Baku, October 10, AZERTAC DR Congo’s Virunga National Park is located in the centre of the Albertine Rift, of the Great Rift Valley.The property is unique with its active chain of volcanoes and rich diversity of habitats that surpass those of any other African park.Its range contains an amalgamation of steppes, savannas and plains, marshlands, low altitude and afro-montane forest belts to unique afro-alpine vegetation and permanent glaciers and snow on Mounts Rwenzori whose peaks culminate in 5000 m height.The property includes the spectacular massifs of Rwenzori and Virunga Mountains containing the two most active volcanoes of Africa. The wide diversity of habitats produces exceptional biodiversity, notably endemic species and rare and globally threatened species such as the mountain gorilla.The volcanoes, which erupt at regular intervals every few years, constitute the dominant land features of the outstanding landscape.The Park presents several other spectacular panoramas like the eroded valleys in the Sinda and Ishango regions. The property also contains important concentrations of wildlife, notably elephants, buffalo and Thomas cobs, and the largest concentration of hippopotamuses in Africa, with 20,000 individuals living on the banks of Lake Edward and along the Rwindi, Rutshuru and Semliki Rivers.Inscribed in UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979, the Virunga National Park also comprises important tropical zones essential for the wintering of Palearctic avifauna.