A maximum of eight visitors per group or family are allowed to trek every day. There are hiking trails to see and learn about primates, birds, trees, shrubs and butterflies.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, located in the south western part of Uganda in Kanungu district is a magnificent verdant swathe across the steep ridges of the Albertine Rift Valley – one of the few in Africa to have flourished throughout the last Ice Age. The thick forest is home to roughly more than half of the world’s mountain gorillas. The name “Bwindi” is derived from the local phrase Mubwindi bwa Nyinamukari, which originally referred to the Mubwindi swamp found in the southeast of the park. The thick forest was declared as the Impenetrable Forest Reserve in 1942 with its official name until 1991 when it was gazetted as a national park and named Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

The major tourist attraction and activity is gorilla tracking. At least over half of the world’s mountain gorilla population lives in this Park. Encountering with these gentle giants in their home and looking deep into their expressive brown eyes is arguably the most exciting wildlife activities East Africa offers. Research shows that mountain gorillas share 95% of their genes with humans, and there is a small number of them remaining though there is hope for them to increase through conservation. The ancient Bwindi Impenetrable National Park also hosts 90 species of mammals which include 11 primates such as the Black and white Colobus and 23 highly localized Albertine Rift endemic bird species that increases its birding ranks.