Virunga Mountain, Rwanda

Landscape

This region is home to Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda’s oldest national park (established in 1925), created primarily to protect the endangered mountain gorillas that inhabit the misty high-altitude forests on the volcanoes’ slopes. The Rwandan portion of the Virunga range includes several prominent volcanoes, such as Karisimbi, Bisoke, Sabyinyo, Gahinga, and Muhabura, some of which are dormant while others remain active.