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Congo’s Lake Kivu Shoreline Explained A Volcanic Lake With Two National Identities Lake Kivu straddles the border between Rwanda and DR Congo, but the two shorelines […]
DR Congo’s Mai-Ndombe Wetlands and Wildlife The Wetland Behind the Congo Basin’s Curtain Lake Mai-Ndombe and the wetlands surrounding it sit in the western half of […]
How to Get a DR Congo Tourist Visa Why Congo’s Visa Process Feels Different From Its Neighbors Travelers arriving from Rwanda or Uganda, where tourist visas […]
Congo’s Virunga Rangers: Guardians of the Gorillas Africa’s Oldest Ranger Corps Virunga National Park was established in 1925, making it Africa’s oldest protected area, and its […]
A Park Best Known for Gorillas, Worth Knowing for Its Trails Kahuzi-Biega National Park’s reputation rests almost entirely on its eastern lowland gorillas, the world’s largest […]
A Culture That Shaped a Continent’s Soundtrack Few countries anywhere in Africa have exported their culture as widely, or as influentially, as DR Congo, whose music […]
Three Countries, One Volcanic Landscape Rwanda, Uganda, and DR Congo share something no other trio of countries on Earth can claim: the Virunga Massif and the […]
How Mountain Gorillas Communicate With Each Other Why Communication Matters in Gorilla Society Anyone who has stood in the undergrowth of Bwindi or Volcanoes National Park […]
The Genetic Difference Between Humans and Gorillas A Question Every Trekker Eventually Asks Somewhere on the walk back from a gorilla encounter, after the adrenaline has […]
Bwindi’s Nkuringo Sector: The Steepest Trailhead Explained Where Nkuringo Sits Within Bwindi Perched on the southwestern edge of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, the Nkuringo sector occupies […]
How Gorilla Habituation Programs Actually Work From Wild and Wary to Calm in Human Presence Every gorilla family a trekker visits today was once as wary […]
The History of Mountain Gorilla Conservation in Africa A Species Discovered, Then Nearly Lost The history of mountain gorilla conservation in Africa spans little more than […]