Maiko National Park.
Maiko National Park is found in one of the most isolated forest regions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The park encompasses a total area of 10,885 square kilometres spreading through parts of Nord Kivu, Orientale Province as well as Maniema. The area that is now referred to as Maiko Park Congo was back in 1949 referred to as Bukumu Hunting Reserve as established by the Belgian colonial administration, that was put in place more to prevent the mineral exploitation and serve as a hunting ground for the wildlife, instead of protecting and conserving the area and the wildlife inhabited. It was in 1970 that it became named Maiko National Park solely for the purposes of nature conserving.


Kundelungu National Park.
Kundelungu National Park is one of the highest national parks in the Democratic Republic of Congo that tourists can visit for adventure while on a Congo safari tour. The Park, which was created in 1970, is roughly 7600 square kilometers in size. Kundelungu National Park is just next to Upemba National Park located in Katanga province 180km north east of Lubumbashi on a plateau from which the park’s name was derived. Before Kundelungu National Park was designated as a protected area for the conservation of wildlife, it was a private hunting area.

The park, which is separated into two distinct zones and features the breathtaking Lofoli Falls, is home to both plant and fauna. Kundelungu is primarily a savannah grassland with woodland pathways and a variety of animals, including antelopes, buffaloes, porcupines, warthogs, hippos, and several monkey species. There are many different species of birds in Kundelungu, including but not limited to egrets and pelicans. Travelers that take the opportunity to visit Kundelungu National Park during a Congo safari can explore the park’s splendor through a variety of activities.



Garamba National Park.
Garamba National Park is one of Africa’s oldest national parks that was established in 1938. The park is situated in the northeastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the Orientale Province. The park’s enormous animals and high biodiversity earned it a UNESCO World Heritage Site designation in 1980. Garamba National Park encompasses an area size of 5200 square kilometres and is governed by African Parks, a non-profit organization, alongside the Institute Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN). Garamba National Park borders South Sudan. The Park is known for the enormous population of elephants walking the park, as well as the Kordofan giraffe that can only be found here in the Congo. The Park was in the past a place where travellers could see the white rhinos for they were habituated in the park.


Kahuzi Biega National Park.
Kahuzi Biega National Park is one of the most visited parks in the Democratic Republic of Congo, located in the eastern part of the country near Bukavu town.  This is the only safari destination in East Africa with the Eastern Lowland gorillas. The park is just near the western bank of Lake Kivu and the Rwandan border, making it readily accessible from Rwanda that it can be incorporated on a Rwanda-Congo safari. Kahuzi Biega National Park was established in 1970 and named after the two dormant volcanoes of Mount Kahuzi 3308m and Mount Biega 2790m. Kahuzi Biega is one of the largest national parks in the Congo, spanning 6,000 square kilometers. Part of Kahuzi Biega National Park is in Mitumba Mountain range of the Albertine Rift in the Great Rift Valley while the other is on the lowland terrain. The park’s distinctive rainforest ecology and variety of mammal species particularly the eastern lowland gorillas led to its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.

Kahuzi Biega National Park is extremely rich in diversity of flora and fauna, and provides a habitat to over 1,178 plant species in the mountainous region of the park. The park has swamps, bogs, marshland and riparian forests at all altitudes, a rare sight worldwide. Both summits of Mount Kahuzi and Biega have subalpine heather, dry savannah, grasslands and some endemics.


Virunga National Park.
Virunga National Park is Congo’s mountain gorilla safari destination situated in the Eastern region of the country. Virunga National Park is the oldest national park in Africa that was gazetted in 1925. Just south of the shores of Lake Kivu that is shared by both the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, Virunga covers 7800 square kilometres along the Great Albertine Rift Valley. Due to the park’s high ecological significance, biodiversity, and mountain gorilla conservation, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. The park was designated a Ramsar site in 1999 after being designated a World Heritage in Danger in 1994. An African treasure that captures the essence of the continent’s wilderness is Virunga National Park. Despite being a national park for over a century, the Virunga is still pristine and largely unexploited, so those seeking a sense of wilderness should definitely make time to come.

Virunga National Park is part of the Virunga Massif that expands through three countries of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, making three nationals parks of Virunga National Park, Volcanoes National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, respectively. Virunga National Park has a wide range of attractions ranging from great giant apes to a boiling lava lake. The park has 196 mammal species, 67 amphibians, 708 species of birds, 108 reptiles, and variety of flora as well as primates that include chimpanzees, Hamlyn’s monkeys, and endangered mountain gorillas among so many others. Virunga National Park is home to the world’s largest boiling lava lake at the summit of Mount Nyiragongo which has an elevation of 3,470 meters above sea level.

Salongo National Park.

Salongo National Park is located in central part of the Democratic Republic of Congo located in the Congo basin, the second largest tropical rainforest in the world. Which situated at the heart of the central basin of the Congo River, the park is very isolated and accessible only by water thus making it a unique national park in the country. The park covers an area of 36,000 square kilometers that makes it to the recognized largest national park. The park is a habitat for a wide range of the endangered and endemic species like Congo Peafowl, African elephants, bonobos and among many others.

Tchegera Island.

Tchegera Island is an idyllic safari destination found in the northern shore of Lake Kivu which is shared by both Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Though little known to travellers, Tchegera is one of the highest point destinations that travellers on a Congo safari tour should visit so as to relax. The Island is the one spot that is befitting to visit after a long gorilla trekking experience in Virunga National Park and also hiking Mount Nyiragongo. Since Tchegera Island is a great place for relaxation, most Congo safari trip packages include a visit there as the final activity on the schedule. The island is home to a wide range of plant and animal life, as well as birds and butterflies that are worth seeing.

Mount Nyiragongo.

Mount Nyiragongo is an active stratovolcano in the Virunga mountain ranges. Mount Nyiragongo is located inside Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, only 20 kilometres north of Goma and Lake Kivu, west of the Rwandan border. With a primary crater that is roughly two kilometers wide and contains a lava lake, Mount Nyiragongo has an elevation of 3,470 meters. With a depth of 600 meters, the lava lake on Mount Nyiragongo once had the largest volume in the world, however its depth changes now. Nyiragongo is surrounded by hundreds of tiny volcanic cinder cones from flank eruptions. Lava from Mount Nyiragongo flows at a pace of 100 km/h during an eruption. Human life is in jeopardy because of the swift lava flow, which reaches people before they can escape when the volcano erupts.