DR Congo Deep Jungle Expedition | Tour A | Ubundu Reserve Wilderness Zone

This is a satellite view of the Ubundu Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo, showing a wide, muddy river, dense jungle, and several marked locations.

Satellite view of a dense jungle with a winding river and several placemarks, likely indicating points of interest for an expedition.

This map shows a portion of the Democratic Republic of Congo, highlighting the city of Kisangani and surrounding villages, with a focus on the Ubundu Reserve Wilderness Zone.

An aerial view shows a winding dark blue river flowing through a dense green jungle.

This is a satellite view of a remote jungle region in the Democratic Republic of Congo, highlighting the Ubundu Reserve Wilderness Zone with a green polygon and various place names.

This Google Earth image shows a satellite view of the Ubundu Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo, featuring lush green jungle, a winding river, and multiple "Untitled placemark" pins.

Duration: 30 Days (approx.)
Location: Kisangani
Product code: DRCJungle1

DR Congo Deep Jungle Expedition | Tour A | Ubundu Reserve Wilderness Zone

Ubundu Democratic Republic of the Congo Wilderness Expedition - Zone 1 Jungle
Staging Point - Stanleyville (Kisangani, FKI)

Bill of Materials

Starlink Mini
Powerbanks
Solar Fold Out banks
Iridium Phone
Garmin InReach
Shower tent
Dine tent
Sleep tents
Sleep bags
Medical kit & Malarials
Security "kit"
2 Smartphones per person in otter case
Hat and net and quickdry towel
Water purification 3 redundant
100% deet repellant
freeze dried food and calorie dense bars
drinking water dedicated multi porters
sanitary wet wipes and alcohol wipes
coffee cutting edge tech & instant classic powder
electrolyte and vitamin hyperconcentrate
Light and lanterns and torches and fire starters
raingear and packing drybags and waterproof walkie talkies for perimeter and scouts
redundant backup items and celebratory capstone items for expedition
camera and videography items if permit and papers allowed and along
waterproof laminate binder file folder of trip documents permits paper maps & insurance
canister fast inflate balloon and canister inflate lifejackts and quick boil soup packs tech

Team Manifest

ANR/Security
Ground Lead
Porters 4+ per group size
Core medic
Forest naturalist bush tent tech
zoologist and entemologist
local fixer 2
local advance and rear scout (2)
comms officer and SAR point (assigns a backup #2)

| Touchdown and Insertion Point and Trajectory and Extraction |

Day 1/2/3- Arrival at FKI airport in Tshopo DRCongo (Kisangani) - transfer to overnight staging and meeting up post at Congo Palace Complex and Hotel. Shopping and centralization of all supplies and briefings. Allowance for flight delays and spare supply runs. Additional briefing and class on forest survival.

Day 4/5/6- Overlanding in Landcruisers and pickups to Ubundu early morning, cross the river and move south and into the river tributary east of the Lualaba past Puku into the deep forest after pickup of the additional porter force and meet advance scout, and into the forest. Insertion point 20km south of Ubundu and 15km east of the Lualaba river.

Day 7-13- Forest. Moving 5-10km a day , base camp every night set from 3 or 4. Primary forest and avoiding waterside in day. Core expedition guests in the nucleus of the moving party. 2 to 3 nights in camp at a time before moving ideally. Recharging solar in canopy or clearing LoS, with starlink or internet as much as possible or every 2 or 3 days.

Day 14-15- Rejoining the Lualaba River north of the Lualaba Gorge and south of Boyama Falls. Fish dinners at Ubundu and party sponsored for the city and setting of The African Queen.

Day 16-18 Departure on first available flight from Kisangani, following debrief and demobilization and documentation of any new species, malarial treatment reminders and sleep catchup for all guests and crew.

*Evacuation and Extraction Points*
Lualaba Upper Congo fishing and farm villages to the west, N3 farmroads in the north. Forest farms and road in the south. East is not advised due to rebel presence and distancing from the airfields at FKI and Kindu.

| Field Notes and Scout Briefings Roundup |

Animals - elephants, primates, parrots, crocodiles, snakes, butterflies,

Possible new species - mushrooms, floor hugging plants, butterflies, beetles, birds, small mammals, frogs

Possible other sitings - Anti Castro Cubans crashed a few planes in the forest here and history of it was erased. Bonobos are around despite their previous belief to all lie south of the Congo river and having no photos of them since 4G phone penetration is still light. Okapi are very shy but are here sparesely.

Conditions - Primary Forest preferred - Secondary jungle is hard to move through - primary huge hardwoods are easy to move through. Managony ebony teak etc and have matted comfy leave beds

Lab Loopback - microbiome and fungal, plant samples, water, cameratraps, audio-through-AI

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NOTES: CONGOLESE WILDLIFE HAS FLED FAR INTO THE FOREST AWAY FROM HUMANS AND POACHERS AND NOISE, AND THE BEST CONCENTRATION OF NEW AND KNOWN WILD SPECIES AND RARE SITINGS IS ONLY POSSIBLE IN THE ABYSSAL WILDNERNESS.

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