LA PISCICULTURE DE PIERRE

A 25-minute drive from Bangui, fish farming is difficult to reach and a 4 x 4 vehicle is required to go there. But, at the end of a cabossée road, the pisciculture pools of the round hills form an idyllic setting. Pierre, very cordial and warm, welcomes visitors for whom his wife prepares an abundant local kitchen buffet: chicken, fresh fish from ponds (étérotus or tilapia), large dishes of garden vegetables, rice, cassava and plantains bananas. Provide fresh water, coffee and dessert, which are not available on site. In the shadow of the mango trees or a charming circular paillotte, the nicely decorated tables overlook the squares of water, and silence is disturbed only by the singing of birds. We can spend the day with pleasure: walk to the waterfall before meals, visits to farm animals and discovery of fish farming in the afternoon, to finish with some fishing in the basins. The arms loaded with vegetables and fish are returned to Bangui, for a small amount (2 000 FCFA per kg of fish, one can also order Pierre who descends in town several times a week).