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Favorite thing: Before you can enter the park you always have to go to the Information Centre in Wechiau-village first. You can find this centre at the end of the mainroad you'll be dropped off at by the Tro-Tro. In this small concrete building you can find some information about the area and about all the possibilities of sleeping places, activities and over-night trips.

It can take a while before someone shows up, because the Sanctuary is not that popular with tourists that the Centre is always open. But as soon as you arrive there, there will be dozens of people coming to you and helping you by finding the right person for you. This gives you the chance to get to know some of the locals. This way I had to learn the names of at least 15 children that gathered around me...

When the right person finally arrives, he can explain you everything that is possible to undertake. Nothing is compulsary except the entrance fee of 40.000 cedis per person ($ 4,-). All the other thing you need to pay afterwards, but you do have to plan it on forehand here. This is also the place where you can arrange the Tro-Tro service to take you to the Hippo Sanctuary.