Plan a trip to Congo (DRC)

Places to see in Congo (DRC)

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Garamba National ParkUNESCO

  Parc National de la Garamba

  Park & nature · Upper Uele

  Garamba National Park is a national park in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo covering nearly 5,200 km2 (2,000 sq mi).

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: USAID (Public domain). Map

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  Salonga National ParkUNESCO

  Parc national de la Salonga

  Park & nature · Équateur

  Salonga National Park is a national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo located in the Congo River basin. It is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve covering about 36,000 km2 or 3,600,000 hectares. It extends into the provinces of Mai Ndombe, Equateur, Kasaï and Sankuru.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Radio Okapi (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Kinshasa

  City · Kinshasa

  Kinshasa, formerly named Léopoldville from 1881 to 1966, is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kinshasa is one of the world's fastest-growing megacities, with an estimated population of 18.5 million in 2026.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Garcia-Pavilion (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Lake Kivu

  Lake · Western Province

  Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. Lake Kivu empties into the Ruzizi River, which flows southwards into Lake Tanganyika.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Omirambe (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Lubumbashi

  City · Haut-Katanga Province

  Lubumbashi, formerly Élisabethville, is the second-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the southeasternmost part of the country, near the border with Zambia.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: T. Thielemans (CC BY 3.0). Map

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  Kisangani

  City · Tshopo

  Kisangani, formerly Stanleyville, is the capital of Tshopo Province, located on the Congo River in the eastern part of the central Congo Basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Piet Clement (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Lake Albert

  Lac Albert / Lake Albert

  Lake · Hoima

  Lake Albert, originally known as Lake Mwitanzige by the Banyoro, Nam Ovoyo Bonyo by the Alur, and temporarily as Lake Mobutu Sese Seko, is a lake located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is Africa's sixth-largest lake and the second biggest of Uganda's Great Lakes.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ndalilo koli (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Mbuji-Mayi

  City · Kasaï-Oriental

  Mbuji-Mayi is a city and the capital of Kasai-Oriental Province in the south-central Democratic Republic of Congo. It is thought to be the second largest city in the country, after the capital Kinshasa and ahead of Lubumbashi, Kisangani and Kananga, though its exact population is not known.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

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  Boyoma Falls

  Chutes Wagenya

  Waterfall · Tshopo

  Boyoma Falls, formerly known as Stanley Falls, is a series of seven cataracts, each no more than 5 m (16 ft) high, extending over more than 100 km (62 mi) along a curve of the Lualaba River between the river port towns of Ubundu and Kisangani in the Orientale Province of the Democratic Republic of…

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ad Meskens (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Inga dams

  Inga1 dam

  Landmark · Kongo Central

  The Inga Dams are two hydroelectric dams connected to one of the largest waterfalls in the world, Inga Falls. They are located in the western Democratic Republic of the Congo and 140 miles southwest of Kinshasa.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Alaindg (CC BY 2.5). Map

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  Lomami National Park

  Parc national de la Lomami

  Park & nature · Maniema

  Lomami National Park is a national park located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. Situated within the centre basin of the Lomami River, it straddles the Provinces of Tshopo and Maniema, with a slight overlap into the forests of the Tshuapa and Lualaba River basins.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Terese Hart (CC BY-SA 1.0). Map

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  Upemba National Park

  Parc national de l'Upemba

  Park & nature · Haut-Katanga Province

  Upemba National Park is a large national park in Haut-Lomami, Lualaba Province & Haut-Katanga Province of the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: NASA/Crew of STS-57 (Public domain). Map