🌲 Volcanoes National Park

Rwanda · Africa · National Park · 1.47°S, 29.49°E

Volcanoes National Park is a national park in northwestern Rwanda. It covers 160 km2 (62 sq mi) of rainforest and encompasses five of the eight volcanoes in the Virunga Mountains, namely Karisimbi, Bisoke, Muhabura, Gahinga and Sabyinyo. It borders Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda. It is home to the mountain gorilla and the golden monkey, and was the base for the primatologist Dian Fossey.

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Quick facts

Country	Rwanda
Continent / region	Africa
Protection type	🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)	1.47°S, 29.49°E · view on map

Volcanoes National Park is a national park in Rwanda, in Africa. The details of why Volcanoes National Park is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Rwanda

Akagera National Park · Nyungwe Forest.

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