Trip of the week: tracking lowland gorillas in the Congo

Within Africa’s ‘green, river-laced heart’ is a ‘lush’ world teeming with spectacular wildlife

Western lowland gorilla in Odzala-Kokoua National Park
Western lowland gorilla in Odzala-Kokoua National Park
(Image credit: Godong / Getty)

Sprawling across six African countries, the Congo Basin is the “green, river-laced heart of the continent” – a “lush” world teeming with spectacular wildlife.

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