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The Petites Chutes de la Lukaya (French; "Small falls of the Lukaya") is a set of small waterfalls on the Lukaya River. They are just south of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are perhaps high.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Visitez d'autres sites touristiques ans la région: Petites chutes de la Lukaya )〕 During the colonial era, Jesuits who settled on the Ndjili River in June 1893 at Kimbangu, in what is now Masina, were the first Catholic missionaries in the area. Within a month of arrival they moved away from the unhealthy, swampy conditions that they found at Kimwenza, near the Petites Chutes de la Lukaya. The low waterfalls empty into a small lake with a sandy beach.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Attractions )〕 They are an attraction to tourists who come to swim, or eat at the nearby restaurant.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aux alentours de Kinshasa: Chutes de La Lukaya )〕 The Lola ya Bonobo sanctuary for endangered bonobos, which is adjacent to the falls, is also of interest to tourists. The sanctuary was founded by Claudine André of the NGO ''The Friends of Bonobos in Congo'', in 1994, and has been located at the Petites Chutes de la Lukaya since 2002.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lola ya Bonobo )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Petites Chutes de la Lukaya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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