CRPL is situated in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the province of South Kivu in a small village called Lwiro.

The CRPL is situated only four kilometers from the Kahuzi-Biega National Park (KBNP). The area is inscribed as a World Heritage Site in Danger since 1997 and it is listed as the 3rd most important site worldwide for the conservation of the Eastern Chimpanzee by the IUCN.