Eight volcanoes, half the world's mountain gorillas
Virunga Mountains
The Virunga Mountains are a chain of eight volcanoes stitched across the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo: Karisimbi the tallest at 4,507 m, Nyiragongo still glowing with its lava lake. Their bamboo and hagenia for…
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About Virunga Mountains
The Virunga Mountains are a chain of eight volcanoes stitched across the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo: Karisimbi the tallest at 4,507 m, Nyiragongo still glowing with its lava lake. Their bamboo and hagenia forests shelter roughly half of the world's remaining mountain gorillas. Trekking a gorilla family on these slopes, with volcano cones receding into the haze, is the region's defining experience; summit hikes on Bisoke and Karisimbi add high-altitude drama for the energetic.
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