Ecotourism in Congo Kinshasa
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CONGO KINSHASA, 2014/10/05
Announcements that the Virunga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, will be getting additional EU funding next by presently spending some 30+ million Euros over the completed 25 years, have met with instant demands that safeguards must be provided by the regime in Kinshasha on several areas of concern.
irunga National Park is a 7800 square kilometer World Heritage Site that lies on the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the is the second oldest national park in the world, behind only Yellowstone, and the oldest in Africa. It is the majority diverse national park on the African continent that boasts savannas, lava plains, swamps, erosion valleys, forests, active volcanoes and the ice fields of the Rwenzori Mountains. Part Virunga’s numerous species of wildlife, the park is home to approximately 200 of the world’s critically endangered mountain gorillas that live on the slopes of the Virunga volcano ranger which includes active Nyiragongo volcano and the major lava lake in the world.
