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Congo - Kinshasa.

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Bukavu, Congo - Kinshasa
Gold
Big-city explorations

Bukavu

Congo - Kinshasa

A large city on the south-western shore of Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bukavu sits at the border with Rwanda with mountain views a…

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Kisantu, Congo - Kinshasa
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Kisantu

Congo - Kinshasa

Town in western DR Congo, a short drive south of Kinshasa, known for its large cathedral and botanical garden, which includes an arboretum of indigenous trees.

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Isiro, Congo - Kinshasa
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Big-city explorations

Isiro

Congo - Kinshasa

Isiro, the capital of DR Congo's Haut-Uele Province in the northeast, sits at the boundary between equatorial forest and savannah, with its economy built on…

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Bolobo, Congo - Kinshasa
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Bolobo

Congo - Kinshasa

Low-rise buildings with red-tin roofs line the broad Congo River's edge in this Mai-Ndombe Province town, where the wide waterway and dense tropical greenery…

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Luebo, Congo - Kinshasa
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Luebo

Congo - Kinshasa

A river town in DR Congo's Kasaï Province, Luebo carries a layered colonial and missionary history visible in its brick church with pointed steeple, set amon…

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Gbadolite, Congo - Kinshasa
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Ancient & archaeological sites

Gbadolite

Congo - Kinshasa

Gbadolite, in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is defined by its history as the ancestral home and personal project of Mobutu Sese Seko, wh…

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Basoko, Congo - Kinshasa
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Basoko

Congo - Kinshasa

Congo River town in Tshopo Province, Basoko draws visitors to its striking colonial-era brick church — with rose windows and a tall ornate tower — still a li…

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Kananga, Congo - Kinshasa
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Big-city explorations

Kananga

Congo - Kinshasa

Kananga is a large city in DR Congo's Kasai-Central Province, formerly known as Luluabourg, that was once considered as a potential new national capital.

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Mbandaka, Congo - Kinshasa
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Big-city explorations

Mbandaka

Congo - Kinshasa

This river port city in DR Congo's Équateur Province, Mbandaka sits at the confluence of the Congo and Ruki rivers and serves as a significant stop on the wa…

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Kisangani, Congo - Kinshasa
Silver
Inland waterside towns

Kisangani

Congo - Kinshasa

Kisangani marks the farthest navigable point upstream on the Congo River, where the Boyoma Falls — a series of cataracts along a roughly 100-kilometre stretc…

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Pweto, Congo - Kinshasa
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Bustling market & commercial towns

Pweto

Congo - Kinshasa

A town on the Zambian border in DR Congo's Haut-Katanga Province, Pweto sits near water and within reach of mountains.

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Kikwit, Congo - Kinshasa
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Big-city explorations

Kikwit

Congo - Kinshasa

Kikwit, the largest city of Kwilu Province in southwestern DR Congo, sits at the furthest navigable point of the Kwilu River and developed from a tiny villag…

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Lusambo, Congo - Kinshasa
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Inland waterside towns

Lusambo

Congo - Kinshasa

Lusambo, the provincial capital of Sankuru in the Democratic Republic of Congo, sits on the Sankuru River near its confluence with the Lubi River.

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Libenge, Congo - Kinshasa
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Bustling market & commercial towns

Libenge

Congo - Kinshasa

Libenge is a river-port town in Sud-Ubangi Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sitting on the water and serving as the territorial seat of the…

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Aketi, Congo - Kinshasa
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Coast & island escapes

Aketi

Congo - Kinshasa

Town in DR Congo's Bas-Uele Province, Aketi features low whitewashed colonnaded buildings set along sandy open ground, with palm trees overhead and a nearby…

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Lisala, Congo - Kinshasa
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Bustling market & commercial towns

Lisala

Congo - Kinshasa

Birthplace of Mobutu Sese Seko — the president who ruled Congo as Zaire from 1965 to 1997 — Lisala is the provincial capital of Mongala in northwestern Democ…

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Bumba, Congo - Kinshasa
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Inland waterside towns

Bumba

Congo - Kinshasa

This river port on the Congo River in DR Congo's Mongala Province, Bumba serves as the administrative centre of Bumba Territory and a stop on one of central…

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Bunia, Congo - Kinshasa
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Inland waterside towns

Bunia

Congo - Kinshasa

Bunia, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ituri Province, sits on a highland plateau between Lake Albert to the east and the Ituri Rainfor…

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Bandundu Province, Congo - Kinshasa
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Bustling market & commercial towns

Bandundu Province

Congo - Kinshasa

River port city and provincial capital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bandundu — formerly known as Banningville — sits on the water and holds a con…

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Gemena, Congo - Kinshasa
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Bustling market & commercial towns

Gemena

Congo - Kinshasa

Gemena is the capital of Sud-Ubangi Province in northwestern DR Congo, a city notable for the mausoleum built in memory of Mama Yemo — mother of Mobutu Sese…

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Aru Territory, Congo - Kinshasa
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Aru Territory

Congo - Kinshasa

Aru Territory, at the northern tip of DR Congo's Ituri province on the borders with Uganda and South Sudan, is a cross-border trading zone where merchants fr…

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Mbuji-Mayi, Congo - Kinshasa
Bronze
Big-city explorations

Mbuji-Mayi

Congo - Kinshasa

Mbuji-Mayi, formerly Bakwanga, sits atop one of the largest known diamond deposits in the world, making it the traditional centre of industrial diamond minin…

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Yambuku, Congo - Kinshasa
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Yambuku

