Flights to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park – Uganda
Flight to Bwindi Impenetrable national park are very convenient to travelers, of which booking are done at Entebbe Airport International Airport with Aerolink Airlines with caring staffs who are good in organizing flights to all Uganda’s national parks. From flights are subject to win weather conditions and strictly morning Internal Flights.
Flights to Bwindi Impenetrable national park ; There are several airlines that flies to visitors to Bwindi National Park through booking a scheduled or chartered flight to Kihihi Airstrip a closest airport to the Bwindi’s gorilla sectors mainly the Buhoma and Ruhija trailheads or you can fly to Kisoro airstrip for the more southerly Rushaga and Nkuringo gorilla sector, you might have assigned in for gorilla trekking.
Entebbe International Airport ‘’EBB’’ is where most of visitors enter the country as landing site for foreigners. Located about 46kilometers away from the Kampala capital city. On your visit, it is very easy to book your domestic carrier ‘’Aerolink or eagle airline many more’’ from Entebbe or Kampala ‘Kajjansi Airfield’ to Kihihi or Kisoro near Bwindi. Chartered flights to Bwindi National Park can also be booked.
In Bwindi Impenetrable national park, a home of endangered mountain gorillas of which gorilla trekking is safari highlight done with the park, conducted in four trailheads such as Buhoma and Ruhija in north and Rushaga and Nkuringo in the south. And if visited as part of a Uganda Primate tour, Buhoma is the best gorilla trekking trailhead which can be accessed from Queen Elizabeth National Park in 2 to 3 hours’ drive ‘’from the Ishasha sector’’. From Lake Mburo national park it can take 5 to 6 hours’ drive to all the trailheads. If traveling by road from Entebbe or Kampala, the trip by road will take about 9 to 10 hours, during rainy season we recommend you to use 4wheeldrive safari or private vehicle.
Pleases you can check the Sky canner for more information about Flights to Bwindi /Uganda’s national parks and see which airlines can take you to Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport ‘’EBB’’ and the cost of the ticket.
Note this, most of domestic flight between national parks are arranged by the tour operator inclusive with your tour package. Therefore, two domestic carriers fly to Bwindi, scheduled and chartered services to Kihihi from the park or Kisoro.
If you are to book with a tour operator always make sure, you send in your valid scanned personnel documents to start reservations in time such documents are scanned passport, visa and other entry requirements.
From Kisoro Airstrip passengers can connect to different landing sites in national parks;
Kihihi airstrip to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Mweya and Kasese airstrips to Queen Elizabeth national park
Semuliki airstrip to Semuliki National Park
However, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park a great location to see Mountain gorillas /gorilla trekking thus offering a truly unforgettable safari experience. The park can be accessible only on the foot and one of UNESCO World Heritage Site that protects a diversity of wildlife species for over 120 mammal species ,348 bird species, 220 species of butterflies ,27 species of frogs, geckos, chameleons among other species. Although, Bwindi is most popular for over 600 Gorilla individuals, half of the world’s population of the endangered mountain gorillas.
Activities to do Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park include;
Mountain Gorilla tracking /Gorilla trekking
Bird watching
Mountain biking
Nature walks to waterfalls
Village walks to encounter the culture and lifestyle of the local Bakiga and Batwa tribes
All these outstanding activities in Bwindi can be reached through catching one of our daily flight to Kihihi and Kisoro airstrips to experience its natural diversity.
In other words, Gorilla trekking is the main done activity in Bwindi that makes flocking of tourists in the park year by year. Before even planning for a tour to Bwindi Impenetrable national park , you need to book your permits that allows you to trek mountain gorillas at a fee USD700 per person for foreign non-resident and USD600 for foreign residents ,booking can be helped by a reliable tour operator or book directly to Uganda Wildlife Authority Offices and if you are trek in peak season ,we recommend you to book your gorilla permit in advance like 3 to 6months before arrival time or else you can book in advance in 2 to 3 years to be on safe side since during peak seasons permits can be on high sale .Always book as early as possible.
Gorilla trekking experience is half day done activity that starts early in the morning with a briefing at the meeting center with in the park, after meet your guide in a group of eight to locate you to the gorilla group you are to trek. He will lead you through tracking trails in search for mountain gorillas, with other chances of spotting bird species, monkeys, beautiful butterflies among others. Once you locate them one hour will be given to you to observe how they feed, eat, groom with one another, build their nest in the evening time as well as capturing memorable photos for your remembrance, return to the lodge.
