Congo Bradt Guide: Democratic Republic . Republic (Bradt Travel Guides) - Softcover

Rorison, Sean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841623911 ISBN 13: 9781841623917

Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides, 2012

Synopsis

Known as the heart of Africa, the Congos are one of the last bastions in Africa for the seriously adventurous traveler. Both countries remain difficult to visit especially when traveling overland. This revised guide tells you how to travel both adventurously and safely and includes an extensive chapter on security. It provides the intrepid traveler with practical information and the unique maps you will need to explore this jungle territory. City maps have been updated with the latest information on where to find hotels, restaurants and shops. The road network has been repaired and travelers can now travel easily by minibus throughout some regions of these countries. Overland routes are much improved and regional maps are completely revised to show the updated infrastructure. The Congos encompass Africa's largest area of intact rainforest and much of the book is devoted to the spectacular wildlife in both countries. Two eastern national parks, both World Heritage Sites, protect not only the mountain gorilla but the critically endangered eastern lowland gorilla and information on tour groups visiting these sites and many others is included in the guide. Providing practical information on every region of both countries, essential advice on preparation as well as safety precautions, this is the only comprehensive guide to both Congos in English.

About this title

About the Author

Sean Rorison is a Canadian writer who has visited over 90 countries. He helped launch the award-winning travel journal site Polo's Bastards, that focuses primarily on difficult destinations.

From the Back Cover

Congo Travel Guide - Expert tips and travel advice on everything from Kinshasa and Brazzaville highlights and political history sites to mountain gorillas and okapi. This guide also covers accommodation and cuisine, hiking routes, national parks like Virunga and Nouabalé-Ndoki, Congo River, wildlife tracking and tours, Pointe Noire, Salongas, Goma.

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Rising out of the jungle unlike any other sight in central Africa are Kinshasa’s towers, its lights, its chaos, its squalor. After spending weeks or months inside the far reaches of the Congos and arriving onto the paved yet pot-holed streets of the capital, one can easily be overwhelmed – quiet evenings of darkness are overtaken by raucous clubs, cluttered evening markets, throngs of touts and beggars. Truly maddening traffic unseen anywhere else in the Congos clogs the streets – from barely operating minibuses to convoys of tinted cars, thousands of people on the move in every direction, unknown faces of unknown people lurking in the corners of abandoned buildings, all living side by side in Kinshasa.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841623911
• ISBN 13: 9781841623917
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 352