Volcanoes national park is located 160km in the northern Rwanda 2 hours drive from Kigali international airport, making it the most access national park on the planet. Volcanoes national park is part of Virunga conservation area. The Virunga volcanoes conservation project covers thee protected areas of Mgahinga, Bwindi, volcanoes, and Virunga national park of Democratic republic of Congo.
Volcanoes National park is a home to a number of primate species like endangered mountain gorillas, golden monkeys, and a variety of birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects among other creatures which together make a complete Rwanda safari package in one protected area. Volcanoes national park is truly life changing adventure which rewards travelers with close encounter to the endangered mountain gorillas in their natural setting.
The national park was named after the chain of dormant volcanoes making up the Virunga Massif thus volcanoes national park, the virunga volcanic ranges include: Karisimbi, Bisoke, Sabinyo, Gahinga and Muhabura, among them Karisimbi is the highest standing at 4507m.
Tracking endangered with unique feature is an amazing travel experience through the mysterious intimacy of the rain-forest, while on your trek in the interesting forest trails, encounter over 200 species of colorful birds and chattering of the rare golden monkeys and mountain gorillas which are the only one of the truly unique experiences in the area.
Volcanoes National Park protects the steep slopes of this magnificent mountain range and the park habituates the endangered species of mountain gorilla and a rich mosaic of montane ecosystems, which embrace evergreen and bamboo forest, open grassland, swamp and heath.
The volcanoes national park shelters the highest number of mountain gorillas in the Virunga conservation region and project was established to mainly conserved these giant species in the three countries that is Uganda (Bwindi and Mgahinga), Rwanda (volcanoes) and Democratic Republic of Congo (Virunga) national park and these are the only world countries and national park that habituates earths mountain gorillas.
In the 1994 and the years following, Volcanoes national park became a battlefield for Rwanda’s tribal wars which made tourism activities froze, until 1999 when the situation calmed down. In 2005, in a bid to boost conservation and gorilla safaris in Volcanoes national park, Rwanda introduced the annual baby naming ceremony for baby gorillas known as ‘Kwita Iziina’ which means giving getting a name and has seen great results in as far as gorilla population in volcanoes national park is concerned.
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