Hello, i've done a 6 days part from Bumba to Kisangani in a barge for 27 dollars (20 for me and 7 for the motorbike) 4 months ago. It's pretty easy to do from Kinshasa but it take more than three weeks. The travel is long, hot, cold, lots of mosquitos, you have to carry your water or drink from the river. The landscapes are verry nice but very similar. The most important its maybe the experience with these people who travel in this barge like a little village on the river. The road from Kisangani to Uganda is hard but ok with time and good sense. I've met in mauritania an american guy who come with is motorbike from South Africa and cross Congo from Uganda to Kisangani by road and kisangani to Kinshassa by barge (three weeks).

Me i've been from central african republic, via Bangui to the north of congo. 1000 kms from bangui to bumba of very bads tracks, very wet, i falt a lot but it's ok to done, just beware of the malaria that i take here and made me stay one week in a catholic mission (good place to sleep because no accomodation in congo jungle).

There are also antonov plane who make flew beetween all the big citys, it's like 100/150 dollars from kinshassa to Beni (at 80 kms of uganda) for the personns, and 1 dollars for one kilo (more or less about the distance) for the motorbike.

Congo it's maybe the nicest and wildest trip you can make in Africa.

Elapsio