Congo's Pristine Rainforest Tour

Brazzaville, the capital city of the Republic of Congo, lies lazily on the edge of the Congo riverbanks, its pleasant and laid-back nature contrasting greatly with its bustling neighbour, Kinshasa, which stares back from across the swirling waters of the mighty Congo River. Charming is the best way to describe this unassuming city, with its French heritage proudly announcing itself in its light-coloured colonial buildings, tree-lined boulevards, and old catholic churches.  Some the most striking sights in Brazzaville are the Catholic Churches: the grand Basilique Sainte-Anne stands proudly with its green-tiled roof and spear-shaped arch, while the Cathedral...

Home to the mighty western lowland gorilla

Housed in the seemingly endless Congo Basin is a tropical rainforest so expansive that it is seen as the earth’s second lung after the Amazon. Within the heart of this deep, dark and dense natural paradise, travellers will find the nearly 1,350,000ha Odzala-Kokoua National Park. This is a place of stunning biological diversity and is home to the mighty western lowland gorilla.  The numerous habitats of Odzala – dense forest, wide open savannahs, winding rivers and forest bais – are teeming with diverse wildlife: an astonishing 400 bird species and 114 mammal species. The best place to view wildlife though is the forest bais – swampy...