I decided to try the taste of the big river – one of the biggest in the world. The destination was village Mai Ndombe – located at the junction of Congo and Black River!
It is almost 8 hours upstream from Kinshasa by motorized boat! You can divide this sail by two going by car to Maluku and board the boat there – thats what I did. It was raining from the morning and Kinshasa-Maluku segment in the rain was not attractive. In Maluku you must go through the beaurocracy of the immigration and other officials! Paying some bribes will speed them up but only a little bit. Thanks God the rain almost stopped when we started at noon. It is really big river! Thousands of duguot canoes sails along the banks /the current is lower there/
I saw big public barges full of people sailing to Kisangani -4 weeks upstream: 15 days downstream, want you try? Good luck!
Great views: fishermen, green hills on the Brazzaville side!
We reached Mai Ndombe in the late afternoon. Local people pintch the tent for me just 20 m from the river. What a day!
