Central African Republic, March 2025
Tropical rivers in real life rarely look like my imagined fantasy version. The Sangha River is an
exception. Uncoiling lazily through tropical rainforest, with no visible plastic pollution and only
hand-powered watercraft in evidence, it could still serve as the setting for a Rudyard Kipling story.
As an anachronism it is not perfect – the hordes of crocodiles on exposed riverbanks are long gone but it is still a twenty-first century wonder.
And on the riverbank sits Doli Lodge, a small WWF-run
hotel with four bungalows, each containing two units, and a restaurant perched precariously above
the river. Perhaps too precariously. One of the supports fell into the river during our stay, to be
replaced by a jury-rigged support that appears unlikely to survive the next heavy rain.
Central African Republic, March 2025
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Samuel Marlin
So cool! Thanks Ian for this very recent report to this area and for all the tips you gave me to organize a trip there. I really hope we could make it in April next year with Doli Lodge. It will be a full week though, not two weeks like you…