Combine Tour to the Lake Tele and Tumba – Expedition
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Located at in the north-eastern area of the Republic of the Congo, Lake Tele was formed in Pliocene alluvial sediments by an unknown geological process. It is elliptical, almost round, in shape and is surrounded by the Likouala-aux-Herbes swamp forests which are gradually covering it.
There are no significant inlets or outlets in the lake. The water of Lake Tele is turbid, it has high content of organic materials and is acidic The swamp forests around the lake have not yet been exhaustively explored.
Lake Tele is the best known home of the Mokèlé-mbèmbé (purportedly a large, unidentified reptilian creature), and is also supposedly the spot where pygmies killed and ate one of the creatures, around 1959.
The 1996 book Congo Journey, by British travel writer Redmond O’Hanlon, describes in some detail his journey through Congo to Lake Tele in search of Mokèlé-mbèmbé, as well as giving a rich description of local fauna, flora and Congolese cultural practices and relations with the indigenous Pygmy peoples.
ABOUT THIS EXPEDITION YOU SHALL BE STRONG IN MIND AND HAVING A GOOD HEALTHY
Included/Exclude
- ACCOMMODATION
- GUIDE FEE
- CAR HIRE
- BOAT HIRE
- AIR TICKET
- VISA
- VISA SUPPORT LETTER OF INVITATION
- FULL BOARD MEALS
- TIPS
- ALCOHOL
- INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS
- LUNCH, DINNER
Tour Amenities
Tour Plan
Arrival to Brazzaville
- Morning arrival in Brazzaville
- Pick up
Brazzaville – Impfondo ( By plane)
- Drive from Brazzaville to Ouesso
- Overnight at the Hotel
Impfondo – Epena - Boha
- Drive from Impfondo to Epena (4x4 Car)
- Baot cruise to Boha ( Pirogue Motorized)
- Overnight under tents in Boha
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Boha
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Lake Tele the Long Rainforest
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Lake Tele - Boha
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Boha – Epena - Impfondo
Impfondo – Liranga ( Ubangui chari) -Mossaka
- Boat cruise from Impfondo to Liranga - Mossaka
Mossaka – Gombe (DRC)
- Leaving Mossaka by boat up to Gombe where our Drc’s staff will wait for us to continue the adventure the next day in Drc part.
- Overnight in Gombe
Gombe – Canal d’Irebu – Lake Tumba
- Departure from Gombe to Irebuv Mabali Village the other side of the lake.
- Overnight under tents
Bikoro – Bonobo – Pygmees (WWF)
- Every morning we shall go for trekking of the bonobos and for others activities mentioned to see (bonobos; chimpanzees, crocodile’s mangebey, leopards etc...)
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Bikoro - Mbandaka
Mbandaka – Kinshasa
- Flight from Mbandaka to Kinshasa
- Lola ya bonobo
- Sapeurs
Kinshasa - airport
- Dropping to the International Djili airport of Kinshasa
- End of the tour
