Uganda gorilla permits increased to USD800 from USD700 in 2024-2025.

Uganda gorilla permits now run USD 800.00 per person per trip from 1st July 2024. AUTO the Association of Uganda Tour Operators reported this development at a consultative meeting. Effective 1st July 2020 all foreign non-residents will pay USD800 per gorilla permit to spend one hour with mountain gorillas in Mgahinga National Park or Bwindi impenetrable National Park.

Working permit foreign residents will pay USD700 each gorilla permit per trip. East Africans living in Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Southern Sudan would also have to pay only 300,000 shillings to view the endangered mountain gorillas.

 

Add ons to gorilla trekking in Uganda; pay USD 800 for a gorilla permit and see Semiliki or Elgon.

Although Uganda gorilla licenses have been raised to USD800 for international none residents from USD700 and USD700 for foreign residents from USD500, this permit authorizes one to visit or add on a visit to Semiliki national park or Mountain Elgon National Park.

( particulars about this to coming soon). This has been done to entices visitors to Uganda to spend longer days and time there. Three days have been spent by visitors to Uganda specifically to see mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Still, now they would have to consider staying in Uganda visiting either Mount Elgon National Park or Semiliki National Park.

 

Book now to take advantage of the present USD800 and USD 700 gorilla permit rates.

The notification about raising Uganda gorilla permits to USD800 will not influence any reservations before to the first of July 2024. This implies that individuals who would like to visit Uganda at the same old fee should therefore take into account reserving their gorilla permit before that date. For every customer who gets in touch with us to find availability, reserve and safe these gorilla permits on behalf of them, Katland safaris helps.

 

Uganda is still a very reasonably priced gorilla trekking option in Africa.

Uganda remains the most reasonably priced and safe gorilla travel option among this increase in the cost of a gorilla permit. Although the Democratic Republic of Congo is the most reasonably priced of the three gorilla trekking countries, it is still not particularly safe to visit leaving Uganda and Rwanda to compete among themselves. Rwanda gorilla permits are USD1500.00 per person per trip in Volcanoes National Park, Uganda still makes a preferable destination for mountain gorillas.

 

How can you schedule your Uganda gorilla permits?

When it comes to booking Uganda and Rwanda gorilla permits, your reliable partner is still Katland safaris. Operating gorilla safaris in Uganda and Rwanda, Katland safaris can guarantee your gorilla permits any time of year.

All you have to do is let us know the real dates you want to go to Uganda or Rwanda to see mountain gorillas. We will verify availability and gorilla permit count on that specific day and get back to you. In case of Uganda, we are in a position to retain these gorilla permits for seven days while we wait for you to pay.

Uganda gorilla permits increased to USD800 from USD700 in 2024-2025.

We will buy your gorilla permits using our credit after money is received and evidence given to us, then email scanned copies for your records and review.

One of the most popular tourist activities in Africa, gorilla permits sell fast and as such, there is always demand to reserve these permits trekking in either Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Mgahinga National Park or Volcanoes National Park at least 4-5 months ahead. This helps to avoid missing out; then, the rest of the services—including transportation and lodging—can be scheduled around the booked gorilla permits.

 

Included under gorilla permits in Uganda and Rwanda

Park entrance costs for the corresponding national parks of Bwindi impenetrable National Park, Mgahinga National Park, and or Volcanoes National Park in Uganda and Rwanda accordingly are included in all gorilla permits. They also include a necessary component of spending one hour with mountain gorillas tracking their activities and shooting pictures.

Included are services of an armed ranger guide and trackers who will be with you in the jungle searching for these uncommon but magnificent mountain gorillas. Gorilla permits also entitle you of security when in any of the above named Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Mgahinga National Park, Volcanoes National Park. In Uganda, armed UWA rangers and tourist police provide protection as well. Excluded from Uganda and Rwanda gorilla permits are travel and lodging bought on your own.

Do contact Katland safaris for customised safaris or visit our website to book any of our gorilla trips for all your 2024 and 2025 Uganda and Rwanda excursions. From Entebbe or Our Bwindi gorilla trips beginning and concluding in Kigali, you might pick from our Uganda gorilla trips. Beyond mountain gorillas, Uganda and Rwanda have so much to see and experience during safaris. On your Uganda safari trip, visit any of the tribes of Uganda and Rwanda for a cultural experience or Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth NP. Kidepo Valley or Lake Mburo for wildlife watching and boat tours.

 

Why schedule your Uganda Rwanda gorilla excursions with Katland safaris?

Our first passion at Katland safaris is what we do. We have made great investments in our office and field personnel handling daily office and field operations to ensure that your safari satisfies your needs as well as enjoying any given location of your choosing. Local Ugandans who are experienced in as far as Uganda and Rwanda are concerned own and conduct Katland safaris. Having been in business for more than ten years, we are in a position to help plan an unforgettable safari trip between Uganda and Rwanda. Not only do we stop at excellence; all of our trips are the most reasonably priced and value for money. Our trips also make sure the surroundings and community benefit from them. On trip Advisor as well as Safari reservations, Katland safaris is highly praised and recommended. Katland safaris should be your first pick for further specifics about travel to Rwanda and Uganda.

