Tourists are being invited on treks to witness a volcano spewing geysers of lava into the night.

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park is hosting trips to the Nyamulagira volcano so they can experience the spectacular natural event. Volcano fanatics will have to pay €220 to be escorted to a viewing site in the east of DR Congo, a country wracked by conflict and ranked the world’s least developed by the UN.

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