The Escaliers de Venus waterfall at Mount Hoyo, Virunga National Park, Congo (Democratic Republic)

"The Virunga National Park covers the western shores of Lake Edward while elsewhere, marshland, grassland plateau and plains dominate the park. The Rwenzori Mountains lie on the Ugandan border and rise to alpine meadows and a glacier, while Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira are both active volcanoes with substantial associated lava plains. The neighbouring Mount Hoyo area was managed with the park and is home to a population of Bambuti Pygmy people, caves and waterfalls, but since the civil wars, the park has suffered somewhat." This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.