Volcanoes National Park also known as Parc des Volcans is located in the Northwestern part of Rwanda, in Ruhenjeri – Musanze district in the north province. It is neighbors with the Uganda and Dr. Congo border. The park covers an area of 160km2 and lies at an altitude between 2500m and 4500 meters above sea level. It is one of the National Parks that make up the Virunga Massiff home to the endangered mountain gorillas. It’s made up of tropical forest vegetation and mountainous terrain.

The park is decorated by 5 extinct volcanoes in it’s background. The Volcano mountains include Gahinga, Sabinyo, Muhabura, Visoke and Karisimbi. Four of these mountains can be hiked from Rwanda.

Besides gorilla tracking and mountain hiking, guests can also track the endangered golden monkeys, visit the Batwa communities near the park, hike to Dian Fossey grave site, visit Karisoke Research center and the Gorilla Guardian’s village.

The park can be accessed by both land and private charter.