Formerly known as Stanley Falls, Boyoma is a chain of seven cataracts strung across roughly 100km of the Lualaba River between Ubundu and Kisangani. No single drop exceeds about 5 metres, but the combined volume — over 16,000 cubic metres a second — makes it the largest waterfall in the world by flow rate, ahead of both Niagara and Iguazu. Below the last cataract, visible from Kisangani itself, the river takes its better-known name: the Congo.
The largest and most accessible of the seven cataracts is visible directly from Kisangani, roughly 730m wide at its broadest point.
Local Wagenia fishermen anchor wooden tripods into the riverbed and lower conical baskets into the rapids — a fishing method practised here for generations.
Renamed from its colonial-era title to the name used locally, reflecting the region's own history rather than that of the explorer who charted it.
Most visitors see the falls as part of a wider trip through Kisangani or a river expedition — tell us your dates and we'll build the routing.
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