Arrive at Bangui M’Poko International Airport, where you will be assisted through the arrival process, baggage collection, and then on to your charter flight to Bayanga.

On arrival in Bayanga, you will be met at the landing strip by a friendly team, who will transfer you by car to the Sangha Lodge (20-30-minute drive).

Afternoon visit to the only habituated black-bellied pangolin in the world, followed by a short afternoon sundowner cruiser on the Sangha River.

 

 

Overnight Sangha Lodge

9 Nights

Today you head down to Bai Hokou where you will spend time tracking a group of Western Lowland Gorillas. Trekking time can take up to 1 to 2 hours.

 

Visit to Dzanga Bai, which is a large mineral rich clearing in the middle of the rainforest where forest elephants gather in large numbers to indulge in drinking the mineral rich waters that bubble up in places within this Bai.

 

Head out with a group of Ba’aka net hunters as they go about their daily hunter-gatherer lifestyle.

 

AM: River activities and trekking. Heading upriver by boat you will hike to a series of waterfalls in the area. These will take you through the best examples of prime rainforest. PM: In the evening you may do a night walk near the lodge with the hope of finding some of the more elusive nocturnal animals such as Potto, Thomas’s Galago, Tree Pangolin, African Palm Civet, Frazer’s Eagle Owl, Vermiculated Fishing Owl and several more.

 

Head back into the park with picnic lunches and do a walk around a series of clearings in the forest. You will also visit a group of habituated monkeys called Agile Mangabey and can spend some time photographing their intriguing antics.

 

You may wish to repeat one of the activities done earlier at Sangha Lodge, such as gorilla tracking or visits to the Dzanga-Bai,Birding, Butterfly Watching or alternatively just relaxing or walking on the several hikes you have laid out in the forest around the lodge.

 

Transfer back to Bayanga airstrip (20-30min drive) and take a shared charter flight back to Bangui M’Poko International Airport. Connect with your international flight home/ next destination.

End of your travels.