
Honeymoon safaris in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
For travelers that are planning for honeymoon safaris in Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is one of the perfect locations to look out for. A safari to this park guarantees you an opportunity to meet the endangered mountain gorillas which are close relatives to human beings with more than 98% DNA. More than half of the mountain gorillas of the world are found in this park and the chances of seeing them are 95%.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park has wonderful romantic honeymoon spots that allow couples to celebrate their love on private safaris with the best accommodation facilities. While on a honeymoon safari in Bwindi, couples get to have a good time around the mountain gorillas in their natural habitats once they participate in the trekking activities which are the main reason why tourists visit the park.
What couples can do on their honeymoon safari to Bwindi
Mountain gorilla trekking
Gorilla trekking is the best activity honeymooners can have on their safari to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. It’s an affordable activity done by most travelers who visit Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. The activity allows tourists to go into the jungle, search for mountain gorillas, and then get one hour around the members. The time with the mountain gorillas allows one to learn about the gorilla habits, watch them carry out daily activities, take photos, and record videos for future memories.
Mountain gorilla habituation
Gorilla habituation is a luxury activity that can be done on a honeymoon safari to Bwindi impenetrable forest national park. Rushaga sector of Bwindi is the place where honeymooners and other travelers can have gorilla habituation from. One gorilla family is currently going through habituation within this sector and tourists get to have 4 hours with the members.
Gorilla habituation in Rushaga sector of Bwindi takes trekkers into the jungle to search for Bikingi mountain gorilla family and be around the members for a maximum of 4 hours. With the gorilla habituation, honeymooners will be part of the activities that make these gorillas get used to human presence around them. The activity goes for $1500 foreign non-residents, $1000 foreign residents, and UGX300,000 citizens of East African member states.
Encounter some of the beautiful bird species in Bwindi on your Honey moon Safari
Bird watching
Bwindi impenetrable forest national park is home to over 350 bird species making it a perfect destination to have birding from during a honeymoon safari. After seeing mountain gorillas, couples who are interested in seeing birds can go bird watching in the impenetrable forest of Bwindi where they will use different trails to search for where the birds could be.
Bird watching in Bwindi comes with an opportunity of seeing to birds such as Grauer’s broadbill, archer robin chat, shelley’s crimsonwing, nuemann’s warbler, mountain oriole, ladgen’s bush shrike, African goshawk, grauer’s swamp warbler, African emerald cuckoo, black bee-eater, regal sunbird, handsome spurfowl, sooty boubou, African harrier hawk, common bulbul, and willard’s sooty boubou among others.
Community tour
Honeymooners who are interested in cultural tours while on a safari in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park have an opportunity to meet the Batwa pygmies that live around the park. The Batwa pygmies are short people who used to live in the forest of Bwindi together with animals but when the government was gazetting the park they evicted them to give animals, especially mountain gorillas freedom.
The Batwa pygmies left Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in 1993 and decided to settle around the park boundaries where they have formed communities. On a honeymoon safari, couples can visit any of the homes of the Batwa to interact with the locals and see how they are living life outside the park. The elderly tell stories of how they survived in the jungle and you will be entertained through dance and drama.
When to have honeymoon safaris in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Honeymoons are done at any time of the year after weddings and the fact that Bwindi is always open honeymooners are always welcome to the park. Honeymooners who will visit Bwindi during the dry season of June to September and December to February will have the best of the safari because of the good weather that is characterized by little rainfall and plenty of sunshine.
Honeymooners who will visit Bwindi impenetrable forest national park during the dry season will find the trekking trails dry and easier to pass through which eases locating the gorillas. The vegetation within the jungle is short and scattered which gives a clear view and photography of the mountain gorillas. The roads to the trekking points are in good condition easing the movement of vehicles.
Honeymooners in the rainy season March to May and October to November can still visit Bwindi for different activities. Those coming should know that the park is receiving a lot of rainfall and little sunshine. The trekking trails are muddy and slippery, vegetation is tall with unclear views of attractions, and roads to the park are in poor condition.
Accommodation on a honeymoon safari to Bwindi
On a honeymoon safari to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, honeymooners need to stay in mid-range or luxury accommodation facilities that offer the best services to their clients. The four sectors of Bwindi have these lodges and among them include Bwindi Neck View Lodge, Bwindi Lodge, Mahogany Springs Lodge, Gorilla Leisure Lodge, Bakiga Lodge, Nkuringo Bwindi Lodge, and Bweza Lodge to mention but a few.
How to access Bwindi Impenetrable Forest for honeymoon safaris?
Honeymooners interested in having their honeymoon safaris on Bwindi impenetrable forest national park can access the park by air or road transport. Air transport would be perfect on a honeymoon safari but not everyone can afford it. Tourists are flown to Kisoro or Kihihi airstrip from Entebbe International Airport or Kajjansi airstrip in a few hours. From the airstrip, they are driven for a short while to the booked accommodation facilities.
On a honeymoon safari to Bwindi, tourists can still use road transport to access the park. The journey to Bwindi is long (9 to 10 hours) but the couples will have great views of different attractions along the way. From Kampala/Entebbe, honeymooners are driven through Mpigi, Masaka, Lyantonde, Mbarara, Kabale, or Kisoro to any of the sectors of the park.