14 DAY ITINERARY: PRIVATE TANZANIA SAFARI & GORILLA TREKKING TO RWANDA This safari offers a privately guided game viewing experience to Tanzania and Rwanda. You travel as […]
3 DAY GORILLA TRACKING IN BWINDI NATIONAL PARK, UGANDA (NEW) Explore a primeval forest so thick and lush that it’s called ‘Bwindi’ (impenetrable). Come join us […]
5 DAYS GORILLA TRACKING AND WILDLIFE (NEW) Meet the Batwa pygmies, go mountain gorilla trekking, go on a boat cruise and enjoy exciting game drives in […]
5 DAYS GORILLAS AND CHIMPS (NEW) Meet the Batwa pygmies, go mountain gorilla trekking twice, see where the youngest king on the planet lived, and visit […]
5 Days Rwanda-Uganda Voluntourism Itinerary You can join Virunga voluntourism program The word “travel” has different meaning to different people. For some, it’s camping with friends in […]
Tourism is one of the largest and fastest economic sectors in the world today. Countries such as Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) […]
ART FOR CONSERVATION PROGRAMS In Rwanda, art for conservation is an increasing modern phenomena, especially in young children to inspire their talents such as drawings, painting […]
BEE-KEEPING COMMUNITY PROGRAMS The Virunga bee-Keeping Community Programs aim to help bee-keepers in the Virunga massif to establish cooperatives and viable business plans in line with […]
Many tour operators and hospitality industry players are decrying the low tourism season in Rwanda at the moment. However, there are other operators and tourism players like Virunga […]
Booking Gorilla Permit Discount in Rwanda and DRC In May 2017, the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) announced the increment of gorilla trekking fee from USD 750 […]
Recently a group of Chinese tourists visited Dian Fossey graveyard in Karisoke Research Center, Musanze district. This comes in the backdrop of Rwanda and Chinese governments […]
The Virunga massif, straddling Rwanda, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the home to the fabled but endangered Mountain gorillas. It’s also a sanctuary […]
DOMESTIC TOURISM Enjoy a weekend getaway in Rwanda with Domestic Tour Packages from Virunga Programs, your gateway to the ‘Land of a Thousand Hills’. Virunga Programs […]
Most people believe that tourism in the eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is just about the mountain gorillas. I used to believe that […]
Virunga Community Programs held its annual general meeting on 30 May 2018. The main agenda of the meeting was election of new officials, since the term of […]