"Central Africa's Best Kept Secret" - 13 days

Trip Highlights

One of Central Africa’s best kept secrets, that’s what they call the Dzanga Sangha Reserve in the south of the Central African Republic. This breathtaking reserve is home to large mammals such as forest elephants, forest buffalos, large boars, gorillas and forest antelopes, in densities described as unique. Continue your adventure in Loango National Park, Gabon, also named “Africa’s Last Eden”, where dense rainforests meet endless wild beaches and dark-watered rivers sustaining an extraordinary array of wildlife. End this extraordinary journey on the island of Príncipe, a place where dense rainforests teem with exotic birds, where whales sport playfully off unspoiled, deserted beaches, where crystal-clear waterfalls cascade into the azure blue ocean, and where the people are, above all, friendly and happy to meet you.

• Track an habituated group of western lowland gorillas in the Congo Basin;
• Observe 30-100 timid forest elephants in the wild from a platform at a clearing in the jungles of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve;
• Get to know the secret culture of the BaAka pygmies on a net hunting outing;
• Visit a gorilla sanctuary in Gabon and meet the team behind its efforts;
• Accompanied by expert guides, take walking safaris, boat and kayak excursions, and game drives in open four-wheel-drive vehicles in Loango National Park.
• Explore the island of Príncipe, where it is so easy to feel like the first ever explorer setting foot on the island. Or simply relax on the secluded beaches of the resort.

Departure Dates 2009

From Douala, Cameroon