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Biking Tours in Bwindi – Activity Routes & Wildlife Encounters

Biking tours in Bwindi offer an amazing experience where tourists use bicycles instead of tour cars or walking trails to explore the park.

These tours take place both inside and outside the forest and are organized by Ride for a Woman, a charity organization that aims to generate income to improve the standards of living for women and their families in Bwindi.

The organization focuses on helping women escape poverty, domestic violence, and supporting those affected by HIV/AIDS.

The biking tours start in the morning hours at the park headquarters in Buhoma, following a 13 km well-maintained trail along the Ivi River, lasting about 6-7 hours.

This allows tourists to enjoy the park’s scenic beauty while riding and provides opportunities to see various wildlife, bird species, butterflies, and primates.

Tourists begin their adventure on well-maintained mountain bikes, accompanied by an experienced tour guide who enriches the journey with detailed information about the forest inhabitants they encounter.

Whether for half a day or a full day, the experience is so captivating that many tourists choose to stay an extra day in Bwindi.

Biking tours can be carried out in the Ruhija, Rushaga, Nkuringo, and Buhoma sectors of the park.

These tours also provide the chance to ride to the Kivu River, where tourists can spot monkeys, squirrels, chimpanzees, mountain gorillas, bushbucks, red-tailed monkeys, and duikers.

Tourists can also opt for a two-hour ride to nearby villages, where they can learn about the local people’s ways of life, share ideas, visit craft centers, distilleries, banana breweries, and traditional healers who use forest herbs to cure diseases.

It is important to note that biking tours in the Buhoma sector are supported by Ride for a Woman, which maintains the bicycles.

Tourists who choose to go on biking tours contribute to the community and support its sustainable development goals.

Biking tours in Bwindi are not only an adventurous way to explore the park but also a form of physical exercise that benefits both the body and mind, providing a memorable and healthy experience.



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