How Ash Dykes SURVIVES Congo Nights: 12 Hours of Darkness

When the sun drops at 6 p.m. on the Sangha River, everything wakes up: hippos, crocodiles, forest elephants and malaria mosquitoes. British explorer Ash Dykes is paddling more than 700 km through the Congo Basin in an inflatable kayak, trying to survive twelve hours of darkness. The Sangha-Sangha fishermen and BaAka families who live here head out into it. 0:00 Two orange sparks on the river 1:15 6 p.m.: when the light goes 3:55 Hippos: the first to wake up 6:39 Crocodiles in the dark water 9:14 The fishermen who wait for night 11:25 The forest’s night shift 12:38 How the BaAka choose where to sleep 14:18 The deadliest hunter on the river 17:28 Raising a child in the forest 20:40 Dawn on the Sangha This is one night on a Congo river, from sunset to sunrise. It shows what it takes to survive here, and what it takes to live here. #Congo #CongoRiver #AshDykes #Documentary