Drive time to Virunga from Rwanda

Virunga National Park is accessible by overland via Rwanda, cross the border in Gisenyi/Goma, the border crossing making it so easy if you had arranged your visa earlier on in order to avoid interruption and over delay at the border of Rwanda and Congo.

The driving time to Virunga National Park is very important to know as you plan your gorilla tracking safari experience in Congo-Virunga National Park. Rwanda shortened the distance to reach Virunga National Park, the Park is located in the eastern part of Congo the west of Rwanda and Uganda. It’s very long to take a drive from Entebbe airport (Uganda) to Virunga National Park which is approximately 9 hours drive and from Kinshasa to Virunga National Park takes about two days and 6 hours drive makes Rwanda be the best option to use.

Virunga National Park

Rwanda-Kigali is the most accessible entry in Virunga National Park in Congo either using air or road transport. Kigali is a comfortable place to spend the night on your gorilla-tracking safari in Virunga National Park in Congo. You may opt to spend at least a day in the city and visit the Genocide Memorial which is really touching experience.

The drive time to Virunga National Park from Rwanda starts after arriving at Kigali International Airport and it is approximately 3 hours drive from Kigali to Gisenyi on the border of Rwanda and Congo and from Gisenyi town to Park headquarters (Bukima) it is approximately 2 hours drive.

One may also opt to drive from Kigali to Uganda via Kabale and Kisoro to Bunagana border to Bukima Park headquarters which is about a 5-hour drive and 30 minutes. Driving time to Virunga National Park from Rwanda still remains the shortest route compare to other routes in Uganda and Congo. Luxury travel tends to use air transport, here they fly from Kigali airport to Goma airport in Congo and then drive to Virunga National Park