When you exit the park from Ishango and you want to head west, towards Tshiaberimu for example (the gorilla sector in the north of the park) you need to cross the Semliki River. But there is no bridge.

So a Congolese entrepreneur set up this system with three dugout canoes with planks on top and an outboard motor, that you see on the right in this photo.

Then you drive the vehicle on to the planks and start moving across slowly. The cost is $10 per vehicle, one way. We don’t pay because we are Rangers and the entrepreneur lets us cross for free.

This is the view when you get to the other side, safe and sound!

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