Don’t miss: a photo gallery in the Guardian and a video on Africanews bring a welcome visual update from the top of Nyiragongo. Last month’s eruption has emptied the lava lake (the left side of the featured image) but some red-hot residue remains at the bottom of the crater.
The days of Nyiragongo as a tourism activity are sadly gone but what truly matters is that any immediate danger is behind us as well. The evacuated city folks of Goma have begun to return to their homes.
photo by: lava lake in the featured image by Marcus Westberg; other images by Alexis Huguet/AFP/Getty Images
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ML Rwebandira — formerly known as Miha Logar — is an adventure and cultural tourism expert, writer and multimedia producer who co-founded Gorilla Highlands Experts. His most recent publication is the Pocket Treasure. A national of both Uganda and Slovenia, ML resides with his son Lan in Musanze, Rwanda. Click for his personality-infused quarterly newsletters. [bio updated: 2026-05]