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Republic of the Congo

2 places
The smaller Congo, on the west bank of the great river, is mostly rainforest, its capital Brazzaville staring across the water at Kinshasa in the only place on Earth two national capitals face each other on a river.

The Northern Rainforest1 place

Odzala-Kokoua National ParkNature · ●●●●○Deep in the Congo Basin, the second-largest rainforest on Earth, a park where you track western lowland gorillas…

The South (Brazzaville & the Coast)1 place

BrazzavilleTown · ●●●○○A surprisingly relaxed capital on the great Congo River, gazing across the water at its huge, frenetic twin Kinshasa…