Expedition to Central African Republic: Dzanga Ndoki National Park

  • Süre: 11 Days (approx.)
  • Ürün kodu: dzangandoki

Expedition to Central African Republic: Dzanga Ndoki National Park

Itinerary:

Day 1: Welcome to Yaounde.

As you arrive in Yaounde today, you will be met and greeted at the airport by your guide and then be transferred to your hotel. Dinner and overnight.  

Day 2: Yaoundé-Doume – Batouri

This morning after breakfast, you will depart Yaounde and drive about 300 miles (with 100 miles of dirt road) to Batouri. Here you will have the chance to experience some great views along the way including incredible landscapes, historic sites, and local markets. Dinner and overnight in a small motel.  

Day 3: Batouri – Yokadouma- Libongo

Today we will continue with some more driving. We will drive about 300 miles of dirt road to Libongo. Dinner and overnight in a small motel.

Day 4: Libongo- Bayanga

After breakfast this morning,  we will complete the necessary formalities with police authorities and then depart by a motorized canoe to Bayanga. Once we arrive here, we transfer to Doli lodge and relax for the afternoon.  Dinner and overnight.

Day 5: Dzanga Ndoki National Park: Doki bai

This morning you will be picked up for a drive into the rainforest where you can then take a leisurely hike along elephant paths to Dzanga Bai, frequented by large numbers of forest elephants. Today you can spend the day observing these and other species before returning to the lodge, dinner, and overnight in Doli Lodge.

Day 6: Dzanga Ndoki National Park: Pygmies

After breakfast, your day will begin with a visit to the Ba’aka villages, where the local pygmies will accompany you on a trek into the rainforest. Once in the rainforest, you will have the incredible experience of participating in a traditional Ba’Aka hunt, and spending time with the original inhabitants of the rainforest, return for dinner and overnight in the Doli Lodge.

Day 7: Dzanga Ndoki National Park: bai Hokou

Early this morning you will depart for Bai Hoku research camp. Upon arrival, you will depart with the tracking team and start your hike in search of western lowland gorillas. You will also have the chance to track mangabeys, and with luck will also see some of the other species that inhabit the forest. Return to Doli lodge, dinner, and overnight.

Day 8: Bayanga- Libongo

After breakfast, today, enjoy the surroundings of Doli lodge for the last time before departing by a motorized canoe to Libongo in the sangha river. Once here you will check-in to a small motel and enjoy free relaxation in the afternoon. Overnight.

Day 9: Libongo – Yokadouma- Batouri

After breakfast, we will make our way back toward Batouri. Today will include a drive of about 200 miles to Batouri. Dinner and overnight.

Day 10: Batouri- Yaoundé

Drive from Batouri to Yaoundé. Dinner and overnight.

Day 11: City Tour - Airport Transfer


Today depends on the time of your international flight out of Yaounde. If there is time, you can explore the city of Yaounde with a small tour. You can have the opportunity to explore the handicraft center and perhaps pick up a few souvenirs. You will then transfer to the airport for your international departing flight.  


This price includes:

  • Accommodation in double room, 2 stars hotel in Yaoundé, Doli lodge or similar in CAR, and small motels in other cities.

  • Meals as mentioned in the itinerary

  • Entrance Fees and all visits listed in the itinerary

  • Professional tour guide(s)

  • Transportation in a 4 WD vehicle, canoe, fuel, and a driver

  • All activities mentioned in the program

The price excludes:

  • Travel insurance
  • Gratuities
  • Personal items such as souvenirs, sunscreen, insect repellent etc
  • Visas


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“Hey Chris and company,This correspondence is long overdue but I wanted to write a review of my trip to Cameroon. It can be described in three words: educational, incomplete, and life-changing. It was nice as a teacher to become a student in an environment that I was totally unfamiliar with. My friends and family were surprised and concerned that I would take a solo trip to what is considered volatile and dangerous. I appreciate you addressing all concerns, while selling the trip without being a salesperson. Daniel Mbevo is by far the best tour guide I’ve ever had and I consider him as a lifelong friend. From the moment we introduced, he answered every question I posed with care, thoroughness, seriousness of purpose, and in griot-like fashion. I still can still remember the colorful history of the founding of Yaoundé as a result of a man’s love for a woman after the original capital would be moved due to earthquakes. He expanded and enhanced the little history that I that realized I knew given that I studied African History in college. This learning has now been transferred to my middle school students and has not stopped as I am able to share lessons in History, Science, Geography, Politics, and Conflict Resolution. There was even an intrapersonal lesson that I learned from Daniel that one must contact and treat a friend without looking for something in return; the seed is planted when you really need help. (Not often happens in the society that I live in). There were many experiences that were not on the itinerary that turned out to be memorable and good for storytelling at home that showcase patience, perseverance, and living outside of one’s comfort zone. The other reason is that Daniel genuinely was apologetic for what I missed due to his vehicle. And finally, this trip changed my life relative to how our work, use my resources, and respond to difficulties. When I stepped foot on the continent in Morocco, I asked someone to give me advice on my first trip to Africa and I was told “Be patient!” Contrary to my American culture of “your way, right away”, the patience that I heeded has allowed me to keep an open mind while allowing the culture, the people, the forest, and experience enhance my personal life. From taking a bath in a cold river to trying to explain why I don’t have my yellow card to French-speaking military so I won’t be detained to helping a bush taxi driver fix an alternator on a road in the rain forest were not expected but has positively made in indelible impression on how I address challenges back home. The few challenges in Cameroon have allowed me to complain less and be content in whatever situation life deals me. Initially, I was interested in Brazil for next summer; however, several factors pulled me to return to Cameroon: the friendly people, the food, the fauna in a new deeper location (a day’s hike) in Lobeke, the museum visit that I just missed, the African Cup, and the opportunity to teach English in Daniel’s hometown. With these opportunities, I am considering to stay for at least 2 months in the Summer of 2019. I am assisting Daniel in the creation of brochures that can be dispersed in America and other places advertised. I believe a second trip would bode well in the promotion and awareness of Cameroon as a new destination for Americans. Happy Thanksgiving,”

- Alton J. Willis, US High School Teacher, Cameroon Tristate Forest Expedition

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