Jack Hannas’ Guest House
Jack Hannas’ Guest House is referred to as a luxury accommodation situated within the Northern province of Rwanda, Musanze district in the forest of a Eucalyptus tree in Volcanoes national park. The lodge is situated at the bottom of the stunning virunga volcano mountain ranges close to both Gorilla nest lodge grounds and volcano gorilla trekking headquarters. The lodge is owned by the American zookeeper and set in the private garden with beautiful volcano views and surrounding areas. One can be able to reach the lodge by road which takes about 2-3 hours drive from Kigali city.
Jack Hannas’ guest house Rwanda is comprised of 2 elegant and luxury en-suite rooms comfortably for 4 people /small family that are built in African traditional style with local stones and international art work with modern comfort. Rooms are well furnished and decorated with private en suite facilities like flushing toilets , hot and cold showers/ bathtubs , mosquito nets ,hair driers , flat screen TV’S, inviting living rooms , glass slide windows, satellites , with sitting areas , terraces, verandas , you relax while overlooking the spectacular views of the three volcano mountains and surrounding areas . Rooms have excellent facilities with clean and washed beddings , There are enormous fire places at the lodge that provides warmth to visitors in the nights and cold days . Rooms cost 400$ per person per night and above while sometimes rate goes slightly high when its peak/high seasons than in low seasons.
Jack Hanna’s guest house Rwanda offers different services and facilities which include; A restaurant that serves different meals both international and African- inspired meals that meets guests choice ; continental breakfast in the gardens picnic lunch and dinner in the main building served by well trained, friendly and organized staff ,they also serve garden diners , A well-stocked bar with shared lounge with variety of refreshents , local ,cocktail , wines, spirits and international beers , you relax in water and sip the cocktail or monk tail while overlooking the spectacular view of virunga volcanoes , distant mountains and surrounding area , Free parking space available, offers airport pick -ups and drop-offs, Laundry services available , WIFI available at the lodge that enables visitors to keep in touch with their families and friends, business centers with meeting place and honey moon package etc. Healthy and fitness centers with beauty Spa , massage and ,steam bath , Excellent and comfortable clean beddings, Craft shop available at the hotel with more African style gifts like shoes, safari essentials mention but a few.
Volcanoes national park is the largest and most visited national park found in the North western part of Rwanda country .The park occupies the total area of 505 square miles of rainforest and surrounded by five of volcanoes in virunga mountains namely ; Karisimbi , Bisoke , Muhabura , Gahinga and Sabinyo and there are two active volcanoes that covers 25 miles apart namely; Mauna loa and Kilavea. Apart from volcanoes national park , Rwanda has different parks include; Nyungwe and Akagera national park with different attractions. Though Rwanda is a small land locked, tourism is the fast and leading activity. The park has different accommodations; Budget , mid range and luxury that are convenient and affordable for each tourists budget .
The lodge was set particularly for tourists visiting the park. There are many activities to do while at goriila solution lodge include ; gorilla trekking in volcanoes national park since the lodge is close to the park , mountain climbing and hiking on top of volcano summit , bird watching/ birding in the park , guided community walks in the local villages , golden monkey tracking , Nature walks in the forests, cycling , cave adventures , cultural tours like ibyi ‘wachu , City Tour In Kigali since the capital city of Rwanda is near and there are many places to visit like genocide ,kimironko market and many more activities. The best time to Track gorillas in volcanoes Rwanda is in rainy season is from Feb to March, July, August, September , October and mid December . Gorilla permit in Rwanda is at 1500$. Rwanda contains 3 tribes include; Hutu , Tutsi and Twa all unique in their ways prompting their safari visits while in Rwanda.
