Bwindi Impenetrable National Park safaris, tours & holiday packages
Home of mountain gorillas
One of the world's most biologically diverse regions, Bwindi is also one of Africa's best places to trek to see the endangered mountain gorilla
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and the Virunga mountains on the Rwandan side are the two best places to see the endangered mountain gorilla.
Bwindi covers only 330 square kilometres, but is home to almost half the remaining wild mountain gorilla population. This Unesco World Heritage Site is a jumble of dense tropical rain forests, steep hills and cascading waterfalls. It has a magnificent diversity of fauna and flora, including a wide variety of primate species, birds and butterflies. If you're a birder keen to find the endemic birds species of the Albertine Rift, Bwindi offers you a chance to find 32 of them.
Popular Bwindi Impenetrable National Park safaris
These popular itineraries can be customised to match your budget and travel dates
Meet the Primates of Uganda and Rwanda (12 days)
See mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, golden monkeys and tree-climbing lions, take a boat cruise and visit Rwanda's genocide memorial
$ 7,090
£ 5,607
R 102,906
€ 6,368
per person
12 days
Birding Tour through Uganda (11 days)
This is a safari for the serious birder wanting to see exciting new bird species, as well as chimpanzees and mountain gorillas
$ 7,720
£ 6,106
R 112,050
€ 6,934
per person
11 days
“Bwindi has wonderful old forest and is a fabulous gorilla trekking destination. I love that your gorilla permit is linked to your passport number when you buy it, so there is no way your permit can go missing. ”
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Bwindi's main draw card remains the mountain gorillas. There are 20 families – 10 of them habituated – and more or less 400 individual gorillas here. Only 70 people may go to see them each day, so book early to avoid disappointment.
Uganda offers you the luxury of knowing exactly which family of gorillas you're going to see so it's possible to visit two different habituated mountain gorilla families on two consecutive days. This gives you a very good all-round experience. Bwindi has lodges in the north-west or Buhoma region and also the southern side. It's enjoyable to link the two areas by walking through the forest rather than driving all the way round.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Map
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park's location on Google Maps
Frequently Asked Questions about Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
December to March are the sunniest months and perhaps the best time to visit. There are some cloudy periods and rain from March to May, and drizzle from October to early December which may restrict clear views. However, Mount Kenya National… go there.
The months of December through March and July through October are dry, making them by far the best months to visit the Samburu National Reserve. When the wildlife viewing is at its prime. go there.
May to October is the best time to visit Tsavo East and West National Park. The wildlife is easier to spot - since they gather around the waterhole. go there.
The best time to see the wildebeest migration is in August as the herds cross the Nile crocodile infested Mara River, crossing an international border between Kenya and Tanzania. go there.
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Kenya has a world of variety when it comes to tented accommodation camps, you’ll feel like you’ve been transported to another realm in the bush as your every desire comes try. go there.
Whether you are in the Southern or East Africa you will generally be able to see the big five. The difference really comes in when considering antelope as they are based on your chosen location. go there.
This is all dependant on the countries that you will be visitng and due to the status of certain vaccinations changing at times, please consult our experts before getting vaccines. go there.
In some parts of Southern Africa it is safe to drink the tap water, however it is highly recommended to stick to bottled water (mostly supplied) during your trip as even drinkable African water is completely different in taste and… go there.
Reviews on our Bwindi Impenetrable National Park safaris
Discover Africa and Carel has put in such an effort for us to experience the annual wildebeest migration, meticulous planning and accurate predictions with logical and the best accommodation options both sides of the Mara River guaranteed us…
Jates and Hil Oettle
from South Africa
The whole experience was amazing. Discover Africa provided us with a special travel request and a last minute arrangement that put us face-to-face with gorillas in Bwindi in Uganda. It was just perfect! We'd like to extend a special thank…
Visiting Uganda’s gorillas with Discover Africa
from Uganda
All details were covered, all staff and food excellent, service was perfect - would highly recommend for sure.
Ron
from United States of America
Our trip was arranged by Carel Verhoef at discoverafrica.com and was perfectly organised. We flew into the Masai Mara from Nairobi and all flight connections and transfers were arranged for us and went like clockwork. Carel was also very…
Geoffrey Burton
from South Africa
Our service from Carel at Discover Africa was outstanding. His recommendations on the timing of our trip, the lodges we should book, communication and overall assistance ensured that our trip went off very smoothly and that we were in the…
Patti Legg
from South Africa
Discover Africa planned our safari to East Africa and we were certainly in the right areas at the right time, our itinerary was well designed to maximize time with the migration and related sightings - logistics ran smoothly and all in all…
Billy
from South Africa
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