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Garamba National Park

National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Garamba National Park is a national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1980. It was labelled a site in danger in 1980, removed in 1991, but regained the status in 1996 due to poaching and a fall in rhino numbers.

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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.

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UnderstandGaramba 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…

Get inGood 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.

Fees and permitsPermits are not an issue here, as visitors are so few—just a handful of foreign tourists per year. The park entrance fee is a one-time payment of US$50 for foreign non-residents, US$25 for foreign residents.

DoThe 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.

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

Stay safeRemnants of the Lord Resistance Army attack civilians in this area, brutally and without warning.

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