Why Travel To Bwindi National Park?
African Budget Safaris offers about 20 Uganda Budget Safaris & Tours that include Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Lake Bunyonyi is generally used as the scenic base camp location for gorilla trekking excursions on our budget safaris. From Lake Bunyonyi we travel to Bwindi Forest (just over an hours drive) in smaller groups to trek the gorillas.
Types of Gorilla Trekking Safaris in Bwindi
The types of Budget Safaris that visit Bwindi for Mountain Gorilla Trekking include:
- Budget Lodge Safaris
- Exclusive Overland Safaris
- Camping Overland Tours
- Budget Camping Safaris
These budget safaris range from short 4 to 12-day tours, travelling to Ugandan destinations exclusively, up to 56-day epic safari trips, combining Bwindi Park with travel highlights in other African countries.
The bulk of our Gorilla Trekking Safaris in Bwindi are Camping Overland Tours that require active participation on the road. These camping safaris generally consist of large tour groups travelling in an overlanding truck, through several scenic African countries to visit top wildlife areas and other attractions, in one long adventure of a lifetime!
African Highlights combined with Bwindi National Park
Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi is combined with other highlights in Uganda on shorter tours, including:
- Lake Bunyonyi (scenic base for gorilla trekking)
- Queen Elizabeth National Park (game viewing)
- Kibale National Park (chimpanzee tracking)
- Murchison Falls (boat cruises)
- Kampala, Uganda's capital city
Other African countries and top game parks combined with Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi, include:
- The Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya in the most popular safari destination visited in combination with Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
- Kenya is the top safari country combined with Uganda tours to Bwindi, with highlights including Lake Nakuru National Park, the Great Rift Valley and Nairobi, as well as Masai Mara.
- Other popular African destinations visited on Bwindi Gorilla Tours include Tanzanian highlights - Zanzibar, Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti Park.
- Some of the safaris visiting Bwindi Park also travel to Botswana's Chobe Park and Okavango Delta, along with Victoria Falls in either Zambia or Zimbabwe.
- The epic safaris include far-flung safari stops from Lake Malawi and Kruger National Park or Cape Town in South Africa, to Swakopmund and Etosha Park in Namibia.
Check out our Budget Bwindi Park Safaris to Trek Mountain Gorillas in Uganda.