A boutique hotel in Musanze with a heated pool, a restaurant and bar, and a short drive to the Volcanoes National Park headquarters, for travellers who want comfort without a top-end price.
The short answerFive Volcanoes Boutique Hotel is a Classic Comfort hotel in Musanze (Ruhengeri), north-west Rwanda, in the Kinigi area near Volcanoes National Park. It has deluxe rooms, a family suite and Volcano Manor, a heated central pool, a sauna and steam bath, and a restaurant and bar. It is a good-value base for gorilla and golden monkey treks.
The hotel is in Musanze, also called Ruhengeri, in the Kinigi area close to Volcanoes National Park in north-west Rwanda. A trade listing describes it as about ten minutes from the park headquarters, and we confirm the exact drive for your trek date.
Our gorilla trekking in Rwanda page explains how the permit, the park briefing and the trek work together.
The hotel offers deluxe rooms, a Family Suite and Volcano Manor, set among lush gardens with views of the volcanoes. Rooms have a minibar and an in-room safe.
Listings differ on the exact number of rooms, so we confirm the room type and availability when we quote your dates.
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The hotel is set up for trekkers: gorilla trekking groups are limited to eight travellers, golden monkey treks start from the same park, and the hotel provides gaiters and boot cleaning for treks at no charge. There are garden hammocks for resting afterwards.
Combine it with a luxury lodge for the other nights of your trip. Our itineraries show how.
Facts checked on 14 October 2026 against the lodge's own and the travel trade's published information. Rooms, inclusions and rules can change, so we confirm them again when we quote your dates.
Whatever you want to spend, we have a lodge you can book. Each one is chosen for its location and what it does well.
Deluxe rooms, a Family Suite and Volcano Manor
Price on request
Ready-made trips you can book as they are or change to suit you.
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