Ecotourism in DRC
Mountain gorillas, the world's only bonobo sanctuary and Grauer's gorillas — DRC is Earth's rarest wildlife frontier.
Gallery — Ecotourism in DRC
A visual journey through the experiences that await you.
Virunga National Park (UNESCO)
- mountain gorilla trekking (permits ~€415)
- golden monkeys
Mountain gorilla trekking and golden monkeys
Kahuzi-Biéga National Park (UNESCO)
- Grauer's (eastern lowland) gorilla trekking
- permits from ~€370
The only place on Earth to trek Grauer's gorillas
Salonga National Park
- protects bonobos
- rainforest wetlands
Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve
Okapi Wildlife Reserve
- the endemic okapi — giraffe relative
Ituri forest, World Heritage
Lola ya Bonobo (near Kinshasa)
- orphaned bonobo rehabilitation
The world's only bonobo sanctuary
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Ecotourism in the Democratic Republic of Congo
DRC holds some of the planet's rarest wildlife encounters. Virunga National Park leads with mountain gorilla trekking, golden monkey tracking and its active-volcano ecosystem; Kahuzi-Biéga National Park, a UNESCO site, is the only place on Earth to trek Grauer's (eastern lowland) gorillas.
Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve, Salonga National Park, protects bonobos found nowhere else on Earth, the Okapi Wildlife Reserve guards the endemic giraffe-related okapi, and Lola ya Bonobo near Kinshasa — the world's only bonobo sanctuary — offers an accessible conservation anchor.
only place on Earth to trek Grauer's (eastern lowland) gorillas. permits from ~€415 (Virunga) and ~€370 (Kahuzi-Biéga).