Diane Fossey Site - Bisoke Crater Lake

Diane Fossey Site - Bisoke Crater Lake is in Bisoke, Kinigi, Northern Province and has an elevation of 2,967 metres. Diane Fossey Site - Bisoke Crater Lake is situated nearby to the nature reserve Karisoke Research Center, as well as near the volcano Mount Bisoke.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Bisoke and Karisoke Research Center.

Mount Bisoke

Volcano

Photo: Nickolayvladim, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mount Bisoke 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 Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but the summit is located in Rwanda.

Karisoke Research Center

Nature reserve

Photo: Inisheer, CC BY 3.0.

The Karisoke Research Center is a research institute in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park. It was founded by Dian Fossey on 24 September 1967 to study endangered mountain gorillas.