South Congo
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Faune and flora.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté, Hiver.
Petit Futé
Where to stay - Brazzaville ?
The map of your stay "South Congo"
Detail of the stay : South Congo
How to get there - Brazzaville
Downtown Brazzaville
Steps: Brazzaville
Night flight Paris - Brazzaville. Arrival in the morning. Installation at the hotel and stroll in the city center. Starting from the banks of the river with the Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza memorial as a possible starting point, passing by the Avenue Foch, Brazzaville's social axis. Go up towards the Poto-Poto roundabout, with the Sainte-Anne basilica as a highlight. In the afternoon, visit the painting school of Poto-Poto, Massengo sculpture workshop.
Places of interest : BASILIQUE SAINTE-ANNE-DU-CONGO MEMORIAL PIERRE SAVORGNAN DE BRAZZA
South of Brazzaville, along the Congo River
Steps: Brazzaville
Visit of the southern part of Brazzaville from the French Institute, which delimits its invisible border and descends to the immense Total market. Up to the yacht club to watch the sunset on the Congo River with Kinshasa in sight.
Places of interest : MARCHÉ TOTAL INSTITUT FRANÇAIS
Pointe-Noire, the second largest Congolese economic centre
Steps: Brazzaville
Domestic flight Brazzaville - Pointe-Noire. Welcome at the hotel and relax on the beaches of the wild coast. A stroll through the large market, in the heart of the working class districts, on the fringes of the city centre, or an afternoon at the Mazra Club to discover the latest mangrove swamp located in the heart of the city.
Places of interest : GRAND MARCHÉ MAZRA CLUB
Pointe-Noire, the wild coast
Steps: Diosso - Loango
Discover the surroundings of Pointe-Noire by 4x4: the sumptuous gorges of Diosso, the Loango museum, the Kouilou bridge with its splendid landscape.
Crossing to the Conkouati reserve
Departure from Pointe-Noire to the Conkouati reserve by 4x4. Lunch on the banks of the Noumbi River. Arrival and meal at the WCS or Help Congo camp depending on the accommodation chosen.
Observation of wildlife and flora
Boarding off the edge, walks in the lagoon around the islets, populated by chimpanzees. Return to camp and afternoon hiking at the edge of Conkouati, looking for eggs of marine turtles and outs of lamentins.
Escape in the Lagoon
Steps: Brazzaville
Departure from the campsite, crossing the lagoon in a canoe and visiting the village of Nzambi, then return to Pointe-Noire. Departure for Brazzaville. Transfer to the hotel.
