M'Baïki

M'Baiki is where the savanna around the capital finally gives way to true equatorial forest, which is why it became the standard short trip out for anyone who could not reach the far southwest. The town runs on timber and coffee and has the scruffy energy of a working frontier rather than anything arranged for visitors. Ba'Aka communities in the forest nearby take people out on walks and explain what the understorey is good for. The Lobaye river runs past in rapids below the town. The road down from the capital is tarmac for most of its length.