The Congo Basin of Africa covers more than 1.4 million square miles and supports the world's second-largest stand of tropical rain forest,

after the South American Amazon.

The Congo River is the Earth's second largest river by volume.

The western lowland gorilla dwell in the rain forest and swamps of the Congo, equatorial Africa.

We trekked into the Nouabal -Ndoki N.P. Congo's largest and most remote national park to visit the Mondika Research Center.