Top Activities in Volcanoes National Park
TOP ACTIVITIES IN VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
Top Activities in Volcanoes National Park : Volcanoes national park is among the most visited tourism sites in Rwanda that have attracted a number of travelers interested in watching the beauty that the country has to offer with its abundance of primate species and other wildlife that has attracted a number of nature lovers all throughout the world. The park is famous for housing half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas that can be seen when you participate in gorilla trekking in Rwanda but once you visit volcanoes national park, you will be amazed that there is more to the park than participating in gorilla trekking in Rwanda.
While you visit the park, you will also get to see a number of attractions like Dian Fossey’s grave, golden monkeys, the Virunga mountains and many other attractions that you will get to see when you participate in the top activities in Volcanoes national park. Important to note about the park is the fact that it is one of the safe destinations to visit in Rwanda amidst covid-19 in the world. Rwanda is among the African countries that have put in place a number of safety precautions to be followed and been declared safe for travel so that tourists are protected against covid-19 so as to have a memorable experience while in the country.
Golden monkey trekking
Golden monkey trekking in Rwanda, volcanoes national park will give you the chance to hike one of the Virunga Mountains in Rwanda in order to access the habituated golden monkey troops. During golden monkey trekking in Rwanda, you will hike through the forest along the Virunga mountains which will give you the chance to see a number of rewarding attractions like the different bird species like; like Rwenzori Batis, Dusky turtle love, paradise flycatcher, double collared sunbird, marsh harrier, long-crested eagle handsome Francolin Ruwenzori turaco, common moorhen Ruwenzori night jar, the dusky crimson wing, red-faced woodland warbler archer’s ground robin, African Rwenzori grey throated tit. Rewarding views of the twin lakes of Burera and Ruhondo, lake Kivu and many other attractions.
When you get to the habituated troops of the golden monkeys, you will spend one hour with the primates understanding their behavior in the wild like their feeding patterns like how they feed on small creature like termites, caterpillars, they can also be seen eating bamboo shoots, they can also be seen eating edible leaves and roots. You will see their social structure like their social structure, you will get to see the supreme of the troop the male who has all mating rights with the adult females of the group, you will see the adult females who groom the infants and the young ones among other interesting features of the primates.
Hiking the mountains
The Virunga mountains are among the most famous attractions in Rwanda making it among the top activities in volcanoes national park that have attracted a number of tourists from all over the world to visit the park in order not to miss out on having an amazing adventure during your Rwanda safari. The park is home to five of the Virunga mountains that can also be seen in Mgahinga national park in Uganda and Virunga national park inn the democratic republic of Congo. while hiking the Virunga mountains in Rwanda as part of the top activities in volcanoes national park, you will have the chance to see a number of attractions like the mountains gorillas if you’re lucky enough, you are guaranteed to see the golden monkeys in the bamboo tress rewarding views of the twin lakes, lake Kivu, numerous bird species which are great views for photography making your activity so rewarding.
Gorilla trekking
Gorilla trekking in volcanoes national park is the among the top activities in volcanoes national park that tourists take part in because the park is home to half of the world’s endangered mountain gorillas that can be found in their natural habitat. Other mountain gorillas can be found when you participate in gorilla trekking in Mgahinga national park, gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park and gorilla trekking in Virunga national park. Gorilla trekking in Rwanda involves you hiking the Virunga mountains namely mount sabyinyo, mount gahinga, mount Muhabura, mount Karisimbi and mount Bisoke that will lead you to the habituated gorilla families which you will spend one hour with observing their behavior in the wild. You will get to see the dominant adult male also known as the silver back who is the overall seer of the group you will get to learn how they come into power which involves him challenging the one in power to a fight the loser exits the group if it’s the dominant male he is over thrown and forced to leave the family and if it’s the challenger that is defeated, how is also forced to leave the group as you participate in gorilla trekking in Rwanda which is quite interesting and memorable.
Dian Fossey hike
Get to understand more about the woman who made gorilla trekking in Rwanda possible by taking part in the Dian Fossey hike as part of the top activities in volcanoes national park. Dian Fossey was an American primatologist who made the conservation of the mountain gorillas possible with the different efforts she put in place.
During the time, there were cases of increased poaching in the park which lead to the decrease of the primate numbers but with the efforts of Dian Fossey after establishing the karisoke research station and also regular patrols in the park that were carried out to combat poaching, the number of primates increased but in the process she gained a number of enemies on the way and this was no surprise when she was found dead in her cabin but despite the tragedy she made the one thing she loved the most the gorillas be taken care of and protected and this has made gorilla trekking possible in Rwanda ad making the country to have the most gorilla families among the mountain gorilla trekking destinations in Africa. During the hike to her grave where she was buried at the gorilla cemetery with her gorilla friends that were victims to poaching, you will get to see a number of bird species, primate species like the vervet monkey, dent’s monkey, black and white colobus monkey among other rewarding attractions for a memorable safari.
