CONGO

BUKAVU
Hotels
●Orchids Safari Club – Lake Kivu; orchids-hotel.com; gorgeous; “paradise in hell.”

EQUATEUR PROVINCE
Sights & Sites
●Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve – Tshuapa District (within Maringa-Lopori-Wamba Forest Landscape); conservation.org/global/gcf/portfolio/africa/Pages/kokolopori.aspx; in world’s 2^nd largest rainforest; nestled in Congo River basin; 4K sq-kmS reserve shelters black-furred bonobo bands; share with rich faunal array of fauna, notably 11 other primates, such as indigenous Salongo monkey; community-based reserve monitored by 30-odd village association, along with local NGO Vie Sauvage.