Climbing Mount Gahinga: Climbing Mount Gahinga is the most adventurous safari activity that travelers do experience on a Rwanda safari or a Uganda safari. Mountain Gahinga is the attractive dormant volcano that is located in the Virunga ranges, and it’s located both in Uganda and Rwanda. Also Mount Gahinga is known as Mount Mgahinga in Uganda, and famously known as the mountain that lies between two mountains that is Sabyinyo Mountains and Muhabura in the Virunga Volcano Massif. In the three mountains Mount Gahinga is the smallest that measures and stands at a height of 3474 meters above the sea level.
Climbing or hiking Mount Gahinga takes place either in Rwanda or Uganda that is Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. Climbing Mount Gahinga has got the stunning attractions to see as you’re climbing including the various biodiversity like the golden cats, bamboo forests, and others though at times if you are lucky you can sight the chimpanzees. Along the hiking safari you can also get sight the beautiful and colorful bird species like the olive woodpeckers, double collared sunbirds, bronze sunbirds, olive pigeons, olive thrush and among many others.
Though knowing that Mount Gahinga is the smallest between Mount Sabyinyo and Mount Muhavura.This takes you a period of about 6 hours to reach the summit of Mount Gahinga and descend the mountain. This is enjoyable as climbing Mount Gahinga does not require any one to be experienced mountain climber or having any knowledge, hint about climbing. Any traveler who is a hiking lover and physically fit and mentally stable can climb Mount Gahinga.
Hiking Gahinga makes your climbing safari the most complete one as this is where you experience and come across the various numbers of the primates especially at the base of the Mount Gahinga like the baboons, vervet monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, golden monkeys and others. Also you can get the opportunity of watching other inclusive animal species like the elephants, hyenas, leopards, buffaloes that makes your safari the most complete one.
Climbing Mount Gahinga in Rwanda begins with a briefing early in the morning at around 7:00 am regarding about the hiking trails, and all the relevant information that is related to Volcanoes National Park like the mountains in the Virunga mountain ranges, volcanic mountains, wildlife that you come across while climbing and many others.
Essentials for Mount Gahinga climbing in Rwanda.
Climbing mountain is a general tiring adventure that needs one to be properly prepared before caring out a safari activity, before carrying out Mount Gahinga climbing it requires when one has the most essential requirements for hiking expedition as the following,
Booking hiking permit. The hiking permit for climbing Mount Gahinga is almost 75USD per person and therefore you are advised to book in advance as there can be competition.
Physical fitness. As you know that for any hiking safari, it needs when one is fit that is both mentally and physically as the hiking trail is abit longer and requires one to use a lot of energy to reach the summit of Mount Gahinga.
Hiking stick. Hiking sticks are given to the tourists at the head office of Volcanoes National Park on that hiking day, also it’s your choice you can either come along with your hiking sticks.
Favorable hiking attire.Travellers who need to go for Rwanda hiking safari on Mount Gahinga need when you have the light and good hiking shoes that will give you simple time to climb, light clothes, a warm sweater that keeps you warm because the higher you go the cooler it becomes. So when you are well maintained with the suitable hiking attire will make you to easily fit in the weather that you will find will climbing Mount Gahinga.
Porter. It’s known and important that the travelers hiking Mount Gahinga you can hire a porter at the Volcanoes National Park’s headquarters in Kinigi before your hiking safari. The porter is vital not only carrying your back pack but this expert also helps you to offer a push or pull where in need.
You are also advised to carry with you enough drinking water that is also among the essentials while climbing Mount Gahinga.
Not only climbing safari in Volcanoes national Park being the enjoyable safari activity, the park offers other stunning safari activities to the tourists who come to explore the mountain including the gorilla trekking where it requires you to pay 1500USD, golden monkey trekking. Other safari activities that take place in Volcanoes national park includes hiking to Dian Fossey gravesite, hiking Mount Bisoke, Nature walks, visiting Musanze caves, Hiking Mount Karisimbi and among others.
Where to stay in Volcanoes National Park.
Tourists who come to climb Mount Gahinga are provided with the impressive accommodation facilities that includes Budget, mid-range and luxury accommodations including Mountain gorilla view, Sabyinyo silverback lodge, Bisate Lodge, Kinigi guest house, Gorilla Volcanoes Lodge, One and only Gorilla Nest and among others.
How to get to Mount Gahinga in Rwanda.
Travelers who wish to come and do climbing Rwanda safari on Mount Gahinga in Volcanoes National Park, it takes the travelers about 2 hours’ drive from Kigali city.
Plan and carry out a hiking/climbing safari on Mount Gahinga in Rwanda you will adventure and experience the fascinating safari moments in your life. This is where you get to explore the country’s landscape together with the presence of unique sighting of biodiversity like beautiful vegetation, bird species, mountain gorillas, golden monkeys the list is endless.
