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Getting to Bwindi Impenetrable National park is easy and can be accessed from Entebbe airport in Uganda or Kigali airport in Rwanda. Located on the eastern edge of the Albertine Rift valley in South Western Uganda, the park is one of the 3 UNESCO World Sites in Uganda regularly visited by many travellers from all corners of the world for very popular activities such as gorilla trekking, Gorilla habituation and bird watching. On a 12 Days Midrange Pearl of Africa Tour and more, it be accessed from Lake Mburo National park, Kibale National park and Queen Elizabeth National park.

Getting to Bwindi Impenetrable National park by road transport.

Getting to Bwindi Impenetrable National park by road transport takes longer but the road trip offers great scenery and you get to see community activities taking place in the country. It is about 10 hours from Entebbe to the national park. This is especially when clients are on a 3 Days Gorilla Trekking Tour. On your way, you stop over at the Uganda Equator for photos and then en-route lunch from Igongo cultural restaurant or Agip motel. You will always have short stopovers to stress along the way. To break the long journey down, we encourage our clients to include one of the other national parks in Uganda

Getting to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park by air

Travellers in Uganda who have little time or cannot stand the long distance to Bwindi Impenetrable National park can fly on rescheduled or charter flights.

We organize fly-in gorilla safaris and to the other different national park.

Our flying partners to Bwindi and other national parks are Aerolink Uganda. They fly every day in the morning and in the afternoon from Entebbe international airport to the different sectors of the park and back.

Getting to Bwindi Impenetrable National park via Kigali

People can fly into Kigali and track gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National park. It is about 3-6 hours of travel through the beautiful rolling hills, depending on which sector you will trek gorillas from.

Take a look at our suggested itinerary of 3 Days fly into Kigali Track Gorillas in Uganda

Other Activities in Bwindi Impenetable National park, apart from Gorilla Trekking and Gorilla Habituation.

There are other popular activities in the different parts of Bwindi Impenetrable National park. These include bird watching, The Batwa trail experience, hikes to the waterfalls, village community visits, etc. Read more about the activities in Uganda

 If you are interested in a gorilla trekking safari to Bwindi Impenetrable National park, or even to the other destinations in the country, Contact us now

Suggested itineraries to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

3 day Budget Gorilla Tracking Tour

3 Day Fly-in Gorilla Tracking Safari

4 Day fly into Rwanda track Gorillas in Uganda

6 Day Uganda Gorillas and wildlife safari

6 Days Gorillas and Murchison Falls NP safari

10 Days Gorillas, Chimps & Lions