Driving to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park gives an inside view of the Pearl of Africa, the national park is Uganda’s top visited destination Uganda. There are several ways of getting to the national park, and driving is one of the options, the national park is located in the western part of Uganda and hosts half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas, the primates are a subspecies of the eastern gorilla- gorilla beringei. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a thick forest dating over 25,000 years ago. It has developed with a biodiverse ecosystem. The national park was gazetted as a way of protecting the critically endangered species of the mountain gorilla and other mammals that call this home.
Bwindi’s impenetrable national park can be accessed beginning from 2 entry points the Entebbe International Airport, Uganda’s major entry airport, and the Kigali International Airport from Rwanda via the southwestern part of Uganda. Gorilla safaris also start in Kampala or the Queen Elizabeth National Park. Driving to the forest is done using 4*4-wheel car drive to beat the terrain of the winding hills of western Uganda, the journey by road is much longer compared to when you are flying but worth it, it is the most common way for visitors to go to Bwindi, the attractions en-route are unique and amazing to see.
The national park can be accessed by several routes from Kampala or Entebbe, they can use the main road highway or through the animal corridor of the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Ishasha. Driving to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park takes approximately 9 hours drive to the destination routing via- Kampala-Mbarara-Kabale to Kanungu, and 4 hours drive when the journey begins from Queen Elizabeth National Park in the southern sector of Ishasha, this isa known place to see tree climbing lions in Uganda, on a game drive through the animal window can lead you to the Bwindi national park expect to see some of the savannah animals like Elephants, olive baboons, vervet monkeys, waterbucks, and Topi to mention a few.
When driving to Bwindi impenetrable national park, there are popular sites to stop over and experience for example the equator it is exciting to have a picture at the line that divides the world into 2, the equator is one of the many landmarks of Uganda, the Igongo Cultural Center it is conveniently located along the Mbarara, these offer a nice food delicacies and traditional dance of the people of Ankole, in Mbarara city is a lunch on and a taste of the local Ugandan food. Safaris to Bwindi impenetrable national park can be combined together with a visit to the Lake Mburo National Park for game drives and boat cruises, Queen Elizabeth National Park a gym of the African wilderness, it harbors a biodiverse environment while here expect to see Lions, leopards, African buffaloes, African elephants, among others.
Bwindi’s top activity is the gorilla trekking experience it is done in groups of eight per gorilla family, other things to do include the Batwa cultural experience, community tours, and birding in Bwindi impenetrable national park among other activities.