Refuge

Bopimbwa

République démocratique du Congo0 mUnguardedVerified listing

The place

Bopimbwa in Équateur province, Mbandaka/Basankusu sector (Democratic Republic of Congo), at 379 m elevation, central Congo basin. Kikongo- or Lingala-type village in the equatorial forest of the Congo basin (2nd largest tropical rainforest in the world after the Amazon, 200 million ha). Home to bonobos (Pan paniscus, endemic) and okapis. Bantu heritage.

The setting

Équateur Mbandaka/Basankusu DRC 379 m Congo basin, 2nd largest tropical rainforest in the world 200 million ha, bonobos Pan paniscus endemic/okapis, Bantu.