TP 18 City trip Kinshasa and Brazzaville 2020

Discover Kinshasa and Bazzaville surroundings with Go Congo Tour Operator .

This arrangement traditionally consist of Airport Pick-Up and Drop-Off Service,

Hotel Accommodations on Bed&Breakfast basis,

Chauffeur Driven Car and French/English speaking Guide.

Kinshasa, the capital of the D.R.Congo, used to be referred to as “Kin La Belle” – meaning “Beautiful Kinshasa”. The many years of turmoil have broken down on this image. But slowly and surely, Kinshasa is regaining its splendour. Some of the major sites include the “Grand Marché”, the tomb of former President Laurent Kabila, the “Academie des Beaux Arts” for those who like African art, the rapids of Kinsuka just downstream from the city and the Bonobo Reserve, a sanctuary for orphaned bonobo-monkeys, one of the five Great Apes, and the closest to mankind.

Day 2 :

Kinshasa: visit of the Bonobo sanctuary, memorial of Kabila and the rapids of Kinsuka :

8,00 Breakfast
8;45 h Departure
10:00 h Arrival at the sanctuary and visit
11;30 h Departure back to the city for lunch
12;45 h Lunch
13,45 h Visit of the memorial of former President Laurent Kabila and the art market
15:45 h Further on to the rapids of Kinsuka
16:30 h Arrival and visit of the rapids
18,00 Arrival in the hotel
19,00 Diner

Day 3 Kinshasa: visit: Marché Central, Av. du Commerce, Baobab, Académie de Beaux-Arts, first locomotive,

8,00 Breakfast
9,00 Departure Marché Central : Central Market. When it was build, once this market was very modern and well equipped. Now , after years of politic you can see it hasn’t the glamour anymore from the ’70, but is still very important for the inhabitants of Kinshasa needs. From milk powder to television, medicines to spare parts for cars and computers till shoes for children

Av. Du Commerce: Incredible busy

12,00 Lunch
13,00 On the road again to the Baobab, The first locomotive and Académie de Beaux Arts
17,00 Transfer to hotel
18,00 Arrival in the hotel

Day 4

Kinshasa: visit of the Pool Malebo and the sandbanks by boat with lunch on board

8,00 Breakfast
9,00 Departure Transfer to Kinkole
10,00 Embarkation and we’ll travel up streams

We’ll continue and will take the middle of the stream passing some sandbanks and try to reach

15,30 Arrival back in Kinkole
16,45 Traditional dances performed by people from the Pende tribe
18,00 departure to the hotel
19,00 Arrival in the hotel and Dinner

For transportation we use these comfortable wooden flat bottom boats. The boats are equipped with Life Vests and First Aid Kit. There is a limited bar on board to maximise comfort during the trip.

(NOT INCLUDED in the price ):

Kinshasa Nightlife:

Explore the extensive nightlife in the different

disco’s and bars in Kinshasa.

Brazzaville, the capital of Republic of Congo, has also her story to tell.

Day 2 : Lesio Louna National Park

5:00 h Breakfast 5:30 h Departure to Lesio Louna
9:00 h Arrival and visit of the Park and Gorillas 13:00 h Lunch 14:00 h Return to Brazzaville with a visit of Blue lake on our way +/- 17:30 h Arrival at hotel for dinner 18:30 h Dinner

Day 3: Brazzaville city

8:00 h Breakfast
9:00 h Departure to Djoué electric dam 10:00 h Departure to St. Anne Baselique 11:00 h Departure to Memorial of Brazza, the founder of the city 11:45 h Visit of the statue of Félix Eboué and Train Station(Freedom square). 12:30 h Lunch
13:45 h Visit of the “ Poto Poto “ market
15:00 h A last view on the River and return to the hotel for dinner 17:30 h Dinner

Day 4

Kinshasa: visit of the marketplaces: Marché Central, Marché de Liberté, Av. du Commerce

8,00 Breakfast
9,00 Departure Marché Central : Central Market. When it was build, once this market was very modern and well equipped. Now , after years of politic you can see it hasn’t the glamour anymore from the ’70, but is still very important for the inhabitants of Kinshasa needs. From milk powder to television, medicines to spare parts for cars and computers till shoes for children

Av. Du Commerce: Incredible busy

12,00 Lunch
13,00 On the road again Marché de Liberté: The new market, build by the former President Laurant Kabila . Here the ” Kinois” find mostly his daily food. Manioc, nuts, corn, beans, you name it – it will be there.
17,00 Transfer to hotel
18,00 Arrival in the hotel

Day 5

Kinshasa: visit of the Pool Malebo and the sandbanks by boat with lunch in a typical Congolese authentic village

8,00 Breakfast
9,00 Departure Transfer to Kinkole
10,00 Embarkation and we’ll travel up streams to a small village called” Mangengenge”

12,30 Reception by the Chief and lunch. Visit of the village
14,00 We’ll continue and will take the middle of the stream passing some sandbanks and try to reach Lukula , a village on a sandbank that we’ll see in the middle of nowhere.
16,30 Arrival back in Kinkole
17,00 Traditional dances performed by people from the Pende tribe
18,00 departure to the hotel
19,00 Arrival in the hotel and Dinner
For transportation we use these comfortable wooden flat bottom boats. The boats are equipped with Life Vests and First Aid Kit. There is a limited bar on board to maximise comfort during the transfer.

Day 6

Kinshasa: Chute de Lukaya and the Bonobo sanctuary

8,00 Breakfast
8,45 Departure Passing the suburbs of Kinshasa, direction Bas-Congo, we’ll arrive at ” Chutes de Lukaya” . Each weekend, this place is very crowdie with people who tries to find some fresh air outside the city. But here also we can find the Bonobo sanctuary, all were orphans, babies were saved thanks to Claudine’s program and nourished by local women till they were old enough to take care for themselves

16,30 Transfer to hotel
18,00 Arrival in the hotel
19,00 Dinner