PIROGUE RIDE TO MEET THE HIPPOS

Vegetation, limited to the forest gallery, is less majestic than the Serve, because more exploited. The zigzags canoe between the dams of diamond researchers (called the «submarines»), which jalonnent the Lobaye in this place, and the Énormes candalium, a huge roots forming mangrove islands where the hippos are brewing. On the way, you repasserez in front of the ferry the day before, if you came from the east. Open the eye, couple of hippos can come up at any time. And be careful: A hippopotamus can jump very high and sink the boat. Only the experience of a piroguier ensures maximum security, especially in the delicate passage of rapids. Just after these, there is the island of Gbazara, where hippos have long elected home. On the other side of the bank, a mirador allows for stable views; a sable allows bathing at a reasonable distance.