Mountain Gorilla View Lodge,
To enquire about rates, availability or to make a booking at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge, Kibale Forest National Park, please email us at tea@tourseastafrica.com or call/watsapp +447908639450
Mountain Gorilla View Lodge is situated only 15 minutes’ drive from the Volcanoes National Park’s headquarters in Kinigi, making it an ideal base for activities in Volcanoes National Park Rwanda. Stay at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge when you go gorilla trekking, golden monkey tracking or hike either Bisoke or Karisimbi volcanoes.
Mountain Gorilla View Lodge is a mid-range lodge and perhaps one of the oldest lodges in Kinigi. It has over the years perfect the art of looking after its guests. The lodge is set in very spacious grounds on the foothills of Mountain Sabyinyo. The Lodge has dramatic views of the Virunga mountains and has 36 guest cottages that provide good availability options even during the peak gorilla tracking season of July-September when finding good accommodation near the park can be problematic. Give Mountain Gorilla View Lodge priority try.
Activities from Mountain Gorilla View Lodge are centred on gorilla tracking, golden monkey tracking, hiking to Dian Fossey’s grave, hiking the Bisoke or Karisimbi volcanoes, cave visits, visits to the twin lakes of Bulera & Ruhondo and cultural visits in the local area including day tours to the Gorilla Guardian village formerly Ibyiwacu Cultural Village. The lodge is ideally located 1km away from Volcanoes National Park making it ideal for early morning transfers to the park headquarters for pre-gorilla trekking briefings.
The cottages at Mountain Gorilla View lodge are furnished with contemporary African furniture, fittings and African artworks, giving the lodge interior a modern African feel with it prints and colours creating a cool, relaxed and refreshing ambiance about the whole place.
Each of the cottages is very spacious and has wooden laminate floors and a fire place to keep you warm at night. The evenings and nights can be quite cold. Warm clothing is advised. The lodge used to offer hot water bottles back in the end. You could still ask for one if you feel that you need an extra layer of warmth. The cottages have ensuite bathrooms and warm running water at all times. The lodge has a back-up generator in case of load shedding.
In the evenings, guests gather around campfire especially after their gorilla treks and hikes. It is here that you will be entertained to Intore local Rwanda dances by a group of cultural dancers.
The unique selling propositions for Mountain Gorilla View Lodge are;
Proximity to the park headquarters in Kinigi which is walking distance.
Great views of the volcanoes and Virunga mountain ranges
Best location for gorilla trekking tours.
Get entertained by the junior cultural dancers, the Intore.
Mountain Gorilla View Lodge or MGVL as we fondly refer to it is a perfect, comfortable mid-range accommodation choice for gorilla trekkers in Rwanda. We think it is reasonably priced compared to its much more expensive counterparts of Bisate Lodge, Virunga Lodge or Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge.
The lodge does not offer nor promises luxury, but we think you will get good value for money here.
Indicative per room rates, per night are;
Single room US$290 per room per night on full board basis.
Double/twin room US$340 per room per night on full board basis.