Okapi Wildlife Reserve World Heritage Site

Official name

Okapi Wildlife Reserve | UNESCO

Country

Democratic Republic of the Congo | Map

Continent

Africa

Location

Orientale Province
2.0000° Lat, 28.5000° Lon | Map

Code

718

Time Zone

Africa/Kinshasa (WAT, +0100)

Current Time

Category

Natural

Description

Inscribed 1996. The Okapi Wildlife Reserve occupies about one-fifth of the Ituri forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Congo river basin, of which the reserve and forest are a part, is one of the largest drainage systems in Africa. The reserve contains threatened species of primates and birds and about 5,000 of the estimated 30,000 okapi surviving in the wild. It also has some dramatic scenery, including waterfalls on the Ituri and Epulu rivers. The reserve is inhabited by traditional nomadic pygmy Mbuti and Efe hunters.