Bwindi forest flying safari : Bwindi impenetrable national park is the world’s premium destination of the most endangered apes in the world, the mountain gorilla. With more than a half of the world’s total remaining gorilla population, about 70% of Uganda’s travelers majorly come for gorilla trekking experience. Feeling enthused over taking this once in a life lifetime experience gorilla trekking Uganda and encounter with these mighty apes of Bwindi forest impenetrable national park. Watching little juveniles, play from one tree branch to the other is simply an experience for life.
With all the ultimate experience that Uganda offers to her travelers and tourists, the most challenge that has always been demotivating and limiting the number of tourists Uganda hosts in a year, is the long-distance drive from Entebbe international airport to Bwindi impenetrable national park, which takes about (8-9 hours).
This journey takes almost a full day of just transferring to the park while sitting in the vehicle is something that most travelers find it to be so tiresome and time consuming especially to those with little safari time. Perhaps understandably this is the very main reason why most Uganda’s tourists to Bwindi national park have been currently visiting the park through flying to Kigali airport Rwanda because for its much closer and convenient to connect to Bwindi from Rwanda than from Uganda’s capital Kampala and her main airport Entebbe.
However, this is no more a challenge to travelers/tourists who are much concerned about the long 9 hours’ drive – transfer journey to the Bwindi impenetrable national park and Mgahinga national park ahead of their gorilla trekking experience the next morning. To manage time, there are domestic flight available for flying Uganda safari to Bwindi impenetrable forest national park to make your Uganda tour reliable and rewarding.
Aero Link Uganda Limited and Bar Aviation along with other domestic flight companies like the Eagle Air and Fly Uganda currently offer domestic flight services and so far all operations are going on smoothly, no failures have been registered on our flying Uganda safaris. Flights are available on daily at scheduled different hours. However even the chartered services can be provided.
There are direct flights from Kajjansi airstrip with Bar Aviation and Fly Uganda to different national parks in the country like to Queen Elizabeth national park, Murchison falls national park, Kidepo valley national park and to the mighty Bwindi impenetrable Forest National Park including other tourism destinations around the country to ensure that their accessibility is paramount. Therefore, flying Uganda safaris offer travelers limited time and a chance to encounter and explore the pearl of Africa in a very short convenient time.
In addition, with domestic flights to Bwindi impenetrable national park, Uganda gorilla trekkers are saved from the 9 hours’ drive journey by flying from Entebbe to Kihiihi or Kisoro airstrip and this takes about 2 hour. Then from Kihihi or Kisoro, travelers are transferred by vehicle to their respective regions/sectors of Bwindi impenetrable forest National Park. Flying to Bwindi forest national park takes about 2 hour is very easy and convenient for trekkers going through the gorilla trekking experience in just two days using the scheduled flights, and if at all it’s a chartered flight, it can be possible even trekking the gorillas and fly back to Kampala on the very same day.
Besides the mountain gorillas experience, a Uganda safari introduces you to other various different tourist attractions that have not only showered the visitors with unmatched experience but also leave them with the interest of coming back to the Pearl of Africa for more safaris. Encounter of lions including the tree-climbing lions in Queen Elizabeth national park, buffaloes, elephants, Oribis, Uganda Kobs, hyenas, cheetahs, leopards, hippos, crocodiles, and primates including the chimpanzees, golden monkeys, baboons plus a wide array of beautiful bird species with some Uganda endemics.
Leaving wildlife interest aside, flying Uganda safaris also enables you to explore the multicultural country with over 50 cultures of different norms and beliefs, clothing, cultural songs and dances and even languages. Uganda is simply one African destination that all travelers should not stop only hearing at and reading about but instead must take a step to visit Uganda – the pearl of Africa.
