Garamba National Park

城市概覽

Garamba was home to the world's last known wild population of northern white rhinos, but it has suffered greatly from Congo's decades-long civil war, with heavy poaching and 50,000 refugees fleeing from Sudan into the park. The last white rhinos were likely killed by poachers by 2008, and the species is expected to be announced extinct within the next few years. Rhino-less, the park remains one of the last true wilderness areas of Africa, and its jungles and savannah remain true wonders to be beheld.

History Designated a national park in 1938, Garamba National Park is one of the oldest on the continent.

Landscape Lots of savannas.

Flora and fauna Garamba's charismatic megafauna include large herds of African elephants, as well as buffalo, white rhinoceros, Ugandan kob, and giraffes.

Climate June–December is Garamba's rainy season, and it becomes nearly impossible to reach the park when the roads wash out.

如何抵達

Good luck. First, visitors must find a domestic flight to Aru, at which point they will have to switch to a charter prop plane for a 50-minute ride to Nagero, the launch point for expeditions into the park. It's theoretically possible to travel by land from Aru to Nagero, but you would have to be crazy to try, both due to the impassibility of the roads and the ever-present security dangers posed by instability in the northeast DRC.

體驗活動

The principal activities are day-long drives at US$70/vehicle, and guided hikes for as little as US$10/day, which presumably would be an incredible way to experience this remotest of remote African bushland. The so-called "Aerial Safari" is the other thrilling option at US$420/hour in a Cessna 206, from which you'll be able to view herds of elephants, solitary giraffes, and the landscapes from a unique view, while generally living out Robert Redford Out of Africa fantasies.

住宿

Lodging Rooms at the camp are US$120/single and US$160/double, which include full board.

Backcountry Camping safaris can be arranged through the official channels, which will provide you with a guide and a tent to give you a true wilderness experience perhaps unparalleled on the continent.