#ituri forest

Okapi

Okapia johnstoni

No, it is not related to zebras but giraffes. The Okapi (pronounced oh-COP-ee) is the only living relative to the giraffe. The beautiful animal looks like a giraffe with its large, upright ears used to catch slight sounds helping to warn the Okapi of trouble and its long, dark, prehensile tongue to help it strip leaves and buds from low lying brush. Its habitat is the Ituri Forest in Democratic Republic of the Congo on the continent of Africa. Because of the dense rain forest, Okapi’s were unknown until 1900.

3 Day Semliki Valley Wildlife – Birding – Chimpanzee Safari

Take this 3 Day Semliki Valley Wildlife – Birding – Chimpanzee Safari into Uganda’s version of the Congo – including the Ituri Forest 3Days on the edge of the Western Rift Escarpment in the Semliki Valley

3 Day Semliki Valley Wildlife – Birding – Chimpanzee Safari takes you into the Ituri Rainforest that spills over from the Congo into Uganda. Visit the Bambuti Pygmies who are more closely…

A piece of bark cloth, a non-woven textile made by beating the inner bark of certain trees and bushes until it is fine and soft. Reddish brown background, triangles in black plaid, black hooks, and various leaves and stars. One side appears to be unfinished. Origin Ituri forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), ca. 1951-1971.