The landscape of Bandundu province consisted primarily of plateaus covered in savanna, cut by rivers and streams that are often bordered by thick forest.

The villagers raise chickens, ducks, goats, sheep and cattle, and supplement their diet with fish and bushmeat.

A few Indian and Chinese business people selling electronics, such as cell phones, televisions and sound systems, have opened shop recently.

[3] The province was divided into the cities of Bandundu and Kikwit and the districts of Kwango, Kwilu, Mai-Ndombe and Plateaux.

Today's bus transportation (costs $30 one way) from Kinshasa (the Capital) to Bandundu is twice a week, but the ferry crossing only operates from 7am to 5 pm.

There are two television stations normally showing local news from Kinshasa, religion or the country's national sport; football.

Local transportation in Bandundu is mostly bicycles and motorbikes referred to as "Toleka" meaning "Let's go" in the Lingala language.

Music is an enormous part of life in the Congo where the love of the rhumba can dominate the dance floor with the likes for King Kester Emeneya, etc., crooning to the old samba beat from a Cuban influence.