Duration: | 3 Day(s) - 2 Night(s) |
Tour Category: | Hiking Tours |
1st Day: Kigali – Goma
Depart Kigali, drive to the border of Rwanda and DRC, Grand Barriere/La cornice, after clearing with customs, enter Goma town, and proceed to your hotel check-in, and afternoon city tour of Goma town and surrounding environs.
Overnight: Caritas
2nd Day: Volcano Hike
Depart your hotel in Kigali at 0400hrs, drive to the border of Rwanda and DRC, Grand Barriere/La cornice, after clearing with Customs, enter Goma then proceed to Kibati, where you will start the trek walking through lush forest and lava fields with a steep incline near the top, and includes an overnight stay in the Nyiragongo Crater Cabanas on the volcano rim.
The stunning views both day and night make this an unforgettable experience. Later stay overnight in tents at the rim of the giant crater high above the active lava lake. CRATER BANDAS
Things to Bring for Nyiragongo Hiking:
Sleeping Bag, meals (lunch, dinner, and breakfast) Change of dry clothes, Rain gear, Good walking shoes, Warm Clothes (sweater, jacket) it is cold up the rim. Sun cream, warm Hat, Torch, Camera, and any other personal toiletries.
3rd Day: Volcano Descend - Kigali
After breakfast descend the volcanoes, then drive to Goma town, Drive to the border of DRC and Rwanda, enter Rwanda via the Rusizi border post the drive to Kigali.
Know More About Nyiragongo Volcano:
Nyiragongo (also spelled Niragongo), one of the world's most beautiful and active volcanoes, is a large stratovolcano near Lake Kivu at the eastern border of DRCongo with Rwanda in the Virunga National Park. It has a 1.2 km diameter summit caldera containing the world's most active and largest lava lake. Nyiragongo is infamous for its extremely fluid lava that runs as water when the lava lake drains.
Not much is known about how long the volcano has been erupting, but since 1882, it has erupted at least 34 times, including many periods where activity was continuous for years at a time, often in the form of a churning lava lake in the crater. The existence of the lava lake had been suspected for some time but was not scientifically confirmed until 1948.