Established in 1993, in the northern provinces of Congo, it is home to forest elephants, great apes, including western lowland gorillas and the eastern sub-species of chimpanzees and bongo.

[1][3][4][5] The Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park is managed under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement, signed in 2013 between the RoC Government and the WCS.

[6] Plans to establish the Nouabale-Ndoki National Park were initiated in 1991 by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Government of Congo with support from USAID as a transboundary collaborative project.

[1] In 1999, the timber company CIB (Congolaise Industrielle du Bois) and the local community joined hands with WCS and the Government of Congo to create an entity that would minimise the negative impacts of logging on the national park.

The German logging firm surrendered its rights over 100 km2 (39 sq mi) of the Goualougo Triangle under its lease hold to be merged with the national park, and also resolved to ban hunting.

This has resulted in the fact that it has been beneficial to effective preservation and growth of population of the wildlife and natural habitat of the forests in the park.

However, they form the major food source for a large number of mammals such as rodents, duikers, red river and giant forest hogs, buffaloes, elephants and, particularly, gorillas.

According to an African Pygmy legend, a Congo-based long-necked reptile, known as Mokele-mbembe killed elephants with its huge frontal horn.

[7] The park plays host to over 300 different kinds of birds, including eagles, hawks, owls, vultures, herons and parrots.

[14] Herpetofaunal studies have been conducted in four areas, recording 20 amphibian and 14 reptile species in the southern edge of the park; of these, the frogs include Aubria masako, Amietophrynus regularis, Cryptothylax greshoffii, Hyperolius balfouri, H. brachiofasciatus, Leptopelis brevirostris and L. calcaratus meridionalis.

The countries who have formed the tri-national organization under a trans-boundary program through the efforts of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) are the Central African Republic, the Congo and Cameroon.

This organizational effort has ensured appropriate actions being implemented related to anti-poaching, research and the promotion of tourism to the rain forests.

[14] Numerous providers run safaris into the park in order to fund conservation efforts and raise awareness about the wildlife.