A country · 11 places · 5 regions
Central African Republic, all of it.
11 curated places across 5 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
The 4 biggest regions — Bangui, Sangha-Mbaéré, Bamingui-Bangoran Prefecture and Mbomou Prefecture — read below as chapters, with 1 more waiting past them.
Chapter I · Bangui · 3 places
Bangui
The Cathedral of Notre-Dame is the principal Catholic church of Bangui and seat of the archdiocese, a brick landmark rising above the low skyline of the Central African capital. Built in the colonial era, its warm masonry and twin towers make it one of the city's most recognisable buildings. The cathedral gained wider attention when it served as a place of interfaith gestures during periods of conflict in the country. It remains a centre of religious life and a symbol of Bangui's endurance through political turmoil.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · Sangha-Mbaéré · 2 places
Sangha-Mbaéré
In the country's far southwest, this rainforest reserve surrounds Dzanga Bai, a mineral clearing where dozens of forest elephants gather daily alongside bongos and forest buffalo. Habituated western lowland gorilla tracking and walks with Ba'Aka guides round out a world-class primate destination.
✦ December to February, the drier season for forest access · $$$
Chapter III · Bamingui-Bangoran Prefecture · 1 place
Bamingui-Bangoran Prefecture
Vast savannahs roll across Manovo-Gounda St Floris, sustaining leopards, elephants, red-fronted gazelles, cheetahs, wild dogs and herds of buffalo, while the floodplains along its northern edge draw great gatherings of waterfowl. Black rhinoceros also figured among the species for which UNESCO inscribed the park in 1988, a recognition of one of the Central African Republic's richest wildlife refuges.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Mbomou Prefecture · 1 place
Mbomou Prefecture
The Catholic cathedral of Bangassou on the Mbomou River near the DR Congo border. It serves a remote southeastern diocese long shaped by mission work along the river.
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Every place in Central African Republic
