A land between two rivers.
Ibenga, Enyellé district, Likouala department, in the north of the Republic of the Congo. Where the Ibenga meets the Ubangi.
Ibenga, Enyellé, Likouala.
The estate is bordered by the Ibenga river, near its confluence with the Ubangi, which marks the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It is reached by river or by road from Impfondo, the department's main town.
2006Established
IbengaVillage
EnyelléDistrict
LikoualaDepartment
Location diagram, not to scale
What the land gives.
Three things that make the estate, as seen on site.
Pineapples planted on mounds · April 2025
The soil
Soil worked into mounds
Pineapples and food crops are planted on mounds of loose soil.
Cocoa trees in the shade of the palms · April 2025
The shade
Crops that shelter each other
The cocoa trees grow in the shade of the palms and tall trees; the hives are set at the forest edge.
The river · January 2018
The water
The river: a road, and a border
It borders the estate, it carries the harvests, it marks the border.
Young plants at the nursery · April 2022
Our way of working, as seen on site.
Simple tasks, repeated every season.
- Raising our seedlingsAt the estate nursery
- Combining cropsCocoa in the shade of the palms
- Keeping beesHives at the forest edge
- Sun-dryingOn racks, under the palms
Village in the Likouala · January 2018