Rwanda
Rwanda is a tiny country, hugely populated, whose main safari draw is its mountain gorillas in the Virunga National Park, where Dian Fossey did the early research on gorillas.
The gorillas can be reached from Kigali, the capital, which allows a 2 or 3 day gorilla extension to be easily arranged as part of a safari to Tanzania or Kenya.
For itineraries in Rwanda plase see the Kenya itineraries as they are interlinked.
Volcanoes National Park
Situated in a beautiful area, scenically one of the most spectacular in Africa, on the border of Uganda and the Congo, the Volcanoes National Park has a chain of seven volcanoes on whose thickly forested slopes live some of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas. This was where Diane Fossey did her pioneering work on the great apes and habituated families of the gorillas have become Rwanda’s premier wildlife experience. Situated some three hours drive from Kigali, this is the most easily accessible gorilla experience in Africa, but a good level of fitness is still required to trek into the mountains where the gorillas live.
