Bisoke | Tourist Attraction

March 6th, 2023 by on-the-road-again.nl

6-8 hour return hike up and down the Vulcano with 1100 altitude meters. Tough hike, especially when muddy in rainy season. But a beautiful one. You do have a chance to see gorillas on this track. Hike is 75$ excluding tips and covid test. Important: The headquarters of Vulcanoes NP in Kinigi is the starting point of all the activities. You arrange your permit there (card payment) and a Covid test (cash). Whether you go hiking Bisoke or do a Gorilla tracking, you have to check in at the headquarters at 7am in the morning. From here you still have to (self)drive towards starting point of your hike (30 minutes drive for Bisoke). You can't meet your guide at the starting point of the hike, even if you arranged everything in advance. Everybody has to come to the HQ first to check in. Can take up to an hour until you finally leave towards the starting point. So the actual hike doesn't start before 8.30/ 9.00 AM. The whole proces felt a bit pointless and a waste of time, especially because the rangers didn't want to be too late at the summit because of the unpredictable weather in the area. But if you look beyond the bureaucracy, the hike is beautiful and worth it. At this time, a (rapid) covid test (5$) is still necessary for hiking Bisoke because of the Gorillas. Proof of vaccination is not enough.

March 20th, 2019 by tschoe-wa.de

it is a nice jungle walk and though but too much money for the hike!
there are gorillas living on that vulkano. if you are lucky the guide will allow you one minute with them when you are close. we had the feeling that we have been very close because we were not allowed to walk in special direction to go to toilet and they ask often if we are going to make other tours in the park. we said no because of the high prices! May be it would be smarter to lie! on the top you will spend 30 min and than the rangers want to leave.
we refused to take a porter but they followed us just in case. we did not like that they jump in front to lift you even if you don't want to.It was not nice because it disturbed the hiking expirience.They were friendly but the end they want to get a tip for giving a couple of times suport nobody asked for.
african policy! if you really dont want to have a porter say no,no,no with lots of energy!!!

November 9th, 2018 by PaPe

Bisoke Hike 3-4h up. 75$. Really muddy. You need to be fit.