Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is one of nature’s unspoiled National Parks found in south-western Uganda, covering an area of 331 sq km. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has a vast diversity of mammal and bird species and a home to several endangered wildlife species. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is also home to a special group of bird species only found in the western rift valley, popularly known as the Albertine Rift Endemics.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is home to 23 Albertine Rift Endemics. These bird species are only found in Burundi, DR Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. These are Handsome Francolin, Rwenzori Nightjar, Dwarf Honeyguide, African Green Broadbill, Red-throated Alethe, Archer’s Robin-Chat, Kivu Ground-Thrush, Oberlaender’s Ground-Thrush, Grauer’s Rush Warbler, Red-faced Woodland Warbler, Short-tailed Warbler, Grauer’s Warbler, Collared Apalis, Mountain Masked Apalis, Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher, Rwenziri Batis, Stripe-breasted Tit, Purple-breasted Sunbird, Blue-headed Sunbird, Regal Sunbird, Strange Weaver, Dusky Crimsonwing, and Shelley’s Crimsonwing.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is home to half the world’s rare apes, the Mountain Gorillas. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is the only protected area where Mountain Gorillas and Chimpanzees live together.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has 4 visitor centre locations and these are: Buhoma, where the park headquarters are located and so a little developed, Ruhija, where most of the Albertine Rift Endemics are easily seen, Rushaga, and Nkuringo, which are the other Gorilla trekking beginning spots.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has vast expanses of a virgin forest and a number of other attractive components. There are various accommodation facilities like Gorilla Forest Camp, Buhoma Lodge, Engagi Lodge, Volcanoes Lodge, Silverback Lodge, among others.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is about 550 km from Kampala and can be accessed from Kabale, Rukungiri, and Kasese-Queen Elizabeth National Park.