{"id":329,"date":"2014-06-23T15:20:29","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T15:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/democraticrepublicofcongo\/?page_id=329"},"modified":"2014-06-23T15:24:01","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T15:24:01","slug":"gorillas-in-democratic-republic-of-congo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/democraticrepublicofcongo\/gorillas-in-democratic-republic-of-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorillas in Democratic Republic of Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/afrifacto.com\/democraticrepublicofcongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2014\/06\/congo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"331\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/democraticrepublicofcongo\/gorillas-in-democratic-republic-of-congo\/congo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2014\/06\/congo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"congo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2014\/06\/congo.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-331\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/afrifacto.com\/democraticrepublicofcongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2014\/06\/congo.jpg?resize=400%2C300\" alt=\"congo\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/afrifacto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2014\/06\/congo.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/afrifacto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2014\/06\/congo.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Republic of Congo is endowed with\u00a0Three of the four sub-species which include\u00a0eastern lowland gorillas (ELG),\u00a0Mountain gorilla (MG) and\u00a0western lowland gorilla (WLG).<\/p>\n<p>Gorilla tourism with habituated groups began here in the mid-1970s, in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, a stronghold of eastern lowland gorillas (ELG), and this park still offers one of the best gorilla-viewing experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Bukavu is\u00a0the nearest town (with some beautiful lakeside hotels), but check the security situation if entering DRC from Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>Mountain gorilla (MG) tourism in Virunga NP is also excellent, if security allows. Things have improved since the early 2009 arrest of rebel leader Nkunda, but the area is still unsettled. However, even during the troubles many people visited the gorillas at Djomba on day trips from Kisoro, Uganda, because permits were available in the DRC and sold out in Uganda. Take advice on the spot \u2013 it can change from one week to the next.<\/p>\n<p>Some WLGs survive in the far west of DRC in the beautiful Madiakoko Mountains, Bas-Congo, crossing back and forth from Cabinda (Angola), but you\u2019d be a pioneer tourist here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Republic of Congo is endowed with\u00a0Three of the four sub-species which include\u00a0eastern lowland gorillas (ELG),\u00a0Mountain gorilla (MG) and\u00a0western lowland gorilla (WLG). Gorilla tourism with habituated groups began here in the mid-1970s, in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, a stronghold of eastern lowland gorillas (ELG), and this park still offers one of the best gorilla-viewing experiences. Bukavu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_gspb_post_css":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-329","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gorillas in Democratic Republic of Congo - Democratic Republic of Congo AfriFacto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/democraticrepublicofcongo\/gorillas-in-democratic-republic-of-congo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gorillas in Democratic Republic of Congo - Democratic Republic of Congo AfriFacto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Democratic Republic of Congo is endowed with\u00a0Three of the four sub-species which include\u00a0eastern lowland gorillas (ELG),\u00a0Mountain gorilla (MG) and\u00a0western lowland gorilla (WLG). 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