Getting there – Travel to Volcanoes National Park : Getting there to Volcanoes National Park is readily one of the easiest Rwanda destinations to visit, With Volcanoes National Park being  accessed by either road or air via Kigali Airport, Uganda and DR Congo. With most of our travelling visitors coming to see the Rwanda Mountain Gorillas, the golden monkey tracking Safari as other futuristic Rwanda Safaris

 Via Kigali International Airport

This is the main access via the airport where tourists fly in, there after travel by road for 116.3 Kilometers to the park, this is an estimated 2-3 hours’ drive. In case tourists are coming from Gisenyi town its 1-2 hours’ drive to Musanze using the Ruhengeri-Gisenyi round. Youy tour operator on your behalf can also contract the services of Akagera Aviation to fly by helicopter.

Via Uganda

By Air; there are arranged flights from Uganda to Kigali Airport with airlines like Rwanda air, Ethiopian airways, Kenya airways and Uganda airlines. Then you will be driven to the park headquarters at Kinigi.

By road; Accessed via Mbarara- Kabale road to Cyanika border then cross over to Rwanda then drive to the park headquarters for one hour. It is 30 minutes’ drive from border with Uganda at Cyanika in Kisoro.

Via DR Congo

This route is good for tourists doing Virunga National park. Tourists can use both air and road. From DRC to Volcanoes, the drive is about 8-9 hours for a distance of 386.2 Kms via crossing the border at Ntungamo-Katunguru road.  By air tourists fly via Goma airport to Kigali International airport then be driven to the park.

Rwanda

Rwanda is known as the land of a thousand hills with amazing scenery, unique biodiversity, incredible wildlife, volcanoes and montane forests. Rwanda is renowned for its mountain gorillas which were first brought to international attention by the conservation efforts of Dian Fossey in the 1960s and 1970s. Rwanda’s gorillas have featured in many documentaries and have been visited by well-known figures such as Bill Gates, Natalie Portman, and Ted Turner, all of whom have participated in Rwanda’s annual gorilla-naming ceremony. Other famous people who have visited the Rwanda gorillas include Gianni Infantino a FIFA president, David Luiz an Arsenal and Brazil star, Didier Drogba, Maria Sharapova, Louis Van Gaal, Masai Urji, Tony Adams, Jerome Williams, Sergio Ramos Ellen DeGeneres and more. Rwanda and Uganda are presently the only two countries in the world where mountain gorillas can be visited safely. Rwanda as a country views gorilla tourism as a valuable conservation tool, and as such implements stringent rules for the habituation of, and trekking of gorilla families. Revenues from gorilla tourism provide funds to national parks and facilitate conservation activities.

Volcanoes national park is the main park which receives lots of visitors, although Rwanda has two other national parks that offer a range of wildlife and biodiversity. Rwanda attracts big numbers of business and conference travelers, mostly from the DR Congo and other neighboring countries of the East African Community. This is because of the government’s commitment to the development of tourism and promoting Rwanda as a safe destination. As well the Rwandan government has involved the private sector with policies that promote the private sector and enhance the business environment.