Luxury safaris to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Luxury safaris to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is one of the most visited and popular tourist destinations in Uganda. This is because the park hosts the highest number of endangered mountain gorillas in the whole world. Thousands of tourists from different parts of the world visit Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to spend some time with the mountain gorillas in their natural habitats.
Luxury safaris to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park take tourists to any of the sectors of Bwindi for mountain gorilla trekking and other park activities depending on the number of days tourists have on a safari. The trip comes with luxury transportation (road or air transport), and staying in the best accommodation facilities all throughout the safari.
Luxury safaris to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park come with a lot of opportunities the best being mountain gorilla trekking. Tourists get to trek endangered mountain gorillas in the thick vegetation cover and spend some time with them. A luxury safari can include the following activities which we believe are the best to be done in the park.
Seeing mountain gorillas on a luxury safari to Bwindi
Luxury safaris to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park are mostly about seeing mountain gorillas. This is because the park is the best place to see these apes in the wild. Luxury travelers to Bwindi can either do gorilla trekking which is 1 hour around mountain gorillas or gorilla habituation in Bwindi which is 4 hours with the mountain gorillas.
Gorilla trekking is carried out every day in all sectors of the park while gorilla habituation in Bwindi is carried out only in Rushaga sector in the southern sector of the park. The activities start every day in the morning with a briefing from the rangers who teach the rules and regulations of the activity. Once the briefing is done, trekkers are grouped and given armed ranger guides to lead them in the jungle.
Inside the jungle, different trekking trails are used to search for where the mountain gorillas could be. The search goes for 2 to 5 hours and while searching, trekkers get an opportunity to see different wild animals, birds, waterfalls, and vegetation among others. Once mountains gorillas are spotted, trekkers do get time to be around the mountain gorillas.
Gorilla trekking comes with 1 hour around mountain gorillas and it allows trekkers to see these apes carry out daily activities, take photos, and record videos. Trekkers who are doing mountain gorilla habituation in Bwindi are given 4 hours to be with the mountain gorillas. During that period, they are able to be part of the activities that make these apes get used to human beings around them. Trekkers are also allowed to take photos and record videos of the mountain gorillas.
Bird watching on a luxury safari to Bwindi
A luxury safari to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park can have bird watching as an activity. Bwindi hosts over 350 bird species 23 of which are endemic to the Albertine region. Birders on a luxury safari to Uganda can visit Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to check out the bird species recorded there. Different trails are used on a safari among which include Mubwindi swamp, Buhoma waterfall trail, and bamboo zone to mention but a few.
Birding watching on a luxury safari in Bwindi impenetrable forest comes with an opportunity to see species such as Shelley’s crimson wing, African stonechat, grauer’s broadbill, black bee-eater, regal sunbird, sooty flycatcher, little green sunbird, red chested flufftail, Albertine boubou, blue-headed sunbird, white starred robin, Rwenzori batis, handsome spurfowl, white-browed crombec, great blue turaco.
Stripe-breasted tit, tambourine dove, grey cuckoo shrike, strip-breasted tit, velvet-mantled drongo, African emerald cuckoo, brown-capped weaver, dark-capped bulbul, bocage’s bush shrike, yellow-throated tinkerbird, ross’s turaco, grey cuckoo shrike, thick-billed seedeater, and olive green camaroptera to mention but a few.
When to have luxury safaris in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park?
The driest months of the year are the best to have safaris in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. This is also a time when luxury travelers need to have luxury safaris within the park. June to September and December to February are the best times to have these safaris because of the good weather. They do have little rainfall and plenty of sunshine which have little side effects on the activities.
During the dry season, luxury travelers will find the trekking/walking trails dry and easier to walk through which makes trekkers locate the mountain gorillas on time. The vegetation within the forest is shirt which allows tourists to have a clear view of the mountain gorillas and also other attractions of the park. The roads leading to the park are dry and easier to drive through.
Luxury safaris can still be carried out in Bwindi impenetrable forest national park during the rainy season. This period occurs from March to May and October to November a period when the park is receiving a lot of rainfall and little sunshine. Tourists who go gorilla trekking during this period will find the roads leading to the park in poor conditions. The vegetation is tall with unclear views of gorillas and trekking trails are in most cases muddy and slippery.
Where can luxury tourists stay in Bwindi impenetrable forest national park
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is divided into four sectors and all have the best lodges where luxury travelers can stay. These lodges include Nkuringo Bwindi Lodge, Gorilla Leisure Lodge, Buhoma Lodge, Mahogany Springs Lodge, Gorilla Heights Lodge, and Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge to mention but a few.
Getting to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park for luxury safaris
Luxury travelers can get to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park for luxury safaris using either road or air transport. The park is located in southwestern Uganda in Kisoro district. By air transport which is the quickest way tourists can get to Bwindi, there are flights by different airline companies to Kisoro and Kihihi airstrip from where tourists drive to the park for a short time.
By road transport, tourists need about 9 to 10 hours to get to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Luxury travelers can use the best safari vehicles to get to the park. From Entebbe/Kampala, tourists drive through Mpigi, Masaka, Lyantonde, Mbarara, Ntungamo, Kabale, and Kisoro to any of the sectors of the park.
