Itinerary
- Day 1
Bangui to Lobaye
You'll leave Bangui early in the morning, driving south through farmland and villages where you'll see how people live in the region. The route takes you through rainforest before reaching the BaAka forest settlement in the Lobaye region near the Congo border. When you arrive, the community greets you with a traditional forest blessing dance. You'll help set up camp and then spend the evening sharing food and music while getting to know your hosts.
- Start point
- Bangui, Central African Republic (Airport and Hotel)
- Meals
- Lunch, Dinner (Shared food with BaAka hosts)
- Accommodation
- Camping (tent camp beside the BaAka settlement or similar )
Included Activities
- Traditional greeting and forest blessing dance
- Forest camp setup with BaAka guides
- Evening shared food and music introduction
Landmarks Lobaye Region BaAka Forest Settlement 
- Day 2
Lobaye
After forest breakfast, you'll join BaAka men and women for a net hunting demonstration that shows how they've hunted for generations without lethal methods. They'll teach you about forest food sources, traditional tools, and medicinal plants. Later you'll forage together for mushrooms, wild roots, honey, and vines before heading back to camp. You'll help prepare a traditional meal over an open fire, watch elders make fire using natural materials, and end with storytelling in the BaAka language translated by your guide.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Forest pancake breakfast (with honey or banana)), Lunch, Dinner (Traditional meal cooked over open fire)
- Accommodation
- Camping (tent camp beside the BaAka settlement or similar )
Included Activities
- Net hunting demonstration (non-lethal, symbolic)
- Forest foraging for mushrooms, wild roots, honey, and vines
- Traditional meal preparation over open fire
- Forest fire-making demonstration with natural materials
- Storytelling in BaAka language with guide translation
Landmarks BaAka Forest Settlement - Day 3
Lobaye
This day focuses on BaAka polyphonic music, which UNESCO recognizes as intangible cultural heritage. Women demonstrate their unique throat singing, drumming, and call-and-response harmonies while men play forest percussion instruments made from logs, vines, and gourds. You'll participate in group music-making guided by forest rhythms. By evening, you'll witness an ancient forest ceremonial piece that's rarely performed for visitors.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Forest pancake breakfast (with honey or banana)), Lunch, Dinner
- Accommodation
- Camping (tent camp beside the BaAka settlement or similar )
Included Activities
- BaAka polyphonic music workshop (throat singing, drumming, call-and-response harmonies)
- Demonstration of women's singing styles and men's forest percussion instruments
- Participatory group music-making session
- Ancient forest ceremonial music performance
Landmarks BaAka Forest Settlement - Day 4
Lobaye
Your final full day involves preparing a feast alongside your BaAka hosts, where you'll pound cassava, roast plantains, and cook wild greens and game in an earth oven. Then you'll take part in a forest dance session complete with costumes and body painting, experiencing storytelling through movement. Before sunset, your hosts give you a handmade memento. You'll gather one last time around the fire for music, laughter, and farewells.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Forest pancake breakfast (with honey or banana)), Lunch, Dinner (Feast prepared with BaAka hosts)
- Accommodation
- Camping (tent camp beside the BaAka settlement or similar )
Included Activities
- Feast preparation: pounding cassava, roasting plantains, cooking wild greens and game over earth oven
- Forest dance session with costumes and body painting
- Symbolic storytelling through movement
- Handmade memento presentation from BaAka hosts
- Final fire-circle gathering with music and farewells
Landmarks BaAka Forest Settlement - Day 5
Lobaye to Bangui
After breakfast, you'll pack up camp and say goodbye to your BaAka hosts with hugs and forest songs. The drive back to Bangui includes stops at villages and roadside markets along the way. Once you arrive in the city, you'll have a quiet lunch before heading to your hotel or airport for drop-off.
- End point
- Bangui, Central African Republic (Hotel and Airport)
- Meals
- Breakfast (Forest pancake breakfast (with honey or banana)), Lunch
Included Activities
- Farewell with BaAka hosts and forest songs
- Stops at villages and roadside markets during return journey
Landmarks BaAka Forest Settlement
