Visas in DRC are in theory and even in law arduous. For supermarkets, Kin Mart is the best on 30th June Street, while for food courts, there is no better place to head than Kin Deliceux, behind Kin Mart. The largest hospital in Africa was built in (2013) in Kinshasa and is staffed mainly by Indians in the hopes of making DRC a destination for African medical tourism. The Congo has some serious risks, but they are often overblow and always played up by the media.

It is the cheapest place in Africa to have a truly incredible and totally unmanufactured journey, and by far the cheapest place to see the large African wildlife including, importantly, wild mountain gorillas. Congo River Cruise – Best Of Brazza Cruising! The Okapi follows this and is not stressed once he has his food. All of the vehicles must be equipped with operational safety seat belts. Others around downtown that are fine for a stay are Hotel Fortune ($100) behind the Hotel Leon….If the only thing that matters is budget, Hotel Tex and Picasso ($50) are very far from anything. But by this time some had died with this dishonour hanging over their lives. The worst ones, by the road, are $50, but it does NOT go cheaper than that. The (northern) tropical dry season is roughly from February to June. it’s a less traveled, nevertheless worthwhile place to visit. – The Congo’s capitals, tourist sites, and accessible regions are actually safer than the most popular African destinations.

Top Keep in mind that lots of these preventions are evidence-based and factual though they will appear racist, though you needn’t and shouldn’t be racist, or feel yourself that way. For help and tours in Angola, CAR, and Cameroon, please see www.angolatravelandtours.com and www.cameroontravelandtours.com. Almost everything is imported and makes daily life expensive. Still, there are hundreds and hundreds of extremely sparsely populated stretches of the Congo river. Several people pose as “officials” at various points of the crossing, and demand your passport or a fee or both, some even equipped with “forms” and pens and uniforms. : 2 possibilities barring the LRA territory around CAR’s border; first possibility entering from Uganda and drive South via Bunia, Beni, than leave via Uganda and Rwanda, enter again in Goma, and continue to Lubumbashi via Kalemie; Another possibility is entering via Brazzaville and then driving to Angola, Clients who motorcucle Africa are aweome and can even stay with a motorbike friend of ours in Kinshasa. For Vietnamese and Asian food, it’s Hippocampe. They are missing opportunities, and missing the party here where as everyone else has already arrived. Kisangani is a dusty, heaving, monster of a rivertown with which you can board the slow long ferry to Kinshasa. The Chinese embassy in both Kinshasa and Brazzaville has better citizen services then most African’s have access to from their own governments, and plenty of Chinese restaurants abound in the capitals of the Congos and the adjoining countries as well. Every source around will tell you to check with your embassy and keep up to date, which is smart. Keep receipts of everything, otherwise their absence WILL be capitalized upon. Hotels in the capitals of Kinshasa and Brazzaville run from about $60 (but more likely a low figure for an acceptable, tourist friendly room is $80) up to $300 (5 star hotels can start at $120 however.) Expect that opportunities for theft or profiteering will be taken by the people you hire in either Congo, but in DRC where business is easier and the culture is more business-oriented, thefts from employees are not as severe nor as blatantly selfish and short-sighted as on the Congo-Brazzaville side, where service is dismal and short-term thinking infinitely more dismal. EcoBank dispenses US Dollars, which are accepted and easy everywhere in DRC. Kisangni and the Congo River cities due west are safe and actually even quiet to walk at night, while Goma is replete with foreign organizations and NGO’s and tourists today and generally secure. The road to “Black Lake” (Mai Ndombe) can be done from Kinshasa via mediocre muddy roads in 1-2 days, whereas the village itself has several relatives of CTT crew and affords host ground space for large tents, cooked food for our guests, and added security in the dark deep jungle. Officials can at times nudge you playfully for gifts before they stamp your passport, but while a refusing but polite smile or a small gift will speed you through and nothing can happen to you. The road journey is very unreliable and risky in terms of road quality, esp if it rains. Others of note are the luxury standout Hotel Memling ($200 and up- has character) and Hotel Royal ($150 and up.)