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BE INTREPID, with a trip into the wondrous lungs of Africa, the Congo Basin. The Congo Conservation Company offers walks in swampy forest, river cruises, kayaking, the chance to see forest elephants, forest buffalo, bongo and other endemic wildlife in the bais and, of course, lowland gorilla tracking. Explore the forest to discover an extraordinary world of birds, insects, plants, butterflies and other wonders. This is a wonderful, critical, conservation story and a wildlife experience like no other.

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