5 Reasons Why You Visit Bwindi Gorilla Park
Visit Bwindi Gorilla Park the last place on earth where you can meet the rare giants know as mountain gorillas, and it also offers you the most memorable moment of experience in your life. Bwindi Gorilla National Park is located in southwestern Uganda in Kabale district making it the most visited Park in Uganda which receives over thousands of tourists from different parts of the world. Visit Bwindi Gorilla Park offers you a diversity of activities and the Park itself as picturesque as they come to natural wonders. The distance from Kampala the capital city of Uganda to Bwindi Gorilla National Park takes you 8 hours’ drive and approximately one hour flight from Entebbe International Airport. These are the top five reasons why you visit Bwindi Gorilla Park.BOOK NOW
Mountain Gorilla in Bwindi Forests
Mountain Gorilla Trekking
Gorilla trekking in Uganda-Bwindi National Park is the major pulling tourist attraction with over 486 endangered mountain gorillas with about 20 gorilla families which habituated for gorilla trekking in every day, and each gorilla family is visited by a maximum of 8 per day and each is required to have a gorilla permit which cost $ 700 per person per trek and we advise to book your gorilla permit at least five months in advance before the date of taking. A day for gorilla trekking beings in the early morning with a briefing about the dos and don’ts at briefing point. Seeing the gorillas in the wild is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that you wouldn’t mind doing again. The trek starts following the trek trail where the gorilla group is which may take one to five hours depending on the location of the gorilla family, along the way you will be able to see bird species, butterfly, reptile species and among others natural wonders. The time you find the gorillas family you’re allowed to spend only one with them and thereafter you embark to the park headquarters where you remark the end of gorilla trekking which is worthy of the time and money as well. During your gorilla trekking, you’re escorted with informative ranger guides who are resourceful and are there to assist you.
Mountain Gorilla Habituation
Uganda Gorilla habituation is unlike Gorilla trekking that limits one’s interaction with the gorillas to only one hour with a gorilla family. Gorilla habitation rewards you with a more feel of the largest primate in the world with four hours with an identified gorilla family and participate in the naming as well you take pictures with them and watching them as they go about their daily activities and so much more in the four hours of contact with a gorilla group in their natural habitat. A gorilla habituation experience permits cost USD 1500.00 per person per visit, which done only in Bwindi National Park specifically in the southern area of Park in the Rushaga and Nkuringo region, this makes a must why you visit Bwindi Gorilla Park.
Bird watching in Bwindi Forest
Birding viewing is one of the most amazing activities why you should visit Bwindi Gorilla Park. Bird watching experience in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park makes Uganda atop birding safari destination in the world especially for tourist who is interested in bird watching. Visit Bwindi gorilla Park offers you a chance to view different bird species of Bwindi forest in different regions with over 349 bird species with about 90% of all Albertine rift valley that is rarely sighted in East African region. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest has ideal trails for bird lovers which are well kept to allow bird lovers to achieve their dreams in the Park. The Buhoma waterfall trail, Mubwindi swamp in Ruhija and Bamboo zone are the key trails in bird watching where you just relax and breathe fresh air as you appreciate the sights and sounds that nature offers.
Village cultural visit
The village cultural visit takes you through a journey of sustainable living in remote of Bwindi gorilla Park, showing the lifestyle and culture of the Bakiga people. Interpreting life by one of the trained community guides who leads the walks through the entire community. The walk last over three hours passing through the village – you learn the ways and culture of the people that live in the village on the edge of Bwindi Forest. You will see how people make local crafts such as baskets with the most intricate designs – beer made from Bananas, and a distillery that makes the local Waragi Gin from Bananas, meet a traditional healer and learn of what is gathered in the ancient forest and how it is taken and applied to ailments. See how the growth of local produce is done and harvested, food preparation over charcoal or open fire, and meet the Batwa Pygmy community as they perform a dance and how they do their daily activity. It is certainly a cultural learning experience and the cost of the walk supports the local community
Guided Nature Walk
A guided nature walk in Bwindi National Park is the most fantastic way you can feel the natural breeze and explore the nature of the Park. There are many guided walks which tourists can overtake and unguided walks. Such guided nature walk is normally from the north of Bwindi to the South where you keep observing different primates and bird species which leaves you appreciating the nature of Bwindi forest Park in different trails such river trail, lake Mutanda, Mubwindi Swamp Trail, Bamboo trail, Rushura Hill trail, waterfall Walk, Muzubijiro Loop and different markets and one may also tour on bikes through different trails with a guide.
How to reach Bwindi Gorilla Park
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in the south-west of Uganda, about 464 kilometers/8-10 hours’ drive from Kampala and can be accessed by road or air transport. For tourists opting to travel by air, chartered flights are arranged from Entebbe International Airport or Kajjansi Airstrip to Kayonza, Kihihi or Kisoro airstrips then connect to the Park by road.
For road transport, several routes are used to connect from Kampala to Bwindi, but tourists are recommended to choose the most convenient one depending on the sector visited. One of the routes to use is Kampala-Masaka-Mbarara-Ntungamo-Rukungiri-Kihihi-Buhoma for tourists planning to visit the northern sector.
Another popular route is Kampala-Masaka-Mbarara-Kabale-Ruhija for tourists planning to visit the eastern sector of Ruhija. For tourists visiting both Queen Elizabeth National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Parks, connect through the southern sector of Ishasha where you will see the tree climbing lions to Buhoma the sector of Bwindi National Park.
