We offer gorilla trekking safaris in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our tours take you to Virunga National Park for mountain gorilla tracking and Kahuzi Biega National Park for lowland gorilla trekking.
Why Encounter Gorillas in DR Congo?
Very few people know about travel in this part of the world, but Democratic Republic of the Congo offers tourists many unique opportunities to see wildlife, indigenous cultures, and geological wonders not found easily or anywhere else in Africa. In the DRC, you can trek to see both mountain and lowland gorillas in wild, meet pygmies still practicing their traditional way of life in the forests, spot bonobos and okapi—two rare species not found anywhere else on earth, and climb to the summits of active volcanoes and see a boiling lava lake in the crater of the Nyiragongo.
Here are our top offers for gorilla trekking in Virunga National Park and Kahuzi Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
3 Days Virunga Gorilla Trek
Go gorilla trekking in Virunga National Park, in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This trip starts from either Kigali in Rwanda or Goma in Congo. Read More
4 Days Kahuzi Biega Trek
This gorilla safari takes you to Kahuzi Biega National Park in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), home of Eastern Lowland gorillas in Africa. Read More
5 Days Gorillas + Nyiragongo Trek
This 5 Days (4 Night) Safari takes you to the mountain gorillas in Virunga Forest and the Nyiragongo Mountains, one of the active volcanoes in Africa.Read More
5 Days Lowland Gorilla Trek
This 5 gorilla safari also takes you to Kahuzi Biega National Park, the only national park where one can track the Eastern lowland gorillas. Read More
6 Days Congo Gorillas
A 6 Days Gorilla Safari to see both the eastern lowland gorillas and the mountain gorillas in Kahuzi Biega National park and Virunga National park Read More
7 Days Gorillas + Nyiragongo Hike
A 7 Days Congo Safari that combines watching the mountain gorillas, Eastern Lowland gorillas and the Nyiragongo Mountain Hike. Read More
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Virunga National Park
The Virunga National Park (French: Parc National des Virunga), formerly named Albert National Park, is a 7800 square km National Park that stretches from the Virunga Mountains in the South, to the Rwenzori Mountains in the North, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, bordering Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda and Rwenzori Mountains National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda.
The park is located on coordinates 0 degrees 55'0''s 29 degrees 10'0''E and was established in 1925 as Africa's first national park and is a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site since 1979. In recent years poaching and the Congo Civil War have seriously damaged its wildlife population. The park is managed by the Congolese National Park Authorities, the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN) and its partner the Africa Conservation Fund (UK).
Congo longstanding insecurity problem though continues to plague the country and you will always have to check with the Gorilla Trekking Safaris on whether the packages are available. We constantly keep abreast with the happenings in Congo for the security of our clients.
Mount Nyiragongo
Mount Nyiragongo is an active stratovolcano with an elevation of 3470m(11383ft) in the Virunga Mounains associated with the Albertine rift. It is associated with the Albertine Rift. It is located inside Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of Congon about 20kms north of the town of Goma and lake Kivu and just just west of the border with Rwanda. The main crater is about two kilometres wide and usually contains a lava lake. The crater presently has two distinct cooled lava benches within the crater walls - one at about 3,175 metres (10,417 ft) and a lower one at about 2,975 m (9,760 ft). Nyiragongo's lava lake has at times been the most voluminous known lava lake in recent history. The depth of the lava lake varies considerably. A maximum elevation of the lava lake was recorded at about 3,250 m (10,660 ft) prior to the January 1977 eruption - a lake depth of about 600 m (2,000 ft). A recent very low elevation of the lava lake was recorded at about 2,700 m (8,900 ft). Nyiragongo and nearby Nyamuragira are together responsible for 40% of Africa's historical volcanic eruptions.
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