Okapi Wildlife Reserve | DR Congo

 

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The Okapi Wildlife Reserve occupies about one-fifth of the Ituri forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The reserve contains threatened species of primates and birds and about 5,000 of the estimated 30,000 okapi surviving in the wild.

Okapi Wildlife Reserve is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The postcard was stamped and postmarked in Uvira but sent inside cover from Burundi.

Flags of the World | Democratic Republic of the Congo

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The national flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is in use since 2005, after ratification of the new constitution. It is almost the same as the flag that was in use from 1963 to 1971.

I received this card inside envelop, sent from Burundi. Somehow it was not possible to send it directly. 

Garamba National Park | DR Congo

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Garamba National Park is located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa.

The park is home to the four largest land mammals in the world, the elephant, the rhinoceros, the giraffe and the hippopotamus. The park is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Virunga National Park | DR Congo

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Virunga National Park is located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The park, founded in 1925, is home to the mountain gorillas living in the forests of the Virunga Mountains.

The park is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1979.

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The President of DR Congo since 2001, Joseph Kabila (1971).

Salonga National Park | DR Congo

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Salonga National Park is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve. Situated at the heart of the central basin of the Congo river, the park is very isolated and accessible only by water. It is the habitat of many endemic endangered species, such as the dwarf chimpanzee, the Congo peacock, the forest elephant and the African slender-snouted or 'false' crocodile.

 

The park is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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The President of DR Congo since 2001, Joseph Kabila (1971).

Kahuzi-Biega National Park in DR Congo

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Kahuzi-Biega National Park is located in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the Rwandan border. The park is named after two dormant volcanoes, Mt. Kahuzi (3,308m) and Mt. Biega (2,790m). One of the last groups of eastern lowland gorillas lives in the park, between 2,100 and 2,400m above sea-level.

In 1980 The Kahuzi-Biega National Park was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage.

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The President of DR Congo since 2001, Joseph Kabila (1971).