Volcanoes National Park - Tourism in The Park

Tourism in The Park

The Rwanda tourist board, ORTPN, runs several activities for tourists, including:

• Gorilla visits - as of November 2010, there are eight habituated groups open to tourists, allowing for a total of 64 permits per day. Tourists spend an hour with the gorillas.
• Golden monkey visits.
• Climbing of Karisimbi volcano - this is a two day trek with overnight camping at an altitude of 3,800 m.
• Climbing of Bisoke volcano - one day.
• Tour of the lakes and caves.
• Visiting the tomb of Dian Fossey.

The majority of revenue from tourism goes towards maintaining the park and conserving the wildlife. The remainder goes to the government and (around 10%) to local projects in the area to help local people benefit from the large revenue stream generated by the park.