Best Time to visit Volcanoes national park

Best Time to visit Volcanoes national park : Volcanoes national park is the oldest national park in the whole of Africa. It famous for being a home to a large number of mountain gorillas. Volcanoes national park is located in the north of Rwanda just 2 hours from Kigali. This parks offers a number of activities to visitors who come to visit it. These activities are done through out the year but with greater and different experiences in two different seasons. These seasons include the dry and wet season.

Best time to visit Volcanoes national park in Rwanda.

Rwanda as a country particularly experiences two seasons in a year which are the dry season and wet season. January, February, June, July, August, September and December are the months in the dry season while March, April, May, October and November are the months in the wet season.

Visitors who visit volcanoes national park mostly prefer the dry season hence making it the peak season since the oark receives visitors in large numbers unlike in the wet season.

The best time to visit volcanoes national park entirely depends on the activities that one would want to engage in. There are various activities in this national park like mountain gorilla trekking, golden monkey tracking, visit to Dian Fossey Tomb, visit to Iby’iwacu cultural village, touring the twin lakes of burera and ruhondo, exploring musanze caves, hiking Mountain Bisoke, bird watching and hiking Mountain Karisimbi. Therefore below are the various timings according to the activities that one would opt to do :

For visitors who wish to engage in mountain gorilla trekking are advised to opt for the months of June to mid September and December to February. In these months, the trails are less slippery and passable. Visitors get less difficulty in carrying out mountain gorilla trekking unlike in the wet season when the trails are slippery though it doesn’t stop visitors from carrying out this activity since it is done all the year.

Though bird watching is done through out the year, visitors who are bird lovers are advised to visit volcanoes national park in the wet season in March to May and October to November. This is a season in the volcanoes national park where the vegetation flourishes due to the heavy rains it receives hence attracting birds to come out from their habitats. This gives visitors an opportunity to spot various bird species in the wet season.

Other activities in volcanoes national park can be done through out the year that is to say golden monkey tracking, visit to Iby’iwacu cultural village, touring the twin lakes of burera and ruhondo, visit to Musanze caves, hiking Mountain Bisoke, visit to Dian Fossey Tomb and hiking Mountain Karisimbi. Though for a greater and enjoyable experience, one should consider visiting the park to carry out these activities in the dry season of June to August and December to February.

The trails that enable visitors to get to these activities and dry and passable making it more convenient and time saving than jn the wet season when the trails are slippery. In this dry season, a visitor can easily spot different wildlife species when they gather at the remaining water sources to drink water foe example the buffalos, forest elephants, hyenas, hippos and many more.