7 Facts about Volcanoes National Park

7 Facts about Volcanoes National Park

7 Facts about Volcanoes National Park will give you an insight into the main activities and attractions and what you need to know about this national park to make your Safari interesting and exciting. Volcanoes national park is famous for housing half of the remaining mountain gorillas in the world, the virunga mountains, primate species like the black and white colobus monkeys, the golden monkeys, bird species like the handsome Francolin, Dusky turtle love, Ruwenzori turaco, Ruwenzori nightjar, the dusky crimson wing, plant species among other attractions that can be seen within the park.

The park is located in Rwanda in the districts of Burera, Musanze, Rubavu and Nyabihu that can be visited while participating in the Rwanda cultural tours, the park will give you fun experiences once you take time to explore the beauty that is hidden within it. Among the different facts you will get to know while you visit volcanoes national park, here are some of the facts that you will find interesting before visiting the park while carrying out your Rwanda tour.

1. HOME TO THE ENDANGERED MOUNTAIN GORILLAS:  This is the top of all 7 Facts about Volcanoes National Park. If you are interested in seeing the endangered mountain gorillas, then volcanoes national park is the place to be. The park is a home to half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas and more that can be seen during the Rwanda gorilla tours or if you participate in gorilla trekking in Rwanda. Carrying out the tours in volcanoes national park will give you the opportunity to see the different gorilla families or gorilla groups that are usually found along the slopes of the different mountains these include the Agashya gorilla group, Amahoro gorilla family, Ugenda gorilla family among other gorilla families that are found within the park.
2. HOME TO FIVE VIRUNGA MOUNTAINS: Aside from being the home to the endangered mountain gorillas, the park also home to the Virunga Mountains in Africa the mountains that are shared by three countries in Africa that is Rwanda Uganda and the Democratic republic of Congo. Interesting about volcanoes national park is the fact that it houses five of the 8 virunga mountains which are mount Gahinga, mount Muhabura, mount sabyinyo, mount Bisoke and Mount Karisimbi that have a lot to offer once you carry out the virunga mountains hike where you will see a number of attractions and so on.
3. HOME TO DIAN FOSSEY’S GRAVE: This is one of the top 7 Facts about Volcanoes National Park. While you hike the Virunga Mountains in Volcanoes national park, you will come across the Dian Fossey’s grave a re-known primatologist who dedicated her life to conserving and protecting the mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Dian Fossey was found dead in her cabin that she had put up in between mount karisimbi and mount Bisoke to carry out her gorilla research and protecting the mountain gorillas from poachers who were killing the species for their products which she didn’t settle with well which she took upon herself to protect them by carrying out the anti-poaching patrols in the park, she destroyed the houses of the poachers, the poachers snares and so many more to ensure that no harm was inflicted on the primate species. Visit the park and visit the gorilla cemetery where you will find the grave of Dian Fossey with her gorilla families that lost their lives in the hands of the poachers.
4. HOME TO THE KARISOKE RESEARCH STATION: When Dian Fossey was still alive she established the Karisoke research station to aid with her research on the mountain gorillas in the park. At the Karisoke research station she got information on the threats to gorilla conservation whose primary factor was the poachers and a number of other threats, at the research station, Dian Fossey with the help of her team she took care of gorillas that were hurt during the operations of the poachers. Today the research station has more than 300 staff that are focused and interested in protecting the gorilla species and the research station is a centerpiece for the gorilla research in the world.
5. SMALLEST PARK IN RWANDA: The park is the smallest among the national parks in Rwanda with only a size of 160sqkm, which makes it the smallest among all the parks but despite being the smallest, it has a variety of sceneries that can be pleasant and quite mesmerizing once you see them among the attractions that can be seen when you’re in the park include the twin lakes of Burera and Ruhondo after your hike from mount Muhabura, the primate species like the golden monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys among other primate species.
6. FEW PRIMATES: Although Volcanoes national park is a home to half of the world’s mountain gorillas, it should be noted it houses a few of other primate species in Rwanda as compared to Nyungwe national park where you will carry out chimpanzee trekking in Rwanda because of the big numbers of chimpanzee species that are found in the park. However you can carry out golden monkey trekking in volcanoes national park because the park is their habitat, other monkey species include the black and white colobus monkeys and so on.
7. HOUSES THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN AMONG THE VIRUNGA MOUNTAINS: Volcanoes national park houses the highest mountain among the Virunga Mountains which stands at an elevation of 14,787ft which makes it the highest mountains in the Virunga Mountains. If you are looking for a hiking challenge then the park is what you should choose to access mount karisimbi which can be hiked at a cheap price as seen in volcanoes park fees and permits. While hiking the Karisimbi Mountain, you will come across numerous bird species, golden monkeys, mountain gorilla families and so many more to make your time in the park and hiking the mountain memorable.