Volcanoes National Park is in the northern part of Rwanda, it takes approximately 2 hours to drive to arrive at the destination through the amazing backdrop of the continuous rolling hills, valleys and tea plantations, driving to Volcanoes National Park is a smooth ride, which does not give a hard time to arrive at the destination due to the well-developed road network. Road transport is the commonly used means to get to the destination. Driving to the Volcanoes National Park involves enjoying the scenic undescribed beauty of the land of a thousand hills. The national park is the closest of all the ecosystems of Rwanda to its city centre of Kigali.
Volcanoes National Park is known for its resident species the mountain gorillas, they live within the national park amicably together with other creatures, for example, the golden monkeys, the park is Africa’s first conservation area to be gazette, it has evolved within which are natural findings of volcanicity for example 5 of the 8 series of the great Virunga mountains a placed in the national park along the slopes of the various vegetation are mammal species although some are rare to see like forest elephants, mountain duikers, giant forest hogs to mention a few and over 180 species of birds have been recorded here to date.
Driving to the national park is a luxurious experience, travelers can arrange with a tour operator to be picked up from the Kigali International Airport, in this case,they will arrange proper safari cars for your Rwanda safari experience mostly sued car types are 4*4 land cruisers, mini tourist vans, tourist drones, super customs. Guests have the chance to hire a cab at the airport and ask to be dropped off at the park entrance of volcanoes. The other option is to use public means, however,while considering going by bus, it should be noted that they stop in Musanze town and that guests ought to still hire a cub to proceed to the national park.
Drives passthrough well-developed towns, and small villages in the countryside of Rwanda, alternatively, if you are looking to have a more luxurious experience, there are flights arranged to the Ruhengeri airstrip or the Musanzeairstrip, there are lodges around the volcanoes national park that have private helipads were guests can easily land.
The best time to drive to Volcanoes National Park is during the dry season between December -February and June -September, the country receives less rainfall during the dry season, and it is also referred to as a busy time to visit the national park. There is available accommodation around the national park ranging from the best budget to luxury, example facilities include Bisate Lodge, Five Volcanoes Gorilla Lodge, and Mountain Gorilla View Lodge to mention a few.
Things to do in the national park include mainly gorilla trekking, golden monkey tracking, hiking volcanoes in the park, and hiking the Dian Fossey. Trips to the volcanoes national park can be combined with those to the other conservation areas like a chimpanzee safari to the volcanoes national park, and wildlife of Akagera National Park.