[2] Kisantu is located approximately 104 kilometres (65 mi) southwest of the city of Kinshasa, the national capital.

[6] The botanical gardens occupy an area that measures approximately 225 hectares (560 acres), bordered to the west by the Inkisi River.

The gardens attract researchers, botanists, naturalists, school children and ordinary tourists from inside and outside the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[7] A good national road (N1), leads north to Kinshasa and southwest to he port city of Matadi.

[8] The legendary DR Congolese saxophonist, composer, bandleader, producer, record label founder, and music-business executive, Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta (19 May 1944 – 13 October 2022), was born in Kisantu.