Plan a trip to Congo (Republic)

Places to see in Congo (Republic)

12 of the 15 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Odzala-Kokoua National ParkUNESCO

  Parc national d'Odzala-Kokoua

  Park & nature · Cuvette-Ouest Department

  Odzala-Kokoua National Park is a national park in the Republic of the Congo. The park was first protected in 1935, declared a biosphere reserve in 1977, and granted official designation by presidential decree in 2001.

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

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  Nouabalé-Ndoki National ParkUNESCO

  Parc national de Nouabalé Ndoki

  Park & nature · Sangha Department

  Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park is a national park in the Republic of the Congo. Established in 1993, in the northern provinces of Congo, it is home to forest elephants, great apes, including western lowland gorillas and the eastern sub-species of chimpanzees and bongo.

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

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  Brazzaville

  City · Brazzaville (department)

  Brazzaville is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo. Administratively, it is a department and a commune.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Detsed1 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Pointe-Noire

  City · Pointe-Noire Department

  Pointe-Noire is the second largest city and main economic centre in the Republic of the Congo, with a population of 1,420,612 inhabitants in 2023. Since the 2002 constitution, it has also been an autonomous department and a commune; before this date it was the capital of the Kouilou region.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: David Stanley (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Pool Malebo

  Lake · Kinshasa

  The Pool Malebo, also known historically as Mpumbu, Lake Nkunda, Lake Nkuna, Lake Ntamo, or Lake Ngobila, is a broad, lake-like widening of the lower Congo River in Central Africa that forms a natural basin where the river expands before descending downstream into the Livingstone Falls.

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

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  Livingstone Falls

  Waterfall · Pool Department

  Livingstone Falls, named for British explorer David Livingstone, are a succession of enormous rapids on the lower course of the Congo River in west equatorial Africa, downstream from Malebo Pool in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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

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  Dolisie

  City · Niari Department

  Dolisie, known as Loubomo between 1975 and 1991, is a city and a commune. It is the capital of Niari in the south western of the Republic of the Congo, the country's third largest city and an important commercial centre.

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

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  Ouésso

  City · Sangha Department

  Ouésso is a town and commune in the Ouésso District in northern Republic of the Congo at the border of Cameroon, lying on the Sangha River and surrounded by rainforest. It is the capital of the Sangha Department. Its population was 75,095 in 2023, the date of the country's latest official census.

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

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  Mbamu

  Île Mbamou

  Island · Brazzaville

  Mbamu is an island in the Pool Malebo, a large lake formed by a widening of the River Congo. The island is territory of the Republic of the Congo.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Kinshasa & Brazzaville - ISS007-E-6305.jpg (Public domain). Map

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  Lake Tele

  Lac Télé

  Lake · Likouala

  Lake Tele is a freshwater lake in Epena District, Republic of the Congo.

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

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  Conkouati-Douli National Park

  Parc national de Conkouati-Douli

  Park & nature · Kouilou Department

  The Conkouati-Douli National Park is a UNESCO-recognised coastal national park in the Republic of the Congo. The park's main activities include community outreach, biological research and tourism development. It was established by the Presidential Decree No. 99–136 on 14 August 1999.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Kani Beat (CC0). Map

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  Basilica of Sainte-Anne-du-Congo in Brazzaville

  Basilique Sainte-Anne

  Religious · Brazzaville (department)

  The Basilica of Sainte-Anne-du-Congo is a monumental Catholic church in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: NGOULOU BATALA Ryddhel (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map