Volcanoes National Park
Gorilla families on bamboo volcano slopes, two easy hours from Kigali on tarmac.
About Volcanoes
Volcanoes National Park protects the Rwandan slopes of the Virunga massif, five extinct volcanoes cloaked in bamboo and hagenia forest.
This is where Dian Fossey did her work at Karisoke, and it remains the most comfortable gorilla trek in Africa: tarmac from the airport, boutique lodges at the trailheads and habituated families often reached within one to three hours of walking.
The residents
Things to do here
Kinigi briefing with Intore dancers, then your permitted hour with a habituated family.
A gentler bamboo trek after a troop of endangered, fast-moving golden monkeys.
Climb to the Karisoke research site where Fossey lived, worked and is buried.
Lava tube caves and the Burera and Ruhondo lakes on your rest afternoon.
A taste of Volcanoes
City and memorial tour, then the drive north through terraced hills to a lodge below the volcanoes.
Dawn briefing at Kinigi, your hour with the gorillas, and a free afternoon for community or spa time.
Ready for Volcanoes?
One enquiry starts it all, we come back within a few hours with a tailored plan.