This experience will offer you a great opportunity to explore the ten gorilla groups on your tours in Rwanda. Here, Volcanoes National Park inhabits these families and offers you a great chance to have them at your sight. Unlike in Uganda, here you are randomly given a group to visit but we make it simpler for our clients since we have built a good relationship with these people, we book for you a gorilla group of your choice depending on what you want to achieve from that particular group and they listen to us. The safari starts early in the morning with breakfast at your preferred lodge then transferred to its headquarters in Kinigi with a briefing on the dos and don’ts in the ten gorilla families.
Then led by a guide to the family allocated to in groups of eight per day. Since it is an uphill trek, it may be a bit tiresome but an amazing lifetime experience. While at their sight, you are allowed to stay with them for only one hour. In this hour, you are delighted and amazed with these endangered creatures with characteristics less of human beings.
Nyiragongo is a beautiful volcano that features the world’s largest lava lake. The volcano’s forested lower slopes are home to a variety of animals, including chimpanzees, monkeys, and bush buck. Nyiragongo’s summit rim is largely devoid of vegetation and is frequently dusted with snow. From the rim, visitors can peer down into a churning lava lake and see and hear hot gases exploding up though a mosaic of molten lava. Although predictable and therefore safe for tourists, Nyiragongo is greatly feared during eruptions. Because of the high silica content of its lava, Nyiragongo’s lava flows are extremely fluid. During the 2002 eruption, some of Nyiragongo’s lava flows were clocked at 100 km/hr (62 mph) and reached all the way to Lake Kivu.
Treks to the summit of Nyiragongo volcano begin at the Kibati patrol post, which is approximately 30 minutes by car from Goma. The patrol post is less than a one hour drive from the Mikeno Lodge in Rumangabo. Park rangers lead all treks and porters (unaffiliated with the park) are available for hire. The time required to reach the summit depends on the average fitness of each group, but typically takes 4 – 6 hours.
People prone to Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) should speak to their physicians about taking preventative measures before making the climb. It is possible for fitter people to climb up and descend in one day, but most groups choose to overnight in basic accommodation available at the top. Come along with raincoats and cold weather gear. Rain showers are a common occurrence on the climb up during the rainy season and temperatures at the summit can dip below 0°C/32°F.
