Jane Goodall’s Chimps Tour at Lwiro

  • Duration: 1 Days (approx.)
  • Product code: lwirochimps

Jane Goodall's Chimpanzees Tour at Lwiro - Permit and Food Included

THIS TOUR PROVIDES THE QUICKEST AND CHEAPEST WAY TO SEE WILD CHIMPANZEES IN EAST AFRICA



Day Itinerary: 


Welcome to your CTT Kahuzi Biega and JGI Jane Goodall's Chimpanzees Tour.

Start from Bukavu today and drive to Lwiro Research Center.

Spend the day with the researchers at the JGI Reserve and Project and walk to see the chimpanzees in the forest, and learn all about their behavior, history, and the threats and hopes facing the future of our close cousins in this protected zone of Kahuzi Biega Rainforest. Enjoy the Park - Food is included.


In the evening transfer back by 4x4 along the lakeside to any chosen location in Bukavu, or to the border with Rwanda.

*Onwards transport can be arranged on request.

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Notes and Optional Additions:

-Yellow Fever Vaccination is required for entrance into DRC, as well as any other mandatory vaccinations (Ask Us.)
-Kahuzi Biega and Lwiro is visitable year-round and the park is currently open and safe for tourists.
-CTT Can arrange your roundtrip private transfer (RT) from anywhere in Kigali on request
-CTT Can arrange your visa for DRC on arrival at the park (at the Goma/Gisenyi border) or in advance in any DRC Embassy

Why Us?



We work directly with the Kahuzi Biega National Park Authority (kahuzibiega.wordpress.com) JGI and Lwiro, and ICCN to bring tourists and grant visas to incomers and provide secure transport and safari guides, and are a supplier and supporter of the KB and local lodges, staff, and conservation efforts, and supply about half of their operators too in the Congo with logistics and materials in the region. Our mission is literally to promote the park to you.


We can arrange everything from your before-and-after hotels to custom requests.


We have experience in many different situations in the region, in many different challenges and local circumstances, know all routes in and out and safety procedures, have guides and friends in the parks with deep education and experience in the wildlife and their movement, and have long standing contacts within the many different groups and cultures in the Kivus region. - Decades' worth.

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Reviews

5/5 (127)

“Tele Expedition - What a corker!I'd seen lac Tele on the map and decided it was something worth walking to. It's in the middle of no where, lac Tele national park is famous for having the highest density of gorillas in the Congo basin and the swampy terrain necessary to get to the lake sounded like a true challenge.I later found Congo Travel and Tours were running trips to Lac Tele and got in touch. Chris, the director, immediately got back to me with all transport and logistic details I needed. I was in Brazzaville at the time and he set me up with his lead guide, Omar Badji.Having travelled from the U.K. to Congo-Brazza by motorbike I had some understanding of organisational difficulties in Africa, however I couldn't have done Lac Tele without Chris and Badjie. They know all the major players in the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and, importantly, Boha village. Boha, with its central chieftain, melee of influential families and seeming autonomy was one of the highlights of my trip. However gaining permission to visit the Lac from the chieftain ("The Notable") and appeasing the different families is not a joke. Chris and Badjie ensured that I had everything I needed to ensure things ran smoothly. My WCS guide (Sylvester Ebethas, a native from Boha) also acted as an effective mediator.The trek is every rainforest explorers dream - there is a 50km 'piste' from Boha to the Lac. It takes you through ancient untouched forests and a bugger of a swamp. WIldlife seems to gravitate to the lac, so if you've spent the entire trek staring at the ground to avoid the roots or searching for the lead porter, you're in for a treat when you arrive. Crocs, chimpanzees, gorillas, (and supposedly bonobo's) all live by the lac's banks which you can explore by foot or canoe.So a big thanks to Congo Travel and Tours who were accomodating to my needs and made thhe expedition possible! Cheers"

- Alex P, UK, Motorcycle Trip across the entirety of Africa and Lake Tele Abyssal Zone Wilderness Expedition

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