Tourists invited to see erupting Congo volcano

Virunga National Park is inviting tourists on an overnight trek to a spectacular eruption of Mount Nyamulagira in eastern Congo.

FILE - In this Sunday, July 28, 2002 file photo, plumes of lava spew high into the air from Mount Nyamulagira, near the town of Goma in eastern Congo. Virunga National Park is inviting tourists on an overnight trek to view a spectacular eruption of Mount Nyamulagira, where rivers of incandescent lava are flowing slowly north into an uninhabited part of the park and pose no danger to its critically endangered mountain gorillas, in eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim, File)

A stream of lava flows into Virunga National Park from Mount Nyamulagira, Sunday, July 28, 2002. Scientists said the volcano posed no direct threat to nearby Goma, which was devastated by an eruption earlier this year.(AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

Lava erupts from Nyamulagira volcano in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. The Nyamulagira volcano, situated some 40 kms North west of the city of Goma, North Kivu capital, erupted Saturday Jan. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Peterne Inga)

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010 file photo released by the Congolese Wildlife Authority, the Nyamulagira volcano is seen erupting in Virunga National Park. Virunga National Park is inviting tourists on an overnight trek to view a spectacular eruption of Mount Nyamulagira, where rivers of incandescent lava are flowing slowly north into an uninhabited part of the park and pose no danger to its critically endangered mountain gorillas, in eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Congolese Wildlife Authority, File)

An eruption is seen from Nyamulagira volcano, 22 km (14 miles) from the city of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo November 6, 2011. The eruption appears to be on a lower section of the volcano, or in a separate caldera, with lava flowing north into a non-populated section of the park. Picture taken November 6, 2011. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: ENVIRONMENT)