Virunga, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"“You do not believe me,” she said, “but I have seen them in Virunga. Gorillas are not animals. They are men.”"

"Travis said, “As far as anybody knows, we still have an expedition in Virunga. If we put a second small team into the field fast enough, nobody will ever know that it wasn’t the original team.”"

"In 1872, Stanley passed near the Virunga region but did not enter it; in 1899, a German expedition went in, losing more than half its party."