CONGO (Zaire) - Places of Interest

BENI
+ Base for Ruwenzori mountain treks.


EPULU
+ Pygmy villages.
+ Okapi Reservation.


GOMA
+ Lake Kivu excursions.
+ Mt Nyrangongo treks: 3,470 meters / 11,385 feet; active volcano last erupted in 1977; 1 or 2 days trek with guides and porters.
+ Mt Nyamuragira treks: 3,055 meters / 10,022 feet.


KINSHASA
+ Central market: typically colourful, bustling market.
+ National Museum: Zaireois Art: Avenue du 24 Novembre.
+ Academie des Beaux-Arts: Avenue du 24 Novembre.
+ Kinkole Fishing port.
+ Nightlife: Kinshasa is 'capital' of the African music scene.


KISANGANI
+ Wagenia Fisheries
+ Stanley Falls (also called Boyoma Falls).


LAKE IDI AMIN DADA
+ Wide variety of birds.
+ Ruwenzori Mountain Trekking.


LAKE IDI AMIN DADA
+ Wide variety of birds.
+ Ruwenzori Mountain Trekking.


LAKE MOBUTU SESE SEKO
+ Reputed to hold more fish than any other lake in Africa: 618 meters / 2027 feet above sea level.


MBANZA-NGUNGU
+ Frere Gillet Botanic Gardens: rare orchids.


MOUNT HOYO
+ Mt Hoyo Pygmy villages.
+ Mt Hoyo Escaliers de Venus waterfall.
+ Trekking Mt Hoyo: 2 days with guides.


ZONGO
+ Insiki Falls: 60 meters / 197 feet.


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