Getting to Bwindi Forest National Park can be by either road or flight from Entebbe International Airport or Kajjansi Airfield. By road, there are two options; drive all the way from Entebbe or plan your international flight ending in Kigali, then we pick you up and drive ± 5-hours to Bwindi Forest. The final choice on which way you prefer to get to Bwindi Forest National park will be after you have read this entire article.
Getting to Bwindi by road
Bwindi Forest National Park is located southwest of the country approximately 500 km (311mi) from Entebbe and this drive could last ±9-hours. Because of the ever-changing condition of the roads In the countryside, we recommend and like to use a 4×4 for all our gorilla tours to Bwindi Forest.
The drive to Bwindi Forest NP takes you through Uganda’s greener countryside where you get to see the daily life of locals by the day. This drive from Entebbe also leads you past the Uganda Equator and Lake Mburo National Park. If a traveller has some extra time and money we like to recommend breaking the trip into two with at least a night stay at Lake Mburo National park – a favourite park for a guided walking safari
Getting to Bwindi via Kigali is fast becoming a favourite especially for persons jetting in just for the gorilla trekking In Bwindi and wanting out after that. For this to happen, the traveller books an international flight into Kigali Airport. Realm Africa Safaris™ arranges for someone to pick you up and transfer you to Bwindi Forest. The drive between Kigali Airport lasts approximately 5-hours.
Read more about ” Flying into Rwanda to trek gorillas in Uganda”.
Getting to Bwindi by flight.
Getting to Bwindi by flight takes about 1.5-hours from Entebbe International Aiport or Kajjansi Airfield. Kajjansi airfield is approximately a 30 minutes drive (25.km) from Entebbe.
Companies like Aerolink operate daily flights from their base at Entebbe International Airport to Bwindi landing at Kisoro Airstrip or Kihihi Airstrip. The flight time from Entebbe is usually 1.5-hours (subject to weather conditions and routing of the plane). In the event that you opt to fly to Bwindi forest, then we will arrange for you to be picked up from your hotel in Entebbe as early as 6:30 am.
Some other important things to note include:
- Flights landing at Kisoro are subject to the prevailing weather conditions and strictly morning flights.
- Flights to Kisoro carry a surcharge of US$70 per person.
- All flights will only operate with a minimum of 4 pax.
