STANLEY BAOBAB

Located opposite the port, this 19-meter-diameter giant is no less than 700 years old. It's a naturally hollowing species, which is how explorer Stanley is said to have spent a few nights here in August 1877, hammocked in the trunk. A visit to the site offers an interesting explanation of the explorer's fabulous expedition from the shores of Lake Tanganyika to Boma in his collapsible boat, the "Lady Alice". That's 1,800 km of scares and dangers at every bend in the river.