Journey stop 5 of 8

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

See this location as part of Uganda Western Safari Circuit—where it sits on the route, how the Journey reaches it, and what comes next.

Place / visit
This stop on the Journey

Route context

Arriving and continuing

These details belong to this Journey. They describe the path through Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, not the destination in general.

Arriving from

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Car · about 300 minutes

Travel times vary with traffic, weather, and road conditions.

The route follows the official northern connection from Mweya through Ishasha and Kihihi to Buhoma; much of the approach is dirt road.

Mweya to Buhoma via Ishasha and Kihihi 0 → 156.0 km · 156.0 km

Continuing to

Lake Mburo National Park

Car · about 360 minutes

Travel times vary with traffic, weather, and road conditions.

Leave Buhoma through Rukungiri and Ntungamo, cross Mbarara, reuse the existing western road to the measured Lake Mburo junction, then enter at Nshara Gate.

Buhoma to Mbarara via Rukungiri and Ntungamo 0 → 207.0 km · 207.0 km
Entebbe to Mbarara road 275.6 → 230.1 km · 45.6 km
Western Uganda road junction to Rwonyo via Nshara Gate 0 → 22.5 km · 22.5 km

At this stop

Buhoma is the northern Bwindi sector used by this circuit, not a generic pin for every gorilla trailhead.