ARE YOU READY FOR VIRUNGA ADVENTURE?

Getting to Virunga National Park!

Airline Travel.

Most tourists fly into the Kigali international airport and take a 3-hour car ride to the border crossing at Gisenyi, Rwanda. International flights often arrive in the evening, so we recommend spending the night in Kigali and leaving for Virunga the next morning. Most Kigali hotels will arrange an airport pick up for a small additional charge.

Virunga is an open forest for tourism.We are pleased to announce that even expeditions to the Bwindi national park is available.

Mountain Gorilla Treks.

All treks are led by park rangers and depart from either Kakamero or Bukima. Tourists not staying at the lodge will likely depart from Kakamero, which is one hour from Goma by car. Treks from Kakamero usually require 2-3 hours of hiking in each direction, depending where the mountain gorillas spent the previous night. Tourists staying at the Mikeno lodge will likely begin their trek from Bukima, which is a one-hour drive from Rumangabo. Hiking time can be anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours in each direction. The duration of the hike and difficulty of the terrain will depend on where the mountain gorillas spent the previous night.

If you’re not worn out you proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and spend yet another day with gorillas in the mist. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in southwestern Uganda in East Africa. The park is part is situated along the Democratic Republic of Congo border next  to the Virunga National Park and on the edge of the Albertine Rift Valley. The park has half of the world's population of the critically endangered mountain gorillas. There are four habituated mountain gorilla groups open to tourism: Mubare; Habinyanja; Rushegura near Buhoma; and the Nkuringo group at Nkuringo.

Lodging around Virunga nationalpark.

Accommodation is being offered at a discounted rate for a limited time

The Mikeno Lodge.

The Lodge is a one and a half hour drive from Goma and offers large bungalows and a good restaurant. The lodge and restaurant are located within a forest and offer beautiful views of the rift valley and Nyiragongo and Mikeno volcanoes. Nature walks and visits to local places of interest can be arranged. There is an abundance of bird life, as well as resident blue monkeys, colobus monkeys, and baboons. Chimpanzees are also frequent visitors to the area.