Northern Province
Musanze District
Kinigi

Bisoke

Bisoke is a locality in , , and has an elevation of 2,786 metres. Bisoke is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Volcanoes National Park and Mount Bisoke.

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is an extraordinary park in , full of impressive tropical rainforest and volcanic scenery, trekking, and is perhaps the best place in the world to see the rare mountain gorillas.

Volcano
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is an active volcano in the Virunga Mountains of the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. It straddles the border of and the , but the summit is located in Rwanda.

Nature reserve
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The is a research institute in 's . It was founded by Dian Fossey on 24 September 1967 to study endangered mountain gorillas.

Bisoke

Latitude
-1.465° or 1° 27′ 54″ south
Longitude
29.5074° or 29° 30′ 27″ east
Elevation
2,786 metres (9,140 feet)
Open location code
6GCFGGM4+XX
Geo­Names ID
11186954
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