The Parc Nacional des Volcans is most famous for gorilla tracking (Dian Fossey spent 18 years studying them here until her murder in 1985). Military units currently guard the park and ensure the safety of visitors, particularly from poachers.
Safaris can be undertaken in A’Kagera National Park at Kabarando; the park is devoted to game preservation and has lions, zebras, antelopes, hippos, buffalo, leopards, apes, impala, crested herons, fish eagles, cormorants, giraffes, elephants, elands and warthogs.
The Virunga Volcanoes between Ruhengeri and Gisenyi are popular with climbers. Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the most commonly climbed from Gisenyi. Rwandan guides are available for two- or three-day expeditions to view the craters.
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