At Africa adventure vacations we organize several packages for you to Bwindi including the top 5 luxury activities that you can do in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park offering you a great tourism experience

Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park is one of the spectacular parks that are located in southwestern Uganda at the border with the democratic republic of Congo. It is only in Bwindi impenetrable forest national park and in Mgahinga gorilla national park where engineered mountain gorilla lives naturally in the wild.it is because of this glorious opportunity that you can go and trek mountain gorillas in these two parks. In the whole world, Bwindi impenetrable forest national park has got half of the total population of endangered mountain gorillas. The park is dived into 4 sections and you will have the chance to see gorillas in Rushaga, Buhoma, Njuringo, and Ruhija.

Mind you, each gorilla family present in Mgahinga and Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park has got its unique individuals, and a family or a group of endangered mountain gorillas is dominated by a male silverback. A visitor to trek gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable forest National park must present a valid gorilla permit that enables you to trek the gorillas. Visitors for gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable forest National Park are limited to only 8 people per gorilla group or family per day only visitors of 15 years and above are allowed to trek gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. And we recommend you to book with Africa adventure vacations for the best amazing gorilla trekking safari adventures in Bwindi.

What Luxury tourism activities can be done in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park?

There are almost all of the spectacular things to see and engage in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, the fact that the park is one of the key attractions in Uganda because of the key attractions it provides in primates and bird species. You don’t need to miss a lot of attractions and activities that are so luxurious on your trip and these include;

Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park 

Gorilla trekking is the chief activity in Bwindi impenetrable forest national park and sees the gorillas. This activity of gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable forest National park will enable you to see the habituated mountain gorilla families while visiting this conservational park. Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park is home to half of all endangered mountain gorillas in the world and the rest of the mountain gorillas reside in Mgahinga gorilla national park still in Uganda, Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Volcanoes National park in Rwanda. It is only in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park where tour guaranteed over 96% chance of seeing both gorillas. All the 4 sectors of the park are filled with mountain gorillas and in all directions of the park wherein Nkuringo and Rushaga sector in the southern part of the park, Ruhija in the Northeast, and Buhoma in the Eastern part of the park you will be able to trek these magnificent gorilla species.

You must obtain a gorilla trekking permit since it is one of the essentials for you to engage in any gorilla activity in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park. This means that before you set off for your gorilla trekking trip to Bwindi Park in Uganda, make sure that you already have a gorilla permit. The gorilla trekking permit should be booked in advance to cement your spot for gorilla trekking. Once you have booked the permit then, your dates of travel and the space availability are confirmed. In Bwindi impenetrable forest national park, each gorilla family is visited by a group of 8 clients or people per day meaning that there are only 8 gorilla permits per day and this means that you will have to book this permit in advance because of competition, here at Africa adventure vacations we can book for you the gorilla trekking permit inclusive all the road and air trip to Bwindi impenetrable forest National Park from Entebbe international airport, Uganda’s only international airport.

 Once you have decided to book with us the gorilla trekking permit to Bwindi, you just need to give us your dates of intention to travel and trek the gorillas and it is our responsibility that we shall check the availability of permits on those actual days online or we physical go and check with Uganda Wildlife Authority. After we have checked, then we book your permit temporally as we send you the invoice and after you make the initial payments for the permit, we go ahead and secure fully your gorilla trekking permit and then confirm to you that we have secured the permit, we send you the scanned copies of the receipts that we have obtained from Uganda wildlife authority. Remember that it’s only Uganda Wildlife Authority that is responsible for issuing gorilla trekking permits in Uganda.

Gorilla Habituation Experience in Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park

Initially, visitors are allowed to see gorilla for only an hour during gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable forest National Park. Thanks to the researchers who observed that this time is limited and introduced the Gorilla Habituation Experience in Bwindi impenetrable forest National Park. The gorilla habituation process enables visitors this time round to spend four hours with endangered mountain gorillas that are still under habituation process. Here the number of people allowed to do the gorilla habituation process is Bwindi impenetrable forest national park is reduced to 4 and implication that still, you will need to book the gorilla habituation permit in advance to secure the place for this amazing activity in Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park.  Get ready to spend about a day and a half for this experience in Bwindi. However, the time spent on this activity varies depending on the time you have to take to land on the gorilla families being habituated.

