Mount Kahuzi, DRC
Mount Kahuzi is an extinct volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is within the Biega – Kahuzi National Park, a World Heritage Site.
Mount Kahuzi was last active at the end of the Pleistocene. At 3,317 metres it is the highest peak in the Mitumba Range, which runs along the west shore of Lake Kivu in the Albertine Rift. The eastern part of the Biega – Kahuzi National Park, a World Heritage Site, lies on the slopes of the mountain. The Zoological and Forest Reserve of Mount Kahuzi was created by decree on 27 July 1937, and extended in 1951 to include the Biega forest. It was gazetted as a national park in 1970.
Epic Democratic Republic of the Congo Culture & Adventure Route © Monika Newbound
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