The Shortest Route to all Mountain Gorilla Destinations – Kigali Airport
The shortest route to mountain gorilla destinations is often considered to be flying into Kigali International Airport (KGL) in Rwanda and then taking a 2- to 4-hour road transfer. This is faster than driving from Kampala, Uganda, especially if you are visiting the parks in both Uganda and Rwanda, as well as Congo, as it avoids the longer drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest or Mgahinga Gorilla National Park from Uganda’s capital and Volcanoes in Rwanda and the Virungas in Congo.
Here are the facts of why Kigali Airport is the Shortest Route to Mountain Gorilla Destinations
- Kigali International Airport, Rwanda, is the centre of all the Virunga Region states (Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo).
- It’s the nearest airport to Volcanoes National Park of Rwanda, Bwindi Forest and Mgahinga National Park of Uganda, Virunga and Kahuzi Biega /Mt Nyiragongo of Congo.
- It takes visitors to both mountain gorilla trekking and habituation Experience destinations and several other wildlife habitats, Queen Elizabeth and Kibale Forest National Parks of Uganda.
- This benefits visitors with short drives to Volcanoes National Park (2:30 hours), Bwindi Forest National Park (4 hours), and Mgahinga National Park ( 3 hours). This helps visitors to save a good sum over Rwanda permits ($1500pp) compared to Bwindi Permits at $800pp.
- Gorilla Safari Bookings and Wild Travel Safaris tailor trips to Uganda starting and ending in Kigali, and this, in turn, rewards our visitors in various ways.
- It works with several International Airlines such as Qatar, Emirates, Brussels, Air Kenya, Ethiopian, Turkish and Egypt Air Lines, which makes it quite easy when connecting back home/ to other destination countries.
It’s still the Shortest Route to Mountain Gorilla in Uganda Destinations from Kigali Airport, Rwanda, and here is what it contributes to Uganda Destinations.
- Kigali International Airport offers short drives to Bwindi Forest – a 4-hour drive, and Mt Mgahinga National Park – a 4-hour drive, as compared to the long drive of 8-10 hours between Kampala and Bwindi Forest National Park.
- By using the Kigali route to Uganda, visitors get a chance to enjoy several other tourist activities like chimpanzee tracking at Kibale Forest NP, Gorilla Habituation Experience and Wildlife Viewing at Queen Elizabeth National Park.
- It’s very convenient for the clients since they can easily trek for the endangered mountain gorillas from Uganda’s Bwindi and Mgahinga National Parks. Here they can save $700 off the gorilla permit cost for Rwanda’s gorilla permits $1500pp.
- Clients are also able to save on accommodation facilities; they can easily enjoy luxury facilities within Uganda’s Bwindi at lower costs (Clouds Mountain Lodge/ Trackers Safari Lodge/ Gorilla Safari Lodge/ Mt Gahinga Lodge; all at lower costs as compared to Rwanda’s expensive lodging costs.
- By using Kigali International Airport to Uganda, clients can have combined Uganda-Rwanda safaris; hence rewarding tourists with natural beauty from two different views.
- Accessing Southwestern Uganda from Kigali International Airport is the very best alternative when planning a gorilla trek, mountain gorilla habituation experience in Bwindi Forest NP, wildlife viewing at Queen Elizabeth NP and Kibale chimpanzee tracking due to its short driving distance from Kigali to either of these parks as compared to the long drive between Kampala and the national parks.
- Following the rise in price for Rwanda gorilla permits to $1500pp, trekking through Bwindi is a much easier and more cost-effective option.
- Wondering where you can have such tours starting and ending in Kigali / Entebbe via Kigali Kigali International Airport? Your search is over, as Gorilla Safari Bookings or Wild Travel Safaris Consultants have specialised in organising these stunning tours.
In addition to this, it’s very easy to cross between Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya with the East African Visa.