Gorilla habituation safaris are conducted amidst Rushanga and Buhoma sectors of queen Elizabeth National park majorly in the Southern part. While participating in this experience, you will be able to encounter gorillas that are not yet used to the people and are being habituated to befriend humans. With the help of the guides, researcher, and ranger, you will be able to monitor the way gorillas feed, grow, communicated, and rest. This is one of the most 5 interesting luxury activity that you can do in Bwindi impenetrable forest National Park.

Bird watching Safaris Experience in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Bwindi impenetrable forest national park is regarded as the birder’s haven with several unique bird species some of which can only be traced in the Albertine Rift and not in any other part in Uganda. While on your birding tour in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, some of the major bird species you will spot include yellow-eyed Black-Fly catcher, Grausrs Warbler, Collared Apalis, African green broadbill, Mountain Masked Apalis, Red-throated Alethe, Handsome francolin, Red-faced Woodland Warbler, Dwarf Honey Guide, Short-tailed Warbler, stripe-breasted tit, Dusky Crmsonwing, Strange Weaver, Blue-headed Sunbird, Regal bird among other several key bird species. Our guides are professional at Africa Adventure Vacations and we do organize birding trips to Bwindi Impenetrable forest with our guides helping you to located and identify bird species of your Interest. We organize all the five luxury activities for Bwindi with birding being one of these activities.

Cultural and Community experience in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

It is believed that Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park was once inhabited by Batwa people who are well known as pygmies until when they were removed from the park and now stay around the park as adjacent communities. These people are so good and have been integrated into the conservation of the park. Your trip to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park will enable you to interact with the Batwa and learn more about their culture and their ways of life.  See their ancestral homes which are the forests, communicate with them as they will lecture you on how best they used to hunt and gather fruits since these were their livelihood activities.

Additionally, the Batwa people have a unique culture in terms of music dance, and drama you can be entertained by them as they showcase their dancing skills and they narrate to you how best they managed to cope up with life outside forests. Apart from the Batwa, there are also other communities whom you can visit around Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park. You will find different women groups engaged in making local crafts and selling different kinds of foodstuff. There are several community schools around the park and feel that you can as well visit these community schools and support them with simple scholastic materials at your will.

Nature walks in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park is composed of different tropical rainforests that have stayed for long and have existed for over 250000 years. There are different ancient trees which some of these different species can only be found in only Bwindi Forest. The Forest is impenetrable due to its thick canopy making the forest so great for nature walk safaris. Believe me that while carrying the nature walks as an activity in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, you will be able to encounter several bird species, spot primates such as baboons, monkeys including mammals like elephants on your lucky day.

Africa Adventure Vacations is the company that organized nature walks safaris to the sections of Bwindi that include Buhoma to Nkuringo sector as you blend yourself with nature as you visit the wonderful falls and rivers passing through the forest. In case, you’re interested in visiting this park for nature walks, then you can contact us as we organize for you all the packages with all the activities depending on your interest and time you have.

Where can you stay in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park?

Each sector of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park has got its unique accommodation facility in terms of lodges, camps, and hotels where you can stay as you do a nature walk activity in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. The Four sectors of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park include Buhoma located in the Northern sector of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Nkuringo sector in the southern part of Bwindi, Ruhija located in the Eastern part of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park and Rushaga sector in the southern part of the Park. We recommend that you choose an accommodation facility in sectors where you’re going to do nature walks or gorilla trekking. It is our responsibility that we check for you the availability accommodation facility provided you have already booked a permit to the park. It is good to book the accommodation facility early to avoid interferences.

You can decide to stay in Buhoma haven lodge, Buhoma lodge one of the luxury lodges in Buhoma, Buhoma community camp, Bwindi lodge, Mahogany springs lodge, and the Gorilla forest camp. You can stay in Rushaga will see you stay at accommodation facilities such as Rushaga gorilla camp, Gorilla haven lodge, Four gorillas lodge among others. You can stay at Nkuringo Bwindi lodge, cloud Mountain gorillas, and other lodges of interest. We ensure that you get the best of your safari journey by engaging in all the above luxury activities that every client engage in whenever he/she visits Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.