3 Days Hiking Nyiragongo Volcanoes | Virunga Ranges

3 Days Hiking Nyiragongo Volcanoes | Virunga Ranges

It’s the only African most active volcano with steep sides and a crater of about 2km wide that contains the world’s largest lava lake, which has erupted 34 times since 1882 and recorded for the 40% Africa’s volcano eruptions.

MountNyiragongo is located in Goma town, west of Rwanda at the border of Lake Kivu. it covers a total surface area of about 3,470metres in Virunga national park which is found in Democratic Republican of Congo.

The Lava is often a fluid made of melilite, analkali-rich type of volcano rock and can be seen on the steep slopes

The main activity at mount Nyiragongo is the hike , which will leads you to the top of the lava lake that once erupted ,bird watching: see different number of birds, sight out animals like the white colobus monkey, velvet monkey, elephants and many more.

We advise our dear clients to be physically fit and healthy before attempting to hike the mountain. You may also do some exercises two days before the day of hike.

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