Road trips to Bwindi impenetrable National Park from Entebbe.
One of the best experiences one can have visiting Uganda is driving to Bwindi impenetrable national park from Entebbi. Driving through with the breathtakingly stunning terrain and Plantations and setting is fantastic. Katland safaris provide value for money road excursions to Bwindi using fully defined Post COVID Lockdown SOPs as Countries and Airports start opening up.
Early morning from the Airport or Hotel, our expert driver guide will collect you to begin the road journey to Bwindi impenetrable national park. Later you drive to Mbarara at Igongo cultural center for Lunch, then you pass past swamps, rivers, plantations, Animal farms and stop to snap photographs as you would like.
You will halt at the Equator for breakfast and photos. This road tour passes through more than 10 regions, each with own culture but very friendly Ugandans. Depending on Luck, you will also travel via Lake Mburo National Park and be able to see Giraffes, Antelopes, and Zebras. Your fantastic gorilla adventure will be driven via the terraced slopes of Kabale, Kisoro, and Kanungu.
Related to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
One of the only two national parks in Uganda where you could walk and see the amazing Mountain Gorillas in their natural habitat worldwide, Bwindi Forest National Park is situated in the southern part of Uganda and shares a border with Congo.
More than half of the only remaining Mountain Gorillas in the wild make it famous and best place to trek the Mountain Gorillas. There are many areas or sectors in Bwindi Forest National Park where you may engage in the Gorilla tracking experience: Rushaga, Buhoma, Ruhija and Nkuringo sector.
Each of the many habituated gorilla families offered for gorilla tracking experience contains distinct gorilla individuals; each gorilla family is headed and under control by the dominant male gorilla, Bwindi Forest National Park You must have a Gorilla permit good for hiking that day before you may start the journey.
Given that only eight individuals are permitted to walk every gorilla family daily in Bwindi Forest National Park, Gorilla permits are few. Plan your gorilla lifetime safari under experience Africa safari.
From Entebbe, what kind of vehicles are utilized for the road journeys to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park?
To ascend the slopes of Bwindi forest for your incredible gorilla safari from Entebbe, Katland safaris only employ 4×4 safari vehicles that are well-serviced and driven by our experienced guide. We usually offer our customers 4×4 safaris tailored Super custom/Van, which are very comfortable and have ample legroom and baggage space; the super custom can take one to five individuals and the van may be utilized for group travels of around nine to ten persons.
We employ extremely expensive 4×4 land cruisers for a luxury gorilla road excursion from Entebbe to Bwindi; they can hold up to seven people. Indeed, you might choose a land cruise for your comfort even as you have a cheap safari. For your wonderful gorilla safari, all of our cars have A-C, drinking water, tourism license stickers, and are properly maintained.
On road travels to Bwindi, from Entebbe, how are the state of the roads?
Although the route from Entebbe, the Kampala-Mbarara-Kabale highway going to Bwindi is not world class, it is very Tarmacked and smooth. The journey is lengthy but fun as there is plenty to view. Marum roads go to any area of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park; however, we stress the usage of 4X4 because, during the rainy season, they are treacherous and caught with mud.
Southwestern Uganda is rather mountainous, and the routes wind over hillside landscapes with great beauty. Our driver-guides are highly professional for your comfort and safety to go to your ideal location and very competent in driving.
Entebbe to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has what driving time?
Entebbe Town (M Municipality) has the sole international airport in Uganda; thus, we deliberately begin all gorilla road journeys from Entebbe. Though rather fun with the many breaks, the travel between Entebbe town to Entebbe International Airport takes nine to ten hours.
We propose planes that land early morning latest at 6:00 am for Picks from Entebbe International Airport to enable you to reach in Bwindi within day time. We always counsel our customers to come a day later and arrange pre-accommodation in Entebbe to minimize the hassle caused by delayed flights.
Along road excursions from Entebbe Impenetrable National Park, what should one see and see?
One of the top fantastic travel places in Africa you should not miss on your bucket list; Bwindi impenetrable national park offers a lot to see and do. View the activities and sights below to explore Bwindi.
Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi, inaccessible National Park
The main activity one does and sees the gorillas in Bwindi is gorilla tracking. Half of the surviving Mountain Gorillas in the world live in Bwindi Forest National Park; so, your stay here offers 98% possibilities of viewing the mountain gorillas in their native environment.
Four separate portions of Bwindi Forest National Park— Rushaga and Nkuringo in the south and Ruhija and Buhoma in the North East and East half of Bwindi National park respectively—feature mountain gorillas from each distinct sector.
