How to Get to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in Uganda, from Rwanda too
How to Get to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in Uganda, from Rwanda too Bwindi Impenetrable Forest can Best be Accessed by road to connect to the forest from Queen Elizabeth National Park a distance of about 3 hours Drive, Then From Kampala, through Mbarara and Kabale Districts a Drive to about 8-9 Hours Drive…
How to Get to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in Uganda, from Rwanda too
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest can Best be Accessed by road to connect to the forest from Queen Elizabeth National Park a distance of about 3 hours Drive, Then From Kampala, through Mbarara and Kabale Districts a Drive to about 8-9 Hours Drive or From Kigali Rwanda through the Boarder of Kyanika to Kabale to Bwindi or trough the Boarder of Cyanika to Kisoro to Bwindi Forest and the drive is about 3-4 hours drive. Bwindi can also be accessed by Air by connecting to the International Airstrips of Kisoro and Kihihi.
By Road
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park can be accessed following several routes. Here are some of the most common routes to take.
Kampala City – Ntungamo Town – Rukungiri Town – Kihihi Town – Buhoma Town
This is perhaps the quickest and most direct route for tourists travelling from Kampala. The route follows a tarmacked journey for about 390 kilometres to Rukungiri followed by 82 kilometres on winding murram roads to the park’s headquarters at Buhoma.
Kampala City – Kabale Town – Kanungu Town – Buhoma HQ
The route is tarmacked for about 414 kilometres between Kampala and Kabale for approximately 6 hours after which tourists follow a winding murram road for 120 kilometres through Kanungu and Kanyantorogo for another 5 hrs until you reach Buhoma where the park’s headquarters are found. A 4WD vehicle is highly recommended.
Queen Elizabeth National Park (Mweya) – Kihihi Town – Buhoma HQ
This route leads through Queen Elizabeth National Park’s southerly called Ishasha, providing the chance for a stopover in search of the iconic tree-climbing lions. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is approximately 160 kilometres from Mweya and about 64 kilometres from Ishasha. The journey is mainly along a dirt road. A 4WD vehicle is highly recommended.
Kampala City – Kabale Town – Ruhija Sector – Buhoma HQ
The distance from Kabale-Ruhija-Buhoma is about 95 kilometres over a winding Murram road; a journey that lasts about 4 hours. A 4WD vehicle is highly recommended.
Kampala City – Kabale Town – Nkuringo Sector
The distance from Kabale to Nkuringo is about 105 kilometres; approximately 4 hours in total along a mountainous Murram road. The majority of tourists often overnight in Kisoro which is about 80 kilometers from Kabale town before proceeding to Nkuringo or the Rushaga sector the following morning for the gorilla trek. The road from Kisoro is a winding 35-kilometre journey that takes at least one hour or an hour and a half. A 4WD vehicle is recommended for both approaches to Nkuringo.
By Air
Bwindi is served by a series of flights including a daily scheduled flight from Entebbe International Airport to Kisoro Airstrip for tourists visiting the park’s southern sectors of Nkuringo and Rushaga. From Kisoro, tourists will need a 4WD vehicle to transfer them along a winding Murram road to their lodge in time for the next day’s trek. The park’s northerly frontier is served by a schedule of daily flights from Entebbe to Kihihi airstrip from which tourists will need a 4WD vehicle to transfer them along a winding murram road to their lodge in time for the next day’s trek.
Scheduled and chartered flights last only about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
