Driving to Volcanoes National Park
Driving to Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda is one of the most exciting things to do. From Kigali driving to Volcanoes National Park takes up to 2.5hrs on a smooth road with the best scenic viewpoints. Driving to Volcanoes National Park, you do not need a 4WD even with a simple 2 WD is recommended to enable you to get to Volcanoes. The driving distance from Kigali to Volcanoes National Park is 117 km northwest of Kigali.
You can start your driving to Volcanoes National Park early in the morning from 0400Am and be at the park headquarters by 0730Am especially for guests tracking mountain gorillas on the same day had an overnight stay in Kigali, this is very possible and thereafter return back to Kigali. This is recommended to visitors that have less time to spare while in Rwanda and who plan to see the mountain gorillas.
Driving to Volcanoes Rwanda Park
Volcanoes Nation Park is home to the rare mountain gorillas in Rwanda, this is also home to the beautiful golden monkeys plus a good number of countless birds. Many visitors arriving in Kigali in the afternoon to up 16h00 can drive to Volcanoes and have a lavish night at one of the, most luxurious resorts around volcanoes. The driving to Volcanoes national park is just 02h30 and hence one can do gorilla tracking on the same day and drive back to Kigali after the gorilla trek
To anyone that is willing to use a bus to Volcanoes National Park, all public transport end in Musanze town, and from here one can use a cab or taxi to the park headquarters and this can be as low as between US$ 30-US$ 50. It is ta the Park headquarters all activities begin from this point by 0800Am every day.
The driving to Volcanoes National Park is amazing through various stops along the way including a stopover point at Nyirangarama in the Rulindo district. This is a popular stopover for food and drinks, coffee, and taking short call breaks by passengers in transit to Musanze. The Nyirangarama stopover point is nearly 45kms from Kigali. This is the best stopover point plying to Musanze Volcanoes National Park
Volcanoes National Park is a forested area in the Virunga Mountains that border Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Volcanoes National Park is Rwanda’s most visited tourist park with the most preferred tourist attraction, situated in the far northwest of Rwanda, Volcanoes National Park protects the steep slopes of this magnificent mountain range – home of the endangered mountain gorilla and a rich mosaic of montane ecosystems, which embrace evergreen and bamboo forest, open grassland, this rich living forest is home to the golden monkeys.
Other parks in Rwanda that are open for tourism include driving to Nyungwe Forests famous for Chimpanzee trekking and Canopy walk experience. Akagera National Park is also another wildlife park in Rwanda now a home for the Big 5 in Rwanda.