Your first concern is getting a gorilla permit so you may go from Entebbe via Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Depending on your travel dates and availability of the gorilla permit that day, you must buy it ahead of time to guarantee a place for your trip. Gorilla tracking is done in groups of eight people per gorilla family meaning eight permits only are available for each gorilla family, for you to guarantee a place for a daily gorilla trek you will need to secure your gorilla permit in advance months or days prior visiting Bwindi Forest National park.
All you have to do when you book an all-inclusive Gorilla road trip to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park from Entebbe with Katland Safaris is provide us your real dates as preferred trekking gorillas will be checked online for availability of permits. We will provisionally reserve your permit and send a permit payment invoice to you. Once you pay, we will automatically get your permission and then provide scanned copies of Uganda Wildlife Authority receipts to you.
Gorilla Habituation Experience from Entebbe Road Trip to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Four hours with mountain gorillas still under habituation are possible via a gorilla habitat excursion. Only four persons are permitted to engage in gorilla habituation activities in Bwindi Forest National Park in Uganda; so, you must reserve your gorilla habituation permit ahead of time to guarantee your spot. Depending on how long you search for them, the experience lasts half a day or whole day.
Only in the south of Bwindi impenetrable National Park between the sectors of Rushaga and Nkuringo is Gorilla Habituation Activity undertaken. You see the gorillas in the process of getting habituated during this trip; they are not yet accustomed to visitors and behave wild, with researchers and guides; you track the way gorillas eat, move, rest, and also interact with them. During vehicle journeys from Entebbe to Bwindi impenetrable national park, this is among the most fascinating activities available.
Experience in bird watching
For bird lovers, Bwindi Forest National Park is home to many unusual bird species like Albertine Rift Endemic birds and is Handsome Francolin, Rwenzori Nightjar, Dwarf Honeyguide, African Green Broadbill, Archer’s Robin-Chat, Red-throated Alethe, Yellow-eyed Black-Flyct We provide birding trips to Bwindi Forest National Park, where expert birding guides help you to identify various species. To go birdwatching from Entebbe to Bwindi impenetrable national park, get in touch.
Experience from culture and community
The Batwa people, often known as the pygmies, lived in Bwindi Forest National Park for many years until recently when they were displaced from the park to the nearby towns in order to support mountain gorilla protection and tourism. From Entebbe, a road journey to Bwindi bush National Park will provide you a chance to view these pygmies used to spend their time in the bush, where they stayed, how they used to pick wild honey as well as hunt.
They will present their dances and discuss how they have adjusted to and appreciated regular life outside the jungle. If you have any contribution to help the children with clothing and scholastic supplies, you might also visit the rest of the community on the fringes of the forest, the women organizations that produce crafts and sell food, the community schools and we urge.
Nature hikes inside Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Comprising a tropical forest, one of the oldest in the world having existed for more than 300,000 years, Bwindi Forest National Park has ancient tree species some of which are peculiar to this forest. Its thick canopy makes nature walks fun, thus it is also well-known to be impenetrable.
On your nature walking safari in Bwindi Forest, you will have the opportunity to learn about many tree species, see different bird species, and, if lucky, view rare forest elephants, monkeys, baboons.
From the Buhoma sector to the Nkuringo Sector, we do provide Nature walking packages wherein you may mix yourself with the surroundings including a trip to the breathtaking rivers and waterfalls inside the Bwindi Forest National Park. Your choice of package will depend on the time you have and may be customized with all these activities to fit your need most appropriately.
Where on a road trip from Entebbe should one stay in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park?
You will select lodging or hotel based on the sector you will be traversing from Bwindi impenetrable National Park; four sectors for gorilla trekking are Buhoma, Nkuringo, Ruhija, and Rushaga. When you verify the availability of permissions with us, we will inform you which industry has permits available and also recommend the hotel in that field.
From inexpensive to mid-range to luxury and premium hotels with low season rates and high season rates, all these areas provide hotels and lodges. For instance, you might stay at Buhoma community camp as a cheap hotel, Buhoma Havens lodge as a midrange hotel, Bwindi lodge, Mahogany springs resort, Buhoma lodge, as a luxury lodge and Gorilla forest camp as the upmarket hotel.
In Rushaga, you may stay at Rushaga Gorilla Havens resort, Rushaga Gorilla camp, four gorillas Lodge in Nkuringo Bwindi Lodge, Clouds Mountain gorilla resort.
From Entebbe, Katland safaris arranges road excursions to Bwindi impenetrable national Park using numerous options of Packages in addition to tailored packages for your trip. Our offices in Entebbe are rather easily reachable for cash payment, questions, and any other interest you would like to forward to us.
Since Entebbe International Airport is somewhat near to our headquarters, we provide free pickups there. Send us an email to get in touch and we will arrange for you specifically. Trip Advisor and Safari reservations positively review Katland Safaris.
