Virunga National Park is the oldest wildlife protected area on the African soil created to protect and conserve the unique wildlife species therein, for science and research purposes and protecting an indigenous threatened fruit-gathering community; the Twa. Parc National des Virunga (in French), stretches from the Rwenzori Mountains in the North, to the Virunga Mountains in the South, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It ranges in altitude from 680 meters in the Semliki River valley to 5,109 meters in the Rwenzori Mountains. Virunga National Park Congo, Gorilla Trekking, Congo gorilla tour, Congo safaris Virunga National park is one of not the best with diversity in Africa Famous for mountain gorilla trekking/ gorilla tours. All routes, activities and accommodation inside that are part of our Congo Safari packages inside and outside of Virunga National Park have been tested and approved by our team of safari specialists.All our safaris in and to the Virunga Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo are guided from the moment you arrive at the airport in Kigali, Rwanda. It was declared as protected area in 1925 and is one of the first protected areas in the African continent. Contact one of our safari specialists to combine your adventure in the Virunga National Park with a visit to Rwanda, Kenya or even the beaches of Zanzibar! The Virunga National Park is the oldest and most diverse National Park in Africa and was founded more than 125 years ago by the Belgian King Albert I. In 1979, the Virunga was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of her ecological importance though political upheavals have had negative implications on the conservancy. Almost more than half of what’s in Sub Saharan Africa in concentrated in this park. The 1990’s war period in the Rwanda was so challenging to the Virunga because of high influx of refugees into the Virunga National Park in Democratic Repunlic of Congo Offers a wide range of Visiting Congo one also gets a chance to visit Kahuzi Beiga, and this national park offers the following for accomodation; Virunga National Park – Virunga Safari Attraction Amazingly, over a quarter of the Mountain gorillas known to be critically endangered world over thrive in Virunga National Park and besides that, the park is also a home to low land Grauer’s gorillas and the eastern Chimpanzees. Visit the oldest park in Africa! Virunga Safari Lodge Home / Destinations / Rwanda / Parc National Des Volcanes / Virunga Safari Lodge For many years Rwanda ‘s flagship luxury eco-lodge, and located in north-west Rwanda, in the Parc des National Volcans, on a bluff overlooking lakes Burera and Ruhondo, Virunga Lodge is the recipient of outstanding reviews.
After handling park formalities, we set off on the once-in-a-lifetime experience that is tracking mountain gorillas. Today is the safe haven for the mountain gorilla, the chimpanzee and a great variety of other wild- and birdlife.

This park also boosts of two active volcanoes. The Virunga wildlife conservancy is the joint where the West African rainforests meet with the East African savanna grasslands and runs more than 300 km (190 mi) along the Albertine rift that splits the African continent from north to south. Virunga National Park is a national park in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Virunga National Park was established in 1925 as Africa’s first national park and was formerly named Albert National Park. Parc De Virunga Congo. Contact one of our safari specialists to combine your adventure in the Virunga National Park with a visit to Rwanda, Kenya or even the beaches of Zanzibar!This contact form is deactivated because you refused to accept Google reCaptcha service which is necessary to validate any messages sent by the form. Virunga national park offers a number of trips to the Park which inlcude; 5 Days Virunga Gorilla Trekking & Nyiragongo Hiking Congo (Mikeno Mist), 3 Days Nyiragongo hike from and back to Kigali, 8 Days Virunga PNV & Bwindi, 6 Days Virunga Nyiragongo and Kahuzi Biega, 3 Days Virunga Gorilla Safari, 3 Days Nyiragongo Hike, 4 Days Lowland Gorilla Tracking, 5 Days Virunga Nyiragongo & Kahuzi Biega, 4 Days Gorillas and Nyiragongo, 5 Days Virunga and Bwindi and 5 Days Congo Rwanda Gorillas. Virunga National Park is a 7800 square kilometer World Heritage Site that lies on the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where it borders Uganda as well as Rwanda. We also assist you with crossing the boarder and requesting your Visa for DRC and Rwanda.Congo Safaris is a division of Atelier Africa Safaris. Congo Safaris is a division of Atelier Africa Safaris. These massive primates are extremely rare, with less than 700 alive today.

6 Day Gahinga & Virunga Safari On this 6-day tour of Rwanda and Uganda you will have the opportunity to experience ancient Batwa culture, climb a volcano, track golden monkeys, and track the majestic mountain gorillas in either Uganda, Rwanda – or both! After an early breakfast, depart for Parc National des Virunga, and head over to the starting point of your gorilla tracking experience. The vestiges of Virunga’s rich diverse ecosystem that includes block mountain, volcanic mountains, the Albertine rift, craters and crater lakes, rainforests, woodlands, open grasslands, swamp and wetland vegetation amongst others extend into Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable another gorilla trekking destination, Queen Elizabeth, Semliki, It is the oldest national park in Africa and the second oldest in the world.