The
Kahuzi-Biega National Park is a
protected area near
Bukavu town in eastern
Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is situated near the western bank of
Lake Kivu and the
Rwandan border. Established in 1970 by the Belgian photographer and conservationist Adrien Deschryver, the park is named after two dormant volcanoes,
Mount Kahuzi and Mount Biega, which are within its limits. With an area of , Kahuzi-Biega is one of the biggest
national parks in the country. Set in both mountainous and lowland terrain, it is one of the last refuges of the rare species of
Eastern lowland gorilla (
Gorilla beringei graueri), an endangered category under the
IUCN Red List. The park is a
UNESCO World Heritage Site, inscribed in 1980 for its unique biodiversity of rainforest habitat and its eastern lowland gorillas.