About an hour's drive from the park headquarters, Virunga Lodge is currently the area's top lodge and 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 environmentally-friendly composting toilets and hot water is brought on demand for the bucket shower.
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 3 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
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 ...
Virunga Lodge review
Magical setting with 360 degree views overlooking lakes and volcaneos. Particularly impressed with ecological credentials - the solar toilets are ingenious. Staff couldn't be faulted and made ou...
Just made it to Virunga Lodge
Again, a qualified rating, given that we were actually accommodated in the Jack Hannah Cottage at Mountain Gorilla's Nest Lodge (MGNL) for the first two nights, owing to a Primate Safari's ...
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