About an hour's drive from the park headquarters, Virunga Lodge is currently one the area's top lodges and certainly has one of the most spectacular locations of any camp in Africa – high on a ridge overlooking both Lake Burera and Lake Ruhondo.
It has eight spacious stone rooms, all with wooden floors, chunky wooden furniture and large verandas. Each is connected by a short covered walkway to a private toilet and shower. The toilets are low-flushing eco toilets and the shower has solar heated hot water.
Virunga Lodge is quite a sociable place to be as everyone eats at one large table in the evening. Aside from gorilla-tracking, a local 'Indore' dance troupe perform here and massages are available.
Note that there is a very steep access road to Virunga Lodge.
Lodge overview
Lodge type: Safari
Season: Open Year Round
Ideal length of stay: Stay in this areas for four nights to have three full days in the area. Then spend your first day acclimatising, and taking a fairly gentle hike to the golden monkeys. On your last two days, do the more strenuous hikes to see gorillas – you will usually be able to see two different groups of them.
Virunga Lodge review
Superb stay at Virunga Lodge. The setting is stunning, the food and service excellent adn the accommodation great.
I cannot recommend this more highly
Beautiful lodge, stunning location
Virunga Lodge was amazing. The views are unreal, and there are flowers everywhere you turn. The lodge personnel were all very warm and welcoming. I don't think the photos on the EA website had ...
Virunga Lodge review
I have been to heaven and it is Virunga Lodge.
We absolutely adored this place it was complete food for our souls. The setting is fantastic and I shed a tear when we left.
It is of course not 5 ...
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