About Us

Location

Mikeno Lodge is roughly one and half hours drive north of the city of Goma and can be found tucked into a forested hillside at Virunga National Park headquarters of Rumangabo. Bunagana is 2 hours drive east from Mikeno Lodge. To the south east of Mikeno Lodge you will find the Mikeno Sector where the gorillas live. Tongo where the chimps live is one hours drive west of the lodge and one hours drive from the lodge southwest is Nyiragongo Volcano.

Click on the icons for more information. Mikeno Lodge is indicated with a red circle and Bukima Tented Camp ...

Guest Testimonials

“Loved every moment. An unique experience. Thank you for the great hospitality”- Assis Pontes (USA)

“Amazing views, experiences and people. Thank you for making our time here an epic adventure.”- Jan Malan (South Africa)

“Thank you for everything! It’s been an amazing adventure! The lodge is fantastic and the staff and management have been great! Will recommend to many! Best of luck with your plans for the future.”- Louise & Ryan Diesel (South Africa)

“Very close to Eden! Please protect!! Will be back.” Thys Franken (South Africa)

“Awesome Lodge, excellent hospitality. Thanks for a great time. Keep up the good ...

Construction of A Jungle Lodge

Welcome to Mikeno lodge, Virunga National Park’s first lodge built with natural local materials by local hands.

The most readily available building material in the volcanoes region is, of course, lava. When planning the lodge, it was the obvious choice for constructing a solid bungalow made from natural local materials. And how does one build with lava? Workers hand-carve rectangle bricks from large heavy stones, and carry the stones on their head to the building site. It is labor intensive but works surprisingly well and fast.

The next choice for a natural building material is thatch for the roofs ...