Housed in the seemingly endless Congo Basin is a tropical rainforest so expansive that it is seen as the earth’s second lung after the Amazon. Within the heart of this deep, dark and dense natural paradise, travellers will find the nearly 1,350,000ha Odzala-Kokoua National Park. This is a place of stunning biological diversity and is home to the mighty western lowland gorilla.
Odzala Kokoua National Park Highlights
- This national park is found in the heart of the second-largest tropical rainforest in the world
- It is home to the western lowland gorilla, which can be tracked from one of three camps (Ngaga) in the area
- A place of stunning biological diversity with 400 bird species and 114 mammal species, as well as over 4,400 varieties of plants
- Home to rare rainforest game like the pangolin, sitatunga, bongo and forest elephant
- A pristine wilderness seen through the eyes of the great explorers, Livingstone and Jacques de Brazza
- Easy to access by plane from Maya Maya Airport in Brazzaville
