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Dzanga-Sangha: Forest Elephants & the Magical Bai Clearing

700 km southwest of Bangui, Dzanga-Sangha is one of Africa's most extraordinary wildlife experiences — the Dzanga Bai forest clearing draws up to 100 forest elephants simultaneously in a scene unlike anywhere else

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Dzanga Bai Forest Clearing
The magical mineral salt clearing where forest elephants congregate — up to 100 individuals simultaneously digging for minerals, interacting and socializing in a scene of extraordinary intimacy
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Forest Elephant Research
WWF and the Max Planck Institute have been studying Dzanga's elephants since the 1990s — individual elephants known by name, their social ties, communications and movements documented
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Western Lowland Gorilla Tracking
The Ba'Aka guides who track the Dzanga-Sangha's habituated gorilla groups are the best in the world — their knowledge of the forest makes it possible to approach the family groups
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Ba'Aka Pygmy Culture
The Ba'Aka forest people are the true guardians of the Dzanga-Sangha – their NET hunting, honey gathering and forest knowledge are the foundation of conservation in this park
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Sangha River Boat Tour
The Sangha River which flows through the park is explored by motorized pirogues – hippos, forest buffalo wading and extraordinary bird life along its forested banks
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Bongo and Sitatunga Observations
The rare forest bongo antelope and sitatunga swamp deer are occasionally seen in Dzanga Bai and along the park's forest streams — wildlife found almost nowhere else