
Distance Between Volcanoes National Park and Bwindi Forest National Park
Distance Between Volcanoes National Park and Bwindi Forest National Park : For those planning to have a gorilla trekking safari, the choice is usually made between trekking in Uganda’s Bwindi impenetrable Forest National Park and Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park. At the moment, the decision about where to go for gorillas is majorly affected by price and the distance between Bwindi and Volcanoes National Park. Mountain gorillas are found in 3 countries that is Rwanda, Uganda and the democratic republic of Congo.
Volcanoes National Park lies in the northern part of Rwanda and borders Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mgahinga National Park in Uganda. The national park is well known for being a home to the mountain gorillas and golden monkeys. It’s also a home to five of the eight volcanoes that consists of the Virunga mountain range and it covers 160 kilometers squared.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a bio diverse mountainous area in the southwest of Uganda on the verge of the rift valley. It’s a home of the half worlds endangered mountain gorilla species as well as other several groups of primates that can be tracked while on a safari within the park.
In the world, there are only 1000 endangered mountain gorillas left in the world. However, since the democratic republic of Congo is facing political instability and insecurity within the forests, many of the mountain gorillas have decided to relocate to Uganda and Rwanda and that’s why Bwindi impenetrable national park has a big number of the species as well as the volcanoes national park in Rwanda. Thus tourists are left with no comparison rather than choosing from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Volcanoes National Park basing on the distance between the two national parks as well as other factors.
While on a safari, tourists have trekked in the two national parks and often compare the national parks since each of the park has its own experiences and value for their money. Therefore in case of making a comparison between Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and volcanoes national park basing on the distance between the two national parks.

While coming from Kigali International Airport, it takes a 3 hours drive to reach the volcanoes national park since Rwanda is a very small country. While heading to Bwindi impenetrable national park from Kampala it covers 600 kilometers and it takes 7 to 10 hours while on a journey. However there are flights between Entebbe International Airport and kajjansi airfields to kihihi and ishasha airstrip. Tourists can there after transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park within a few hours.
The driving distance from the Volcanoes National Park to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, one needs 2 hours and 29 minutes because some people can prefer to travel and trek within the two national parks or one would do other activities within the Volcanoes National Park such as hiking, chimpanzee trekking, guided nature walks among others and option for Bwindi impenetrable national park for the gorilla trekking. Therefore one can enjoy the two national parks at only a small distance to have an encounter.
Besides the distance, the price of the gorilla permits in both countries differ where volcanoes National Park in Rwanda charges 1,500$ per person and a day whereas Bwindi impenetrable national park charges 800 USD per person thus making Uganda to be more cheaper than Rwanda.
