Upemba – See Animals Wild

February 25, 2025February 25, 2025

Restoring a DRC reserve from a ‘triangle of death’ back into a thriving wildlife reserve

Upemba national park had virtually all its large mammals poached, but it is coming back (below is a 3 minute video about this decline).

Just a couple of years ago, 16 members of the Bakata Katanga militia suprised a party of 4 rangers within the park (close to the Upemba base camp). Lying in the south-east of the DRC, this reserve once teamed with life. Tens of thousands of elephants, alongside lins zebra and many other species roamed free.

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