Virunga National Park
Tour Details
4 Days
Overview
The main activities in the park are mountain gorilla trekking, chimpanzee trekking, nature walks and hiking the Nyiragongo volcano. Virunga National Park consists of savanna grasslands, swamps, rain-forests, steppes, 3 volcanoes and several water bodies. The greatest threat to Virunga National Park is poaching, encroachment on park land and rebel groups operating in some parts of the park. Militias operating in the park have carried out several attacks on park rangers which has negatively affected tourism. The discovery of crude within and outside the park may turn out to be the greatest of all the threats in the future.
Itinerary
This article focuses on the national parks in Congo. If you are interested in similar articles, you can read about the things to do in the Democratic Republic of Congo or tourism activities in Kinshasa. We also have and article about the things to do in Goma. For amazing Congo tour packages, you can check out our 3 day Mount Nyiragongo Hike tour, the 3 days Eastern Lowland Gorilla tour in Kahuzi Biega or the amazing 3 days Mountain Gorilla tour in Virunga National Park.