🇷🇼 Rwanda Volcanoes NP 1 tour

Mount Karisimbi

Rwanda's highest peak at 4,507 m — a demanding 2-day summit with snow at the top.

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Country

🇷🇼 Rwanda

Region

Volcanoes NP

Best time

June–September, December–February

Coordinates

-1.507, 29.450

About Mount Karisimbi

Mount Karisimbi is the highest of the Virunga volcanoes and Rwanda's tallest peak. The 2-day trek climbs through bamboo, Hagenia-Hypericum, afro-alpine giant senecio and, at 4,200 m, a surprising frosty campsite — summits often wear ice in the early mornings. Considered Rwanda's toughest high-altitude hike.

Highlights

  • 4,507 m summit (Rwanda's highest)
  • Overnight bivouac at 3,700 m
  • Giant senecio + lobelia
  • Frosty pre-dawn summit push
  • Virunga volcano panoramas
Live forecast · Mount Karisimbi
5°C Light drizzle · 3 km/h wind
Updated 2026-05-18T15:00
  1. 🌦 6° -3° 💧 2.6mm
  2. 🌧 6° -2° 💧 8.4mm
  3. 🌦 6° -2° 💧 4.9mm
  4. 🌦 4° -2° 💧 5.2mm
  5. 🌦 4° -2° 💧 1.8mm
  6. 🌦 6° -2° 💧 2.4mm
  7. 🌦 5° -3° 💧 1.8mm
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
Live wildlife observations
Recently spotted near Mount Karisimbi

Real observations published to GBIF by researchers, lodges, and citizen scientists — refreshed daily.

Gorilla beringei
2026-01-05 · Uganda
Pseudobunaea tyrrhena
2026-01-05 · Uganda
Musa acuminata
2026-01-04 · Uganda
Gorilla beringei
2026-01-05 · Uganda
Gorilla beringei
2026-01-05 · Uganda
Muscicapa adusta
2026-01-17 · Uganda
Source: GBIF.org — Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Best time to visit

June–September, December–February

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