My Missing Countries/ Sites List

Complete List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites - Missing and Received can be seen HERE

Friday, April 17, 2015

DR Congo - Salonga National Park

"Salonga National Park is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve. Situated at the heart of the central basin of the Congo river, the park is very isolated and accessible only by water. It is the habitat of many endemic endangered species, such as the dwarf chimpanzee, the Congo peacock, the forest elephant and the African slender-snouted or 'false' crocodile" 

Source: World Heritage Site List

Postcard # 1


Thursday, April 16, 2015

DR Congo - Virunga National Park

"Virunga National Park (covering an area of 790,000 ha) comprises an outstanding diversity of habitats, ranging from swamps and steppes to the snowfields of Rwenzori at an altitude of over 5,000 m, and from lava plains to the savannahs on the slopes of volcanoes. Mountain gorillas are found in the park, some 20,000 hippopotamuses live in the rivers and birds from Siberia spend the winter there." 

Source: UNESCO World Heritage

Postcard # 1


DR Congo - Garamba National Park

"The park's immense savannahs, grasslands and woodlands, interspersed with gallery forests along the river banks and the swampy depressions, are home to four large mammals: the elephant, giraffe, hippopotamus and above all the white rhinoceros. Though much larger than the black rhino, it is harmless; only some 30 individuals remain." 

Source: UNESCO World Heritage

Postcard # 1


Wednesday, April 15, 2015

DR Congo - Kahuzi-Biega National Park

"A vast area of primary tropical forest dominated by two spectacular extinct volcanoes, Kahuzi and Biega, the park has a diverse and abundant fauna. One of the last groups of eastern lowland (graueri) gorillas (consisting of only some 250 individuals) lives at between 2,100 and 2,400 m above sea-level." 

Source: UNESCO World Heritage

Postcard # 1

Here's an original postcard from Kahuzi-Biega National Park. It was bought directly from Kahuzi-Biega National Park in Democratic Republic of Congo.

(The postcard is 4" x 6" in size!)
I did buy some extra postcards for friends but due to high cost of postcards I may be able to sell only and not be able to swap them with ordinary postcards. If interested, please leave a message below. I also bought some more postcards showing the 3 other UNESCO sites from DR Congo named Garamba National Park, Salonga National Park and Virunga National Park.
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