Bird watching in Volcanoes National Park is one of the most desirable activities for bird lovers and known to be a birding paradise beside the golden monkey and gorilla trekking activities, that have made this park so famous worldwide. Birding here can be done even alongside the golden monkey trekking and gorilla trekking. There are over 200 distinct bird species that call the park their home with mainly the Albertine rift endemics, of which 13 of these Species and 16 subspecies are restricted in range to Virunga and the Rwenzori Mountains.
U Weaver, Vieillot’s Black
Birding in Volcanoes National Park begins in the morning with a briefing, let you be guided by a professional bird guide in to the mist jungle in search for the different bird species that live in this forest, if you are a keen bird watcher, it’s possible to see more than half of that number.
A variety of key birds sighted include the Grauer’s rush warbler a local bird species commonly seen in the swamps, there are about sixteen different species that are endemic to the Albertine Rift for example the handsome francolin, the Rwenzori turaco, the Archer’s round-robin, the red-faced woodland warbler, the dusky crimson-wing, Rwenzori double collared sunbird, there is the collared Apalis and the Rwenzori batis as well as the strange weaver among so many others.
If you’re interested in a bird-watching safari in Volcanoes National Park, consider Volcanoes National Park as your birding destination. Do not forget to bring along a pair of binoculars and a camera for bird watching and many others.
Visitors to Volcanoes National Park can complement a bird watching excursion with the most desired gorilla trek that brings you in an eye contact with the Mountain Gorillas or track the Golden Monkeys. The Park protects Rwanda’s part of the Virunga mountain range and includes five volcanoes namely Mountains Muhavura, Gahinga, Sabinyo, Bisoke, and Karisimbi.
Rwanda is only described by one word, ‘spectacular’. This small country is endowed with the Big 5 animals inside Akagera National Park that can be explored on a game drive in Rwanda or any visitor can choose to explore the Southern province in to Nyungwe forests to track Chimpanzee in Rwanda and visit the tea plantations for a lifetime experience.