Congo - Kinshasa

Yambuku, a compact village in northern DR Congo's Mongala Province, is known historically as the site of the first documented Ebola outbreak, in 1976, when t…

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Basankusu, Congo - Kinshasa
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Inland waterside towns

Basankusu

Congo - Kinshasa

River-junction town deep in the tropical rainforest of DR Congo's Équateur Province, Basankusu sits where the Lopori and Maringa rivers meet to form the Lulo…

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Kindu, Congo - Kinshasa
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Bustling market & commercial towns

Kindu

Congo - Kinshasa

Kindu is the provincial capital of Maniema in the Democratic Republic of Congo, set on the Lualaba River — part of the Congo River system — where it has hist…

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Kasangulu, Congo - Kinshasa
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Inland waterside towns

Kasangulu

Congo - Kinshasa

Town in DR Congo's Kongo Central Province where a slow, red-brown river winds through dense tropical vegetation beneath a concrete road bridge, with upland c…

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Nyangwe, Congo - Kinshasa
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Nyangwe

Congo - Kinshasa

Nyangwe, on the right bank of the Lualaba River in DR Congo's Maniema Province, holds a dense 19th-century history as a Swahili–Arab trading hub for ivory, g…

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Likasi, Congo - Kinshasa
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Big-city explorations

Likasi

Congo - Kinshasa

Copper-mining city in southeastern DR Congo, founded in 1916–1917 when the local mines began production and later named Jadotville in honour of engineer Jean…

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Bukama, Congo - Kinshasa
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Inland waterside towns

Bukama

Congo - Kinshasa

A river town in DR Congo's Haut-Lomami Province, Bukama features colonial-era whitewashed architecture with colonnaded facades, sits close to the water, and…

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Kimpese, Congo - Kinshasa
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Kimpese

Congo - Kinshasa

A hillside town in DR Congo's Bas-Congo province, Kimpese sits among rolling, sparsely wooded hills along the Kinshasa–Matadi corridor, with a notable region…

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Butembo, Congo - Kinshasa
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Big-city explorations

Butembo

Congo - Kinshasa

This commercial city in North Kivu, eastern DR Congo, with a walkable centre of cafés, restaurants, and large markets, and a cathedral among its landmarks.

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Boma, Congo - Kinshasa
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Inland waterside towns

Boma

Congo - Kinshasa

Boma served as the capital of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo from 1886 until the 1920s, making it one of the most historically significant cities on…

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Yangambi, Congo - Kinshasa
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Yangambi

Congo - Kinshasa

This Congo River-side town in Tshopo province, Yangambi features a notable mid-century brick institutional building set on open green grounds, hinting at a l…

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Shinkolobwe, Congo - Kinshasa
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Shinkolobwe

Congo - Kinshasa

Shinkolobwe, a settlement in the Haut-Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is known primarily as the site of a uranium and radium mine w…

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Tshikapa, Congo - Kinshasa
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Inland waterside towns

Tshikapa

Congo - Kinshasa

Tshikapa, the capital of DR Congo's Kasaï Province, sits at the confluence of the Tshikapa and Kasai rivers, close to the Angolan border.

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Matadi, Congo - Kinshasa
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Inland waterside towns

Matadi

Congo - Kinshasa

Founded in 1886 on the left bank of the Congo River, Matadi is the DR Congo's chief seaport and the capital of Kongo Central province, sitting where the rive…

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Mbanza-Ngungu, Congo - Kinshasa
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Mbanza-Ngungu

Congo - Kinshasa

This mid-sized administrative city in DR Congo's Kongo Central Province, Mbanza-Ngungu features a civic square with a figurative stone-base statue, a colonia…

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Kolwezi, Congo - Kinshasa
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Big-city explorations

Kolwezi

Congo - Kinshasa

A large mining city in DR Congo's Lualaba Province, Kolwezi's skyline is defined by industrial headframes and processing towers that tell the story of a regi…

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Big-city explorations

Lubumbashi

Congo - Kinshasa

Lubumbashi, DR Congo's second-largest city and the heart of its copper-mining region, offers a lively urban scene with busy markets, tree-lined boulevards, a…

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Kipushi

Congo - Kinshasa

This mid-sized Congolese city set among hills near the Zambian border, with water within easy reach and a compact urban energy shaped by its long history as…

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Inland waterside towns

Mushie

Congo - Kinshasa

This riverside town in the heart of DR Congo, Mushie sits close to the water and offers a glimpse into everyday life along one of central Africa's great rive…

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Watsa

Congo - Kinshasa

A remote Congolese town set near upland terrain and within easy reach of water, Watsa offers a raw, frontier feel for travelers drawn to equatorial Africa's…

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Inland waterside towns

Bulungu

Congo - Kinshasa

Riverside city in the DR Congo, Bulungu offers an authentic urban experience along the water's edge, where local life unfolds at a pace that rewards curious…

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Bustling market & commercial towns

Kabinda

Congo - Kinshasa

A mid-sized Congolese city set near upland terrain and within easy reach of water, offering an authentic urban experience in the heart of the country's inter…

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Bustling market & commercial towns

Gandajika

Congo - Kinshasa

This mid-sized Congolese city set among rolling hills with water nearby, offering an authentic urban experience in the heart of DR Congo's interior away from…

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Inland waterside towns

Kabalo

Congo - Kinshasa

Riverside city in the heart of DR Congo, Kabalo sits along the water's edge and offers a glimpse into everyday life in one of central Africa's more remote ur…

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Big-city explorations

Goma

Congo - Kinshasa

This city in eastern DR Congo's upland volcanic landscape, Goma draws independent travellers with its concentration of historic churches, proximity to water,…

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