Mountain Gorilla View Lodge is a beautiful and comfortable accommodation facility that sits amidst of wilderness with spectacular view of Rwanda’s Volcanos Mountain and located just 1 kilometer away from the Volcanos. This lodge offers a great opportunity to do Gorilla trekking experience.
The lodge is a Mid –range safari accommodation which was built using local sustainable resource, featuring 30 cottages well-spaced from each other and boosts with unique amenities such as fireplace and en-suite bathrooms. The rooms offer amazing view of rugged, forest covered mountains that streams with mist and mystery right from your widow.
Fact, Mountain Gorilla view lodge is the better way to access one of Volcanoes National park’s habituated gorilla family. From the lodge to the starting point it is just 30 minutes but you have to be ready to navigate through thick bombo forest where you will be able to enjoy unappalled wildlife experience as hike into a touch and muddy trails where you require to put on protective gloves and gaiters are provided by the lodge. Gorilla trekking tour can take about 30 to 6 hours depending on their location in their nature inhabits. Once you locate them one hour is given to you to observe their stunning life style as well as taking photography.
While on stay at Mountain Gorilla View lodge, you can choose to do Golden monkeys which can be searched into the forest with other chances of hiking to the grave of Dian Fossey –the late conservationists who carried out a researching center about mountain gorillas in Rwanda destinations.
Main things to do while at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge include;
Highlights of Mountain Gorilla View Lodge to Travelers;
The lodge offers great view of the remarkable Virunga Volcanoes
Offers excellent location for mountain gorilla trekking and protective gloves are given at the lodge.
All en-suite cottage accommodation provides with a fireplace for cool evening in the mountains
At the fire place, guests can be entertained with exciting traditional songs and dances performance.
Other activities to do at lodge include; Gorilla tracking, children activities, birding, and Guided Nature walk.
Room Type; Standard Cottages
They are well spaced apart from privacy and with dazzling views which can be done outside onto view verandas.
All cottages are comfortable furnished with a small lounge, offering with a tea and coffee station and fire place that can be lit to the visitors on their return from wet day trekking for endangered mountain gorilla.
Mountain Gorilla View Lodge facility, Amenities
The lodge lies in central area featuring spacious restaurant and a large lounge that is split into three seating areas.
They offer free parking and free breakfast to the guests
They offer evening entertainment to the visitor on visit here, you go bored will be entertained by the local dances.
They have hospitable staff and friendly
They offer massages to the guests.
Rooms are featured with fireplace where you can warm yourself over after trendous gorilla trekking experience
Rooms also featured with overlooking private balcony that allows you to sight beautiful nature around.
They offer housekeeping and bottled water in the room
They are designed with family room.
Activity best done while staying at Mountain Gorilla View lodge;
Gorilla trekking; This is the top done activity to do on safari in Volcanoes National park which is located in northwestern region of Rwanda, a home to endangered mountain gorillas and other species ,2 hours’ drive from Kigali or Kigali International Airport to access the park.
Gorilla trekking starts early in the morning with briefing at the park headquarters, after head out in the forest trailheads to search for them. The trekking experience can take about 30 to 6 hours and the moment you find them one hour is given to you to watch them how they behave, play and feed as well as enjoying picture taking.
