Democratic Republic of Congo Travel Blogs

So today was gorilla day.  The purpous of my whole trip.  I was up early......really early for me.  4:30am.  I was sooooooooooo tired.  I fell asleep in the transport for the two hour journey to the Congo.  I woke up eventually because the roads were so bumpy.  Ev…

Congo has long been known for it's political violence which through the years have led to endangerment of the Mountain Gorillas in the Virunga National Park. I joined the world of Tourism in my country in 1997 when I worked for the opposition News Paper known as The Monitor. I still remember readin…

It was a long journey, rough and muddy.... but once you reach the falls, you just forget everything else!

    Like I said, Eastern DRC is alluring. And I fancy myself as a photographer now. A wannabe, but a snapper nevertheless.     So. I browse the net (a slow connection which belongs to the 90s) and hit upon a site which promises to put me wise on the nuances of ph…

Flew into Nairobi, drove over to the Masai Mara and spent a couple of nights there before driving through Uganda to the border of the Congo. Crossed over and went to the Virunga National Park to see the mountain gorillas. Drove back to Nairobi, on to Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti and finished up in Zanzibar.

Here a few photos of my home and some photos of Goma, near Rwanda, where most of our projects are located.

often referred to as DR Congo, DRC, RDC or formerly as Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, The Congo, Congo-Leopoldville, Congo-Kinshasa, and Zaire (or Zaïre in French),third largest country by area on the African continent.

along trip from germany to south-afrika by own car.

I would like to share a few of the many photos I have taken as I travel the world. Please enjoy and leave comments.