🌿 Okapi Wildlife Reserve

DR Congo · Africa · Natural · 1.50°N, 28.50°E

The Okapi Wildlife Reserve is a wildlife reserve in the Ituri Forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the borders with South Sudan and Uganda. At approximately 14,000 km2, it covers approximately one-fifth of the area of the forest. In 1996, the Okapi Wildlife Reserve was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, due to its large population of endangered okapis and its high overall biodiversity. As of March 2026, the reserve is occupied and seriously threatened by the presence of Islamist terrorists from the Allied Democratic Forces who in 2025 killed more than 1700 civilians in the wider region of northeast Congo.

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Quick facts

Country	DR Congo
Continent / region	Africa
List type	🌿 Natural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	1.50°N, 28.50°E · view on map

Okapi Wildlife Reserve is a natural World Heritage site in DR Congo, in Africa. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Okapi Wildlife Reserve was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More sites in DR Congo

Virunga National Park · Garamba National Park · Kahuzi-Biega National Park · Salonga National Park.

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