The Central African Republic is a landlocked country right in the middle of Africa. It is relatively flat to hilly savanna, with some desert in the north, some tropical rainforest in the south.

There are a number of national parks, such as Manovo-Gounda-Saint-Floris in the northeast, with the greatest concentrations of hippos in the world. There are also Bamingui-Bangoran in the north; and Dzanga-Sangha in the southwest.