Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a renowned home for the rare mountain gorillas. Many tourists visit Bwindi all year round. Though gorilla tracking is the main tourist activity that attracts most tourists, there are several tour adventures that need nothing like prior training.
In Bwindi impenetrable national park, you absolutely guaranteed to see mountain gorillas and other forest diversities like monkeys, birds, wild elephants, butterflies etc. With the right tour company, guide and a comfortable safari vehicle a three day gorilla safari will very meaningful to explore the park main tourist activities including the main three that will blow you mind and remain surprised for life.
Adding to Bwindi national park gorilla treks, each and every forest adventure is awesome and different no matter how many times you enter the forest to track mountain gorillas. Tracking gorillas twice can be done in the same park sector with two different gorilla families or in two different park sectors with two different habituated mountain gorilla groups. Seeing mountain gorillas in their natural environment is stunning no wonder its Uganda’s prime tourist activity. Here are the top 4 exciting incredible experiences that one can engage in while on a safari to Bwindi.
The Silverback Gorilla & Other Members
Mountain gorillas are certainly the highlight of all trips to Uganda and during the forest trek, it’s the silver back gorilla that shows up first at the gorilla trekking encounter an exciting, surprising and terrific moment for every tourist wondering how huge and giant it looks like. Seeing them interact in the way you only know about through Television channels makes you safari one in a life time. Mountain gorillas spend each day roaming in the forest searching for food and their forest walk and direction is determined by the silverback.
So it’s the reason as to why tourists have to search for them since they wake up hungry just like humans. The Silverback also known as the male giant walks ahead of all other family members clearing their way and also monitoring their safety and wellbeing. The Juvenile gorillas play and jump in tree branches in front of their giant father well assured of security and protection from the parents. The one hour duration with gorillas will change your life forever.
Forest walk to waterfall trail
Exploring the park water fall trail is another way of experience details of the impenetrable forest starting from Buhoma park headquarters to Muyanga river. Several forest creatures wave to you as you proceed to the magical point of the water fall. The cool sounds of the forest walk along with you all through symbolizing natural beauty and true conservation. Other things to catch up with during the forest walk are the different tree species, colobus monkeys, blue monkeys, orchids, reptiles, butterflies. Since the park has four different sectors, waterfall trails are only experienced in Buhoma and Rushaga sector. However, the jungle forest experience is fantastic and surprising when you discovering the magical land of gorillas –Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Meeting warm & friendly locals
While in Bwindi forest national park, a village tour will take you straight to the traditional way of life and still many things will blow mind off. How excited the locals get seeing you around their land, the music they play to welcome you and express their joy, dance and drama will make you join the team without notice, the toiling in their farm lands & daily domestic work just impresses, smiles of little children calling you all the way and making you feel recognized in society and much more will make your Uganda gorilla safari tour extremely the best. While in Bwindi it feels like another rare world on the planet but worth exploring in Africa for incredible Africa safaris.