• Date: Aug 2024.
• Location: Mount Karisimbi – Virunga Mountains, Rwanda.
• Difficulty: Hard/Strenuous.
• Duration: 2 Days.
• Total Distance: 21 km.
• Min. Elevation: 2,500 m.
• Summit Elevation: 4,507 m.
• Elevation Gain: 2,000 m.

DAY 1: Base (2,500m) – Camp (3,500) – Summit (4,507m) – Camp (3,500m).
– Distance: 13 km.
– Time: 9 hr 5 min.
– Start Time: 9:25 am.
– Summit: 4:00 pm.
– Camp: 6:30 pm.

It’s very steep from the camp to the summit. The toughest part of the hike.

DAY 2: Camp to Base.
– Distance: 8.5 km.
– Time: 2 hr 50 min.

Mount Karisimbi is the highest mountain in Rwanda and also the highest of the Virungas. The Virungas consist of 8 volcanoes (Karisimbi, Mikeno, Muhabura, Bisoke, Sabyinyo, Gahinga, Nyiragongo & Nyamuragira).