Garamba National Park
Despite the park’s off the beaten track location, Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo carries its status as one of the oldest parks in Africa with pride. Visitors to this neck of the woods will also set foot on an endangered habitat on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.
The park stretches over more than 4 000 square kilometres, borders South Sudan in the northeast and is managed by African Parks. The landscape and its wildlife are sustained by the Garamba, Dungu and Aka rivers. More than 5% of the thousand vascular plant species are endemic to the area.
A wide variety of species are supported by the biogeographic zones of Guinea-Congolian and Guinean-Sudanese savanna that consists of savannah woodlands, grasslands, papyrus marshes and riparian forests. Almost 140 mammals, including the rare Kordofan giraffe, and over 280 birds have made the park their home.
The impressive sausage tree is prevalent throughout the park. The fruits of the tree weigh close to seven kilograms while the bright red flowers are used as a dye and in traditional medicine.
Garamba National Park is not the easiest destination to get to because of its remote location. Visitors have to take a domestic flight from Kinshasa to Aru and then board a charter plane to Nagero. Occasionally chartered flights are available from Kinshasa to Dungu near the park.
Covering vast grass savannas and woodlands interspersed with gallery forests and marshland depressions
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Virunga National Park activities are safe for anyone interested in them because of the security personnel that accompany you in order for you to have a safe activity, the park rangers and military accompany the tourists so that they are protected and also their property during the numerous activities
The property includes the spectacular massifs of Rwenzori and Virunga Mountains containing the two most active volcanoes of Africa. The wide diversity of habitats produces exceptional biodiversity, notably endemic species and rare and globally threatened species such as the mountain gorilla.
Despite years of civil unrest in the region where mountain gorillas live, conservation efforts have found success. Findings show populations in the Virunga Massif have grown to 604 individuals, up from 480 individuals in 2010. This puts the total global wild gorilla population over 1,000 individuals
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