After an 18-month pause, Congo Conservation Company, and its Odzala Discovery Camps and Sangha Lodge in the Republic of the Congo, will reopen on September 2.
According to the UK traffic light system, the Congo is ‘amber’ for UK visitors, meaning that travel is permitted. For fully vaccinated travellers and minors, no quarantine on return to the UK from any amber country is required.
Some of the current ways to fly to Brazzaville, Republic of Congo (subject to change) is as follows:
Air France flight AF722 departs from Paris (CDG) on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11h25 and arrives in Kinshasa (FIH) at 18h15, before departing for Brazzaville (BZV) at 19h55 and arriving at 20h30.
RwandAir flight WB210 departs from Kigali (KGL) on Mondays and Fridays at 09h30 and arrives in Brazzaville (BZV) at 11h00.
Ethiopian Airlines flight ET861 departs from Addis Ababa (ADD) at 08h45 daily, except Tuesdays and Saturdays, and arrives in Brazzaville (BZV) at 11h10.
There are also charter flights to Odzala from Brazzaville on Mondays and Thursdays, two hours each way.
A negative PCR test is required 72 hours prior to arrival at Brazzaville. Upon arrival, an additional PCR test will be administered before guests can move on to the camps. This requires an overnight stay in Brazzaville, so the best days to arrive are on Sundays and Wednesdays, to connect with the next day’s charter flights.
Before the first gorilla trek, another PCR test will also be required. This will be performed at Ngaga Camp. For those carrying on to Sangha Lodge, a rapid antigen test is required prior to heading to camp.
Anyone needing a negative PCR test to return home will take the test back in Brazzaville prior to flying. This requires an overnight stay in Brazzaville as well.
PCR tests administered in Brazzaville or Ngaga Camp cost US$55 (€47) per person. Rapid antigen tests administered in camp cost US$15 (€13) per person.
Accommodation rates are US$945 (€800) per person per night across the Odzala Camps and Sangha Lodge. Gorilla permits are US$600 (€510) per person.
