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Note: The next expedition to Nyiragongo volcano in Jan 2008 can be combined with the planned expedition to Erta Ale and the Danakil depression in Ethiopia. Please contact us for details.
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IN SHORT:
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TOURCODE: AFR_NGG
Best travel period: Jan-Feb + June-August
Tour date(s):
 | 15-22 January 2008 |
Travel comfort / difficulty:
mixed / moderate-challenging
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Price: 2250 EUR (excl. flight: ca. 500-1000 EUR)
(4-8 participants)
- Prices for smaller or larger groups on request.
Included:
| Accommodation in double rooms with private bathrooms or tents (no facilties)
| | Full board from beginning to end
| | Private transport in 4WD safari vans with driver during the whole tour
| | Entrance fees to national parks
| | VolcanoDiscovery volcanologist guide
| | Accompanying material |
Not included:
| Flight to and from Kigali, Rwanda (depending on time of booking and departure airport: 500-1000 EUR ca.; please contact us if you wish us to book your flight as well and coordinate the individual flight options)
| | Single room supplement(*): 350 EUR
| | Extra drinks
| | Visa fees if applicable
| | Gorilla ticket: 375 USD |
Single room:
(*) Single room supplement
The supplement for single-room occupancy is 350 EUR. If you don't want to pay for the single room, we can try to find another participant of the same gender to share a room for you. Should we not find a room partner, you will get a single room, but the supplement is split in half, i.e. you only pay half of the supplement.
Special offer:
Returning customers of VOLCANO DISCOVERY receive a 5% discount on the final tour price. For booking parties of more than 4 people together, (additional) 5% discount is given.
Equipment:
Good waterproof clothing, walking boots, sun and wind protection, a day-backpack, light dressing, one set of warm cloths, ski poles for hiking (optional), binoculars (optional).
Visum:
Different regulations according to nationality; in most cases, a double-entry visum for Rwanda is required in advance, while the visum for DR Kongo can be obtained at the land border.
Vaccinations:
Valid Yellow Fever vaccination required; malaria protection recommended.
Physical requirements:
The climb up to and down from Nyiragongo is strenuous and takes about 5-6 hours (1500m total altitude gain) in often hot conditions, but the path is relatively easy and not excessively steep. Tracking the mountain gorillas may involve 3-7 hours easy trekking through rain forest.
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Nyiragongo Lava Lake
- 10-days volcano expedition to Nyiragongo volcano & mountain gorillas in the Virunga Park -
Day-by-day program | (Day 0) | (Departure if overnight flight) | | Day 1 | Arrival in Kigali (Ruanda) - 15 January 2008
(Flight during the day or arrival in morning/afternoon). Hotel night in Kigali. (B, L, D) | | Day 2 | Kigali-Goma
Transfer in private 4WD minibus through the beautiful landscape of Ruanda to the Congolese border, crossing to Goma. Hotel night at the lakeshore. (B, L, D) | | Day 3 | Climb Nyiaragongo volcano
Hike to the crater of Nyiragongo (5-6 hours) along an impressive trail through rainforest, the lava flows of 2002 and volcanic desert. Camp at the crater rim, observation of the lava lake. Night in tents. (B, L, D) | | Day 4 | Full day on the crater of Nyiragongo
(night in tents as before) (B, L, D) | | Day 5 | Descend back to Goma or another full day on the crater
Under normal circumstances, descend back to Goma, hotel on the lake, visit of Goma and/or the Goma Volcano Observatory. Alternatively, another full day&night on the crater. (B, L, D) | | Day 6 | Descend from Nyiragongo or relaxing day at Lake Kivu - transfer to Park National des Volcans Spare day; if we descend back on day 5, time for a relaxed scenic boat tour on Lake Kivu. Later transfer to the starting point for the gorilla trekking next day. Hotel or comfortable guesthouse. (B, L, D) | | Day 7 | Park National des Volcans - Mountain gorillas
Trek through rain-forest to track and observe mountain gorillas (optional activity, gorilla ticket required in addition). Night in guesthouse/hotel as before. (B, L, D) | | Day 8 | Back to Kigali, departure (or own extension) - 22 January 2008
Transfer back to Kigali and the airport, departure in afternoon / evening. (B, L, D) | | Day 9 | Arrival at home or own extension |
- For the detailed program, click here - | 
Nyiragongo's lava lake
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Marco and Stefane on a break 2/3s up the mountain
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Steam escaping from the still hot fissure vents of the 2002 eruption
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Afternoon beers on the shore of Lake Kivu
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External link: more photos of Nyiragongo and the recent pilot tour can be found on Tom's website: www.decadevolcano.net
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