ALBERT 
National Park 
The Albert National Park, created in 1925 by Royal Decree, covers some 2.022.500 acres. It offers a great variety 
of remarkable sites and contains innumerable specimens of a fauna which has practically disappeared from most 
districts of Congo. 
The essential purpose of The Albert National Park is to provide a reserve to assure the conservation of the African 
flora and fauna, some representatives of which are threatened with extinction owing to the continued improve¬ 
ment of hunting methods and also to the ever growing needs of a developing economy. 
To keep intact that which Nature has bequeathed to us is not sufficient. That is why the Albert National Park, 
as well as the other national parks in the Belgian Congo, has a definite scientific purpose. These vast natural 
laboratories are placed at the disposal of Science which finds there valuable lessons for the progress of human 
knowledge. 
So many beautiful things gathered together could not be kept from the public. With a view to satisfying their 
legitimate curiosity, some districts have been opened to traffic, so far as this could be done without interfering 
with the aims mentioned above. Visitors are allowed in some parts of sectors 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, on payment of a fee. 
Catering and lodging are available at the Rwindi Camp. 
It would therefore be a mistake to give the appellation « Park » to the whole of this domain, the most extensive 
parts of which constitute a « fully protected nature reserve ». Every interference of man has been averted, so that 
the forces of Nature may develope unrestrained. 
Do not frighten the ani¬ 
mals; other visitors coming 
after you would not see 
them anymore 
Follow the guide’s advice; 
it will ensure your safety. 
Learn the rules, and respect 
them, for your own sake 
and that of others. 
Do not leave your vehicle; 
there is danger. 
