It flows through some of the wildest and most attractive rainforest in Africa.

The Ivindo below Makokou was first traversed by a whitewater expedition in 1998.

This was a group from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, consisting of Chris Guier, Bruce Hayse, Louise Lasley, Marilyn Olsen, Rick Sievers and Howie Wolke.

The group encountered four impressive falls: Kongue, Mingouli, Tsengue Leledei, and an unnamed and undescribed falls between Mingouli and Tsengue Leledei which was perhaps the most beautiful of all.

There were many stretches of whitewater and the banks were remarkable for groups of unafraid elephants and occasional other mammals.