Sangha Lodge News
The latest sightings and happenings from Sangha Lodge camp and the Pangolin project
Looking to 2023
We have now added our 2023 set departure dates to our home page. Please have a look a then email info@sanghalodge.com to chat about what we can do to bring you here. Adventure awaits.
The lodge is busy with guests and outside of tourism, much of our time is taken up hand rearing a rescued white bellied pangolin.
Meanwhile take a look at some recent photos by Martin Cooper who visited us recently
New dates and new friends
The removal of some PCR testing restrictions has made it easier to visit us and means we have amended our set departures back to 10 nights. With April and May being some of our busiest months, we are maknig new friends all the time.
Other changes locally mean that it should now be cheaper that ever to come outside of our set departures, so if you are interested in a bespoke trip, just email us
10/12/21: It's good to be back
In late November 2021 we were pleased to welcome our first international visitors again on our first set departure since the onset of the pandemic. Our guests travelled from 3 continents and were able to fully make use of the lodge and park facilities. Including visiting Dzanga Bai and trekking to the gorillas from Bai Hokou, as well as trekking in our concession, birdwatching and night walks.
18/09/21: Reopening confirmed!
This departure includes trekking to see western lowland gorillas, a day at the world famous Dzanga bai to see the largest gathering of forest elephants, walks and treks in the rainforest by day and night to see the vast array of wildlife in the area, as well as time with the Ba'aka tribes people.
A unique opportunity in this difficult year to see some of Africa's true wild spectacles.
15/09/21 A nighttime encounter
We use the imager to find nocturnal wildlife which we can then show to our guests. This technology offers a great way to expand the range of wildlife that can be seen at the lodge, and is vital to help increase our understanding of the environment in which we live and work.
08/07/21: Chimpanzees using tools
A short clip from one of our camera traps.
Not the best footage but it's always great to see chimpanzees on our concession.
Here you can just about see the use of grass stems to "fish" for driver ants
05/06/21: In the night
While the lodge remains closed, the nocturnal animals that visit us remain active. Rod has been finding them with our thermal imaging camera, which makes these rarely seen animals much easier to find and show to oru guests
12/04/21: Allen's Swamp Monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis)
06/04/21: Forest birds
Another video of bycatch from our camera trapping. This time some forest birds.
NB: First Guinea fowl are plumed not crested
31/03/21: Forest Elephant recognised as separate species
Last week the IUCN formally recognised African forest elephant as a separate species to their savannah relatives. Forest elephants
(Loxodonta cyclotis) are listed as critically endangered and savannah elephants
(Loxodonta africana)
as endangered.
The forests of Dzanga Sangha are arguably the best place in the world to view forest elephants and their protection is hugely important to us and to the wider world.
Photo: Jacha Potgieter
24/03/21: Squirrels, primates and other small mammals in camera traps
Some random rare footage of small mammals from a single camera trap set up at a know den of a Long-tailed Pangolin. Includes footage of the rarely filmed Central African Oyan
28/02/21: Changes to Reopening
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, the decision has been made to remian closed until September, our set departure dates have been amended to reflect this
01/01/21: De Brazza's monkey
A shy and rarely seen De Brazza's monkey came to visit
20/11/20: New Page - The Squirrels of Sangha Lodge
The forest around the lodge is home to many species of small mammal. Here we look at the 10 species of squirrel that occur around us
29/04/20: Sangha Pangolin Project
As part of the Leadership in Conservation in Africa talks the researchers from our pangolin project gave a talk on their work.