CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF THE LOANGO KINGDOM AND THE TEKE IN CONGO BRAZZAVILLE

CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF THE LOANGO KINGDOM AND THE TEKE IN CONGO BRAZZAVILLE

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The Republic of the Congo, also called Congo-Brazzaville, is a country in central Africa with spectacular landscapes endowed with reserves of tropical forests sheltering gorillas. Its capital Brazzaville is opposite Kinshasa the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, having the Congo River as its natural border. Brazzaville has several sites of interest, including traditional craft markets and the Sainte-Anne Basilica, built in the mid-20th century and adorned with a spire and a green-tiled roof.

Pointe-Noire is a port city and an oil industry platform located in the Republic of Congo is known for its beaches.

Daily Program:

Day 1: HEXAGON – POINTE -NOIRE

Welcome and transfer to your hotel in the economic capital of Congo Brazzaville, dinner and overnight.

Day 2 and 3: POINTE NOIRE AND SURROUNDINGS

After breakfast, we go to the discovery of the tourist city, Pointe Noire is a name drawn from a black asphalt spur found in the coast by the Portuguese explorers who designated it by “CABO NEGRO “in Spanish” PUNTA NEGRA “which has been translated by the French, excursion to visit the Ethnological Museum of Loango, the reserve of TCHIMPOUNGA and gorges of Diosso, visit the Slave Route, Pointe Idienne, meet the people VILI, return to the hotel dinner and overnight.

Day 4: POINTE NOIRE – CONKOUATI-DOULI

The Conkouati-Douli National Park is a mosaic of habitats of unique richness in the Congo, the Littoral: its savannas and mangroves, the lagoons and lakes between which the Sub-littoral forest, the Mayombe forest, whose zones are away from the villages are untouched and finally the savannah plains. The richness of wildlife meets these conservation conditions and habitat diversity: lowland gorillas, chimpanzees, hippopotamuses, elephants, buffaloes, sea turtles, manatees and whales.

Wake up early, breakfast, supply, departure for the National Park Conkouati-Douli, observation of the wonderful landscape and the population in passing, arrival and installation in our guest house, let us prepare for cooking, dinner and overnight.

Day 5: NGONGO RIVER – CONKOUATI MOUTHPIECE

Wake up early, breakfast, canoe trip on the Ngongo River that flows into the lagoon, beautiful navigation with the possibility to observe Elephants, monkeys and chimpanzees, the vegetation covering the banks of the river is a beautiful swamp forest that lets see the animals, back to the guest house, lunch, after the relaxation, canoe on the lagoon for the mouthpiece, this lagoon is dotted with islands and islets with banks lined and mangroves, chimpanzee observation, the lagoon mingles with the ocean it is a beautiful and sensational place, relaxation at the beach, back in our guest house, dinner and overnight.

Day 6: PARK DAY

Wake up early, Breakfast, entrance to the Park, walk through the savannah and the forest for a safari vision, possibility to observe the Elephants, Sitatungas, Bongos, Gorillas etc … picnic followed by the continuation of our safari, return to the guest house, dinner and overnight.

Day 7: CONKOUATI- DOULI

Wake up early, Breakfast, 2nd entrance to the Park for a safari vision, picnic, animal watching if possible, back in our guest house, dinner and overnight.

Day 8: CONKOUATI – POINTE NOIRE

Wake up early, Breakfast, watching the feeding of chimpanzees, departure for Pointe Noire after lunch, arrival and installation at the hotel, dinner in a restaurant in the city night at the hotel.

Day 9: POINT NOIRE – BRAZZAVILLE

Wake up early, Breakfast, transfer to the airport for flight to Brazzaville, arrival and check-in at the hotel, visit of the city especially poto poto painting school, dinner in a restaurant in the city, overnight.

Day 10 and 11: BRAZZAVILLE – MBE

Breakfast, departure for Mbé in the kingdom of Teke population from the Bantu, They were rival to the great kingdom Kongo and signed an agreement (treaty Makoko) with the French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza on October 3, 1880 had for king Makoko and installed in Mbé. In that same year the kingdom fell to the benefit of France which allowed a French settlement in Nkuna which later became Brazzaville. The royal domain of Mbé is made up of different sites, villages, sacred places like the Nkouembali Falls, and places of memory which recall the history of the Teke people, in particular Her Majesty Queen Ngalifourou who made the kingdom shine for half a century. Century by its strength and dignity. Organization of the cultural evening, dinner and overnight.

Day 12: MBE – BRAZZAVILLE – HEXAGON

Early morning, wake up, return to Brazzaville, return to town, possibility to go by canoe to Faignond Island, dinner in a restaurant, transfer to the airport. END OF SERVICES