The Virunga Volcano of Nyiragongo is surrounded by both the North and West by adjacent Nyamuragira Volcano, and other several volcanoes to the East namely, Mikeno, Karisimbi, and Lake Kivu. Mount Nyiragongo shelters, one of the largest active Lava Lake in the whole world. Mount Nyiragongo seats on an elevation of about 3470m, with a wide caldera at its summit about 1.5 km wide.

Nyiragongo is located in the Albertine Rift, on the western branch of the East African Rift Valley system, the Mountain is Africa’s most active volcano, and the fact is that it has erupted 34 times since 1884 and world’s largest lava Lake, about 20 km, North of Goma and approximately 180 km from Kigali International Airport.

Highlights of the Hike

Day 1: Pick up from Kigali International Airport
Day 2: Nyiragongo Hike
Day 3: Descend Mount Nyiragongo

Day 1: Transfer to Gisenyi

You will meet our driver guide at Kigali International Airport upon your arrival, you will have a brief stopover at the Genocide memorials and other cultural sites around Kigali then transfer to Lake Kivu for a boat cruise and later on check-in at your lodge lunch will be served, relax and overnight at your lodge.

Accommodation

Luxury – Lake Kivu Serena Hotel
Mid-range – Gorilla Lake Kivu HotelBudget – Hotel Dian Fossey

Day 2: Hike Mount Nyiragongo

After breakfast our driver guide will be waiting for you, transfer to the starting point for your hike; meet up with the Park Ranger Guides who will brief you about the dos and don’ts while climbing the active Nyiragongo Mountain. The hike starts at Kibati starting point at 10:00 am, the hike usually takes 6 hours to the summit depending on the physical fitness of hikers. You will be able to see wild animals like elephants, buffalos, primates like mongooses, civets, chimpanzees and many endemic bird species like congo peafowl, schouted’s swift, graver’s cuckoo shrike, Prigogine swift, Bedford’s paradise flycatcher, Rockefeller’s sunbird among other bird species along the trail. Upon reaching the summit, enjoy your evening with breathtaking photography of the world’s largest active Lava Lake.

Day 3: Descend Mount Nyiragongo

After an early morning heavy breakfast, you will descend Nyiragongo back to the starting point. Meet your driver-guide who will transfer you to Kigali International Airport for international flight back home.

END OF TOUR

• What to carry or requirements
  Hiking shoes
  Raincoat
  Hiking permit
  Yellow fever immunization card
  East African Visa
  Porter

• Other Activities
  Gorilla tracking in the Virunga National Park
  Chimpanzee tracking and Chimpanzee Habituation in the Virunga National Park
  Community visits around the park environs.