Introduction

Maximum 4 persons in 1 canoe

  1. • 2 pax : 7.574,- USD per person
  2. • 3 pax : 6.269.- USD per person
  3. • 4 pax : 5.616,- USD per person

Included:

  1. • All transfers as mentioned in the program
  2. • Documents for visa application
  3. • Hotel in Kinshasa B&B
  4. • “Full board” in the interior
  5. • Crew: Technician/driver, cook, knight, guide
  6. • 3 litre bottled water a day in the jungle
  7. • “Trekking Permits”
  8. • Gasoline
  9. • Airport pick up and drop off in Kinshasa
  10. • Tents
  11. • All taxes

Not Included:

  1. • Visa
  2. • International flight
  3. • Other drinks
  4. • Lunch and diner in Kinshasa

PROGRAM

Day Date Meals Transport Overnight
Day 1 Friday Int. Arrival x,x,x Hotel Sultani 3*
Day 2 saturday Flight to Mbandaka B,L,D Air Hotel Ndongolo
Day 3 Sunday Maringa - and Lomakoriver B,L,D Dug out canoe Tents
Day 4 Monday Maringa - and Lomakoriver B,L,D Dug out canoe Tents
Day 5 Tuesday Maringa - and Lomakoriver B,L,D Dug out canoe Tents
Day 6 Wednesday Maringa - and Lomakoriver B,L,D Dug out canoe Tents
Day 7 Thursday Maringa - and Lomakoriver B,L,D Dug out canoe Tents
Day 8 Friday Lomakoreserve/Lyema B,L,D Foot Tents
Day 9 Saturday Lomakoreserve/Lyema B,L,D Foot Tents
Day 10 Sunday Lomakoreserve/Lyema B,L,D Foot Tents
Day 11 Monday Lomakoreserve/Lyema B,L,D Foot Tents
Day 12 Tuesday Lomakoreserve + Maringa B,L,D Dug out canoe Tents
Day 13 Wednesday Lomakoreserve + Maringa B,L,D Dug out canoe Tents
Day 14 Thusday Lomakoreserve + Maringa B,L,D Dug out canoe Tents
Day 15 Friday Arrival Mbandaka and visit B,L,D Car Hotel Ndogolo
Day 16 Saturday Transfer Kinshasa B,L,x Air Hotel Sultani
Day 16 Sunday Transfer Kinshasa B,x,x Car Hotel Sultani
Day 17 Monday Transfer Kinshasa B,x,x Car

Day 1: Hotel Sultani on B&B

Arrival in Kinshasa, airport assistance, transfer hotel and briefing

Day 2: Hotel, full board

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for our flight to Mbandaka. We travel with CAA or Air Congo and depending on the number of passengers with Airbus A320, Fokker 50 or Short 360

Day 3,4,5,6,7: Tents, full board

In total, we have to travel between 40 and 50 hours on the water. We leave early in the morning, after breakfast, have a small break at noon for lunch and we’ll stop around +/- 4 pm for our camp and to prepare our diner. We stay overnight in small villages, with the agreement of the chief and buy our food on the local markets. The Maringa River is between 100 and 200 meter wide and has a lot of sandbanks. The Lomako River is between 5 and 15 meter wide, forest everywhere on both sides a fast water flow and a lot of obstacles. Here we have to be careful. Normally, at the end of the 7th day, we arrive at destination.

Day 8,9,10,11: Tents, full board

Now we enter into the forest. To find the Bonobos, we’ll have to leave the camp at night, to arrive early in the morning where they passed the night, high in the trees and we’ll stay till they awake. Except the Bonobos, we also can find: Dryas Monkey (Cercopithecus Dryas) Tholan’s Red Colobus (Piliocolobus Tholloni) Golden-Bellied Mangabey (Cercocebus Chrysogaster) Black Mangabey (Lophocebus Aterrimus)

Allen’s Swamp Monkey (Allenopithecus Nigroviridis) Angolan Colobus (Colobus Angolensis) Elephant (Loxodonta Africana) Buffalo (Syncerus Caffer) Bongo (Tragelaphus Euryceros) African Golden Cat (Felis Aurata) Leopard (Panthera Pardus) For birding, the region has more than 400 different species with a high density of the “Congo peafowl” (Afropavo Congensis)

Day 12,13,14,15 : Tents, full board

Return to Mbandaka. The people from the villages we meet on the way, are from the Mongo tribes. The last years, there is a migration of people from the Ngombe tribe, really good hunters. Luckily for the wildlife, ammunition isn’t easy to find.

Day 15: Hotel, full board

In Mbandaka, a day off, a day of rest, a day we’ll visit the town.

Day 16: Hotel Sultani on B&B

Flight to Kinshasa, Transfer to the Hotel.

Day 17 : Hotel Sultani on B&B

Visit of Kinshasa: Visit of the Bonobo Sanctuary at Chute de Lukaya , Mausolée de , Kabila, Marché des Voleurs (Art), Symphonie Des Arts, Rapids of Kinsuka, ect.

Day 18

Program depends on the outgoing flight time