Congo - Kinshasa

A montane national park in South Kivu centred on two extinct volcanoes, Kahuzi and Biega, protecting the largest remaining habitat of the eastern gorilla and a sweeping gradient of rainforest from 600 to 3,308 metres elevation.

The capital and largest city of the DRC, a vast African metropolis of over 17 million people stretching along the south bank of the Congo River opposite Brazzaville, with a vibrant cultural scene rooted in Congolese rumba, contemporary art and one of Africa's most celebrated nightlife economies.

An active stratovolcano rising 3,470 metres above Goma, hosting the world's most accessible persistent lava lake in its summit crater and periodically sending fast-moving lava flows across the city outskirts.

A 13,726 km² reserve in the Ituri Forest of northeastern DRC protecting the elusive okapi and forest elephant, охватывая один из наиболее нетронутых тропических лесов Африки.

Central Africa's largest tropical rainforest national park, covering over 36,000 km² of the Congo basin and protecting bonobos, forest elephants and the rare Congo peacock in near-total isolation.

Africa's oldest national park, spanning 7,800 km² of active volcanoes, deep rift valleys, and dense tropical forests along the DRC's eastern border with Rwanda and Uganda.