Forest elephants usually gather at Lango Bai after dark, drinking and salt mining. Their regular screams sound like the dinosaurs roaring in Jurassic Park. Photo taken with thermal camera.Forest elephants at Lango Bai, after dark. Forest elephants at Lango Bai, after dark.Morning at Lango BaiView from Room 3 at Lango CampBuffalo at Lango BaiView over Lango Bai from the camp.Navigating on foot through a herd of forest buffalo en-route to Lango camp. This was one of the more nerve-racking experiences I have had.Part of the herd of forest buffalo we had to walk through.Kayaking to Lango Camp on a tributary to the Congo River.
Kura, blackback western lowland gorilla (Ngaga)Gorillas from Jupiter’s family, near Ngaga. Neptuno, one of silverbacks. This is a video still -frame. Video coming soon.Western lowland gorilla and baby near Ngaga Camp.Western lowland gorilla near NgagaWestern lowland gorilla near Ngaga.Putty-nosed monkey jumps onto our roomView from the deck of room 3.View from room 3, Ngaga CampInside our room, Ngaga Camp.Our room at Ngaga Camp Mbomo village, between Odzala-Kokoua NP and the concession where Ngaga Camp is located.Arrival at Mboko Airstrip in Odzala-Kokoua National Park.On board the charter aircraft during the 1h 40m flight from Brazzaville to Mboko Airstrip.At Brazzaville Maya-Maya Intl. Airport boarding a charter flight to Odzala-Kokoua National Park. The Aircraft is a Let-410 Turbolet in dedicated CCC livery, operated by Air Tec Global.
Lasting exactly 10 minutes, ASKY Airlines 44 (KP44) from Kinshasa to Brazzaville is the world’s shortest scheduled commercial flight operated by a jet. Kinshasa and Brazzaville are the capitals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo respectively. Directly opposite each other on the Congo River, the only options for […]
T-minus 6 days. I remember being fascinated by the Congo before I began adventure traveling. I had seen the 1990s movie Congo, and read Conrad’s Heart of Darkness but as life has passed, the lure of this exotic wilderness has been amplified. The Congo is a new destination – a place with great potential for […]
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