Three hours out of Kinshasa sees our Cessna Caravan land in Monkoto, on the edge of Salonga. Mission Aviation Missionary was our operator.
The view on the way to Salonga.
Unexplained by scientists, we find these dry patches of land just South of Salonga.
Rivers serpentine as they search for the Congo river. The Congo Basin streches over 5 countries and is only second to the Amazon.
On the way to Mbandaka on the Congo river. A week trip when not motorized... and my boss says this place isn't isolated!
Lokofa base camp. From here, our researchers hit the trails.
Butterfly paradise.
This moth, idle in sunlight, was slightly smaller than my hand.
Millipede in defence mode.
Grasshopper is camouflage mode.
The skin that made Mobutu's hat. Leopard's are not hunted, but caught in snarres.
Even in the most remote areas people are hooked.
Sending an email from nowhere.
Training in progress.
Park guard showing me the jungle, or his backyard depending on the perspective.
Leaf with lichen. Self explanatory really.
Walking in secondary forest (not yet fully mature) in Salonga.
All sort of fish we ate, which is staple food for the locals. Some are quite incredible species.
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- Ruwenzori, Congo, 2005
- Salonga National Park, Congo, 2005
- Sunday On The Congo River (2006)
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