making this a real privilege as very few people have had the opportunity the track these lowland gorillas. Your overnight arrangements will be at the Sangha Lodge on a full board basis.

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You enjoy activities with the Ba’Aka today. A chance to mingle with the local pygmy tribe and to take part in some traditional net hunting within the forest. This is a very unique experience as you are taught the intricacies of living in the forest, with the opportunity to learn about the medicinal plants that they gather and what they’re used for.

Your overnight arrangements will be at the Sangha Lodge on a full board basis.

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Today is scheduled as a free day for you to spend as you wish. Many like to enjoy a second gorilla trek or another visit to the Dzanga Bai for photographs. Both can be paid in advance or locally. Overnight, you’ll be staying at the Sangha Lodge on a full board basis.

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The next two days are spent in the in the Lobeke National Park, a true untouched wilderness. You set out each morning early to track the animals on foot through the rainforest. Often tracking them by the footprints and droppings they’ve left behind and any nests they’d used the previous night for sleeping. Some portions of the day, you can head to the platforms, high in the trees overlooking the mineral rich soil deposits that draw the animals in, silently watching them from above as they go about their natural daily routines.

Overnight, you’ll be staying at Camp Djembe on a full board basis.

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Today is a full day spent with the Ba’Aka. Heading out with the Ba’Aka of the South East, you enjoy a full day of fishing, hunting and seeing the methods of farming that the Ba’Aka employ. Your entire day is spent watching, participating and enjoying this unique life style of these very special people. In the evening, the Ba’Aka will show you their traditional dances and songs, before you return to the Camp Combo Mambele for your overnight arrangements on a full board basis.

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You have these days at your leisure to relax and unwind on the beaches of Kribi after your time spent on adventure in the Congo Basis. Whilst at the Hotel Ilomba, you can head to the Lope Waterfalls, or any of the neighbouring villages. Overnight, you’ll be staying at the Hotel Ilomba on a room & breakfast basis.