15 Reasons to Visit Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as DR Congo, DRC, DROC, RDC, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply Congo is a country located in Central Africa. From 1971 to 1997 it was named Zaïre. Here are 15 Reasons to Visit Democratic Republic of the Congo .
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Congo River
Source: buzzkenya.comThe Congo River is the second largest river in the world by discharge, and the world's deepest river with measured depths in excess of 220 m.
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Virunga National Park
Source: afktravel.comThe Virunga National Park, formerly named Albert National Park, is a 7,800-square-kilometre National Park that stretches from the Virunga Mountains in the South, to the Rwenzori Mountains in the North.
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Mount Nyiragongo
Source: www.therealbest.comMount Nyiragongo is an active stratovolcano with an elevation of 3470 m in the Virunga Mountains associated with the Albertine Rift.
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Kahuzi-Biéga National Park
Source: yubanet.comThe Kahuzi-Biega National Park is a protected area near Bukavu town in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is situated near the western bank of Lake Kivu and the Rwandan border.
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Garamba National Park
Source: pinimg.comOne of Africa's oldest National parks, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.
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Lola ya Bonobo
Source: apeminds.webfactional.comFounded by Claudine Andre in 1994, Lola ya Bonobo is the world's only sanctuary for orphaned bonobos.
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Salonga National Park
Source: www.afritron.orgIt is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve covering about 36,000 km² or 3,334,600 hectares.
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Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Source: mongabay.comThe Okapi Wildlife Reserve is a World Heritage Site in the Ituri Forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the borders with Sudan and Uganda.
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Boyoma Falls
Source: bchernoff.web.wesleyan.eduBoyoma Falls, formerly known as Stanley Falls, consists of seven cataracts, each no more than 5 m high, extending over more than 100 km (62 mi) along a curve of the Lualaba River between the river port towns of Ubundu and Kisangani/Boyoma in the Orientale Province.
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Livingstone Falls
Source: congotravelandtours.comLivingstone Falls — named for the explorer David Livingstone — are a succession of enormous rapids on the lower course of the Congo River in west equatorial Africa.
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Maiko National Park
Source: www.congobiodiv.orgIt lies in one of the most remote forest areas of the country and covers 10,885 km².
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Pool Malebo
The Pool Malebo – formerly Stanley Pool, also known as Malebo Pool, or Lake Nkunda by local indigenous people in pre-colonial times – is a lake-like widening in the lower reaches of the Congo River.
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Petites Chutes de la Lukaya
Source: oddstuffmagazine.comThe Petites Chutes de la Lukaya is a set of small waterfalls on the Lukaya River. They are just south of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are perhaps 1 metre high.
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Lukaya River
Source: wp.preventionweb.netIts source is located in the Crystal Mountains, from which it runs eastward through Bas-Congo, then runs into the banks of the Ndjili River.
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Le jardin d' Eden
Source: panoramio.com
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