CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
The stops in between: Sangha Trinational, Parc National de Lobeké - Cameroon and back through Sangha Trinational. It crosses from Central African Republic into Cameroon - carry ID and check the toll rules. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
In the extreme south-west corner of the Central African Republic, where the forest runs on into Cameroon and Congo, the Sangha river sweeps past a national park that protects one of the last great blocks of Congo Basin rainforest. Dzanga-Ndoki is part of the Sangha Trinational, a World Heritage area shared by three countries, and it is one of the few places on Earth where you can sit in the forest and watch elephants and gorillas in the open.
Read the complete Parc National de Dzanga-Ndoki - CAR write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Parc National de Dzanga-Ndoki - CAR is where the day begins. Next is Sangha Trinational.
The Sangha is the river that gives this place its name, and the forest around it is divided among three countries: the Central African Republic, Cameroon and the Republic of Congo. In 2012 UNESCO recognised the three adjoining parks, Dzanga-Ndoki, Lobéké and Nouabalé-Ndoki, as a single World Heritage site, a block of lowland rainforest that is one of the best preserved in the Congo basin.
Read the complete Sangha Trinational write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Sangha Trinational comes up about 124 km into the recorded legs. Next is Parc National de Lobeké - Cameroon.
about 413 km into the recorded legs you reach Parc National de Lobeké - Cameroon. Next is back through Sangha Trinational.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sangha Trinational write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Sangha Trinational, late in the day. Next is Parc National de Dzanga-Ndoki - CAR.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Parc National de Dzanga-Ndoki - CAR write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Parc National de Dzanga-Ndoki - CAR. That is the ride.
Parc National de Dzanga-Ndoki - CAR → Sangha Trinational is 124 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sangha Trinational → Parc National de Lobeké - Cameroon is 289 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Parc National de Lobeké - Cameroon → back through Sangha Trinational is 289 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Sangha Trinational → Parc National de Dzanga-Ndoki - CAR is 124 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.