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Garamba is exceptional as it not only provides spectacular savannah scenery with its associated wildlife, but also boasts extensive sections of forest that house forest specialists. This variety of habitats has resulted in an exceptionally high biodiversity. Garamba is situated in the district of Haut-Uélé in the north eastern corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, adjacent to the ... Read More »

Salonga National Park is Africa’s largest tropical rainforest reserve covering about 36,000 km², it is defined in law as ‘une reserve naturelleintegrale’ in the sense of the 1933 London Convention and declared a World Heritage site in October 1984. It extends into the provinces of Bandundu, Equateur, Kasaï Occidental and Kasaï Oriental. Situated at the heart of the central basin ... Read More »

The Okapi Wildlife Reserve, established in 1992, helps protect the habitat of the okapi and many other species, as well as local indiginous people, the Mbuti pygmies. The Reserve encompasses 13,700 square kilometers (1.5 times the area of Yellowstone National Park) of the Ituri Forest in the northeastern portion of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the very heart of ... Read More »

Located in the southern sector of Virunga National Park, west of the park headquarters of Rumangabo, Tongo is a unique forest island and home to a small population of chimpanzees. The forest lies on one of the lava flows from Nyamulagira Volcano and is estimated to be 300 years old. Chimpanzee Treks Opening in January 2012 HISTORY Beginning in 1987 ... Read More »

Home to the critically endangered mountain gorilla. Virunga National Park is a land of superlatives. Virunga is the oldest national park in Africa anda UNESCO World Heritage Site in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on the border of Uganda and Rwanda. Virunga is Africa’s oldest national park and is also the continent’s most biologically diverse protected area. The park’s ... Read More »

Virunga National Park, a World Heritage site, is home to more than a quarter of the world’s remaining 880 critically endangered mountain gorillas. Virunga’s mountain gorillas live on the verdant jungle slopes of the park’s towering Volcanoes. In this spectacular setting, one of man’s closest relatives lives as they have done for thousands of years. Mothers care for their infants, ... Read More »