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Help us spread the word about adventure tourism in the Congo. Like us on FaceBook and find more info about conservation issues and adventure tourism in the Democratic Republic of Congo. www.facebook.com/TheForgottenParks Mount Nyiragongo is a volcano in the Virunga Mountains, North Kivu, DR Congo. Nyiragongo is one of the most active volcanoes on the planet. According to National Geographic, it is also one of the least studied. You can read more about it here: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/04/nyiragongo-volcano/finkel-text/1 Look us up on FaceBook: www.facebook.com/TheForgottenParks http://soundcloud.com/naturerage
This is a screencast recording of live-hosted virtual tour of the Virunga Volcanoes region that took place on 6 October 2015. Visit vecotourism.org for more information. The tour traces the story of European interaction with these gentle giants, beginning with the dizzying heights of Mount Sabinyo, pauses in a misty glade to pay our respects at Dian Fossey’s grave, and finishes with Rwanda’s Kwita Izina gorilla-naming ceremony and a visit with the Susa group on the flanks of Mount Karisimbi. Ian Redmond, your tour host, first arrived in the Virungas in 1976 as a research assistant for Dr. Dian Fossey and has been working there on-and-off for much of the past forty years as a passionate advocate for gorilla conservation. You'd have to look far and wide to find a better guide to this fasci...
There are very few places on the planet where you can watch two active volcanoes erupt at the same time. From atop a park ranger watch tower in Virunga National Park, I sat and watched Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira both erupt, as the stars passed overhead. Production music courtesy of Epidemic Sound
The luxury gorilla lodge. The magnificent Virunga Lodge is perched high on a ridge and has stunning views of the Virunga Volcanoes and the twin lakes Bulera and Ruhonda. The premier luxury destination for tracking the endangered mountain gorillas.
While in the DRC visiting Virunga National Park I discovered a killer volcano with the largest lava lake in the world. Yes, I was probably the last to find out, but that didn't stop me from checking out hell on earth.
Mount Nyiragongo is an 11,000-foot active volcano in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the Virunga National Park. Inside the 2km wide crater atop the volcano is the largest lava lake on the planet. There are park huts on the rim of the crater, where you can sleep 20 feet away from a 1000-foot cliff, leading down towards the lake of lava. Sitting along the edge, you can watch the continual churning of the lava lake, which is one of the most mesmerizing things to watch, as the orange cracks contrast against the darker cooled lava slowly move and transform at the surface of the lake. In April of 2015, I spent two nights sleeping up on the rim of the volcano and watching the lava. Production music courtesy of Epidemic Sound
The Nyirangongo volcano in Virunga National Park, DR Congo. It is the largest lava lake in the world.
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