Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is located in the Southwest of Uganda which is 510 km/317mi from Kampala, on the border with Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The park is Uganda’s smallest park, but with many activities such as gorilla trekking, golden monkey trekking, Virunga volcano hiking, nature trails, and the famous Batwa trail.
By road, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is 510 km from Kampala. The most commonly used route passes through Kabale and Kisoro. The 434 km journey from Kampala to Kabale can be completed in 8 hours because of the good tarmac. It is then a further 76 km to Kisoro town on a mountainous tarmac road with steep ascents and descents.
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Visiting this park offers you a remarkable tour in Uganda, because of the pristine tourist activities. This is possible by taking a domestic flight from Entebbe to Kisoro, booked by your tour operator as part of your safari package. Kisoro Airstrip is just 14 km from Ntebeko, the main entrance gate of Mgahinga.
Entebbe to Kisoro – Southwest Uganda through a domestic flight takes about 1 hour and 10 mins, and then short drive (14 kilometers) to Mgahinga Gorilla Park. This makes it the most convenient way to use.
Getting to Mgahinga via Kigali, Rwanda
Mgahinga can also be accessed by flight into Kigali, Rwanda. A drive to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park from Kigali, Rwanda takes only 3 hours, depending on the border checkup process. This is half-an-hour longer than it takes you to drive to Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda,
Mgahinga is also accessible from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. While Bwindi Impenetrable National park gorilla tracking trail ends at Nkuringo and Rushaga, this is near Kisoro which is 28 km south.
Mgahinga is almost four hours drive from the main trailhead at Buhoma pass the Ruhija trailhead to join the Kabale-Kisoro tarmac road.
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