Salonga National Park World Heritage Site

Official name

Salonga National Park | UNESCO

Country

Democratic Republic of the Congo | Map

Continent

Africa

Location

Provinces of Equateur, Bandundu and Kasaï Oriental and Occidental
-2.0000° Lat, 21.0000° Lon | Map

Code

280

Time Zone

Africa/Kinshasa (WAT, +0100)

Current Time

Category

Natural

Description

Inscribed 1984. Salonga National Park is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve. Situated at the heart of the central basin of the Congo river, the park is very isolated and accessible only by water. It is the habitat of many endemic endangered species, such as the dwarf chimpanzee, the Congo peacock, the forest elephant and the African slender-snouted or 'false' crocodile.