By air from Entebbe Airport by road from Kampala.
How to Access Bwindi Forest: From Entebbe, there are scheduled flights to Kihihi which is close to the northern sector of Bwindi and also flights to Kisoro which is close to the Southern sector of Bwindi Forest national park. Flights to Kisoro only leave in the morning while Kihihi has both morning and afternoon departures from Entebbe. You can also do charter flights from Kajjansi Airstrip to either Kisoro or Kihihi near Bwindi. BOOK NOW
How to Access Bwindi Forest by road, there are alternatives routes that include;
Kampala-Kabale-Kanungu-Buhoma which follows a tarmac highway until Kabale for about 414 km spending about 6-8 hrs and then connect on a murram road through Kanungu and Kanyantorogo for about 120 km to Buhoma. For the latter route, it is highly recommended to have a 4WD vehicle and this journey can take about 4-5 hrs.
Kampala-Kabale-Ruhija-Buhoma which follows the same route as the above first option except the Kabale-Ruhija-Buhoma section is about 95 km on a murram road and can take about 3-4 hrs also highly recommended to have a 4WD vehicle.
Kampala-Kabale-Nkuringo also follows the same as the above routes to Kabale and an additional 105km about 4-5 hrs drive on a mountainous murram road to Nkuringo from Kabale. Some people prefer spending a night in Kisoro which is about 80 km from Kabale and in the morning proceed to Nkuringo for gorilla tracking.
Kampala-Ntungamo-Rukungiri-Kihihi-Buhoma is regarded as the quickest and most direct of all the routes from Kampala and follows a tarmac road to Rukungiri about 390km followed by murram roads to Buhoma for about 82 km.
There is also a route that goes through Queen Elizabeth National Park via Kihihi and to Buhoma passing through the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park famed for the tree climbing lions. Sometimes this route is not favored because of the bridge which keeps on breaking down.
Several Bus companies do operate daily on these routes and they include: Post Bus, Gateway Bus Services, Horizon Buses and Bismarkan Bus Company.
Whether you are to visit the south or North of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, no public means will transport you up to the park headquarters. If you decide to go to the North, then you need to budget for a motor cycle transfer from Butogota Town to Buhoma Park headquarters. Please check with your Lodge/Hostel if they can offer you transfers to and from Butogota Town. If you decided to visit the southern section, Buses are likely to drop you both in Kabale or Kisoro and from there; you will need to organize transport either to Nkuringo or Rushaga.
While travelling in these buses, you need to be extra serious with your luggage as there are so many thieves that may target you. Please ensure that you hold your luggage all the time, move with it when moving out of the Bus at all times. Most targeted items include Laptops, Money among others. We as a company doesn’t recommend travel by public means of transport as the risks are more than the benefits but should you decide to do so please take care.
Fly to Rwanda track gorillas in Uganda
With direct flights to Kigali it is now easier to connect to Bwindi forest by road from Rwanda Kigali, it is only 4 hours drive from Kigali to Bwindi Forest in Uganda with all stopovers and border crossing, flying to Rwanda will saves you a long drive of 8-9 hours from Entebbe International Airport in Uganda to Bwindi Forest National Park. Tracking gorillas in Uganda means saving money for other activities because when you compare gorilla tracking price between Uganda and Rwanda you will see they is a big difference where by Rwanda permit cost 1500USD and Uganda permit Cost 600 USD and tracking experiences is the same the only difference is in prices.