Mount Nyiragongo
Good to know
- Best time to go
- June to September, for the most stable trekking conditions
- Accessibility
- not-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
This steep stratovolcano above Goma contains the world's largest persistent lava lake, which glows crimson against the night sky from the crater rim. The strenuous day-long ascent ends at simple summit shelters where trekkers watch molten rock churn below.
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