Stay in Nkuringo and trek Rushaga mountain gorillas

End of year Uganda Gorilla safari tours every 31st December

Gorilla trekking safaris from Mbarara town to Bwindi

End of year gorilla habituation experience safaris.

Once contacted, Katland safaris help to arrange end of year gorilla habituation experience safaris on your behalf. It should be emphasized that the end of year festivities are once-year events to be enjoyed. Many people gather every 31st December to welcome new year and celebrate the end of one. Time is for celebration and enjoyment. Planning and scheduling an end of year gorilla habituation experience safari with Katland safaris is one of the greatest ways to mark this event.

 

About safaris for gorilla habituation experience

Training wild mountain gorillas to become habituated to human presence is known as gorilla habituation. Humanities or individuals are allowed to see wild mountain gorillas after this step is finished. Only found in Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the activity of seeing mountain gorillas is known as gorilla trekking.

Experts in gorilla habituation visit a given gorilla family until it is completely habituated, therefore allowing wild mountain gorillas to grow acclimated to human humans takes 2-3 years. Safaris for gorilla habituation only take place in Uganda, where visitors are allowed to travel with specialists in gorilla habituation as they engage in all activities meant to assist wild mountain gorillas get adapted to human people. Before returning to park headquarters, visitors are let spend four hours with mountain gorillas.

Only four individuals are permitted to see a specific troop of mountain gorillas under habituation. Gorilla habituation experience safaris take place in the southern section of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. To avoid missing gorilla permits, all people interested in scheduling end of year gorilla habituation experience safaris should try to do so in early.

 

When should one arrange safaris for gorilla habituation at the end of the year?

Booking your end of year gorilla habituation experience safari now is the ideal time. It is advisable to block, reserve and book all end of year gorilla habituation experience permits in advance as their availability determines all other aspects of the activity.

To minimize losing out on permits, all end of year gorilla treks should be booked at least one year in advance. December is Uganda’s peak season; you have to act quickly. The other services may be worked on later after permissions are obtained.

 

Booking your end of year gorilla habituation trip

Booking your end of year gorilla habituation experience safari begins with your expressing of interest email or phone call. Once your query is received, we will verify whether permits for 31st December are available and then get back to you. Should permits prove to be available, our initial course of action is to ban or reserve them on the system.

End of year gorilla habituation experience safaris.

registered travel companies may access gorilla permits database, reserve and restrict gorilla permits for up to seven days according Uganda Wildlife Authority. We will send you an invoice within these seven days to be paid; as soon as evidence of payment reaches us, we will pay and obtain your gorilla habituation permits while we wait for your money to show up on our bank account. After sending you scanned copies of receipts for your records, we will start obtaining additional services like transportation and your lodging.

 

Details about Katland safaris end of year gorilla habituation excursions.

Usually, depending on your choices and flights, your end of year gorilla habituation experience safari will commence from either Kampala or Kigali. Starting from Entebbe, you will be driven from Mbarara, Kabale forward to the southern section of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

You will stop near the equator for photos, lunch in Mbarara town, supper and sleep in Bwindi impenetrable National Park. Since these are the two places where gorilla habituation experience safaris might start and finish, you could decide to stay in Rushaga or Nkuringo.

After briefing at Bwindi UWA park headquarters on the second day, you will proceed to the bush in search of particular mountain gorilla family still under habituation. Usually beginning at six in the morning, this exercise is accompanied by a team of researchers, guides, rangers, tourist police, heading to the forest in search of these wild gorillas.

You will take part in all events that lead to these wild gorillas friendliness for humans. Among other things, you will name, call, test specimens, After four hours, you will travel back to the park headquarters where you will be given a certificate acknowledging your efforts to rescue the unique mountain gorillas in Uganda.

The resort could plan unique events to wrap off the year both before and after supper. These might be a special feast, traditional dances around a campfire and basic pyrotechnics to mark the end of the year and greet a fresh one. A drink by the campfire as you mark the conclusion of a lifetime of experience you should not miss.

You will travel back to Entebbe International Airport or Kigali International Airport on the third day to depart Uganda. Other national parks provide wildlife drives, boat cruises, chimpanzee treking, among other activities.

Although gorilla habituation experience safaris can last two to three days, Katland safaris advise adding national parks including Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kibale Forest National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, Lake Mburo National Park where several different activities can be carried out.

 

Part of our end of year celebrations

All of our end of year gorilla habituation experience safaris is all-inclusive of gorilla permits, lodging, transportation to and from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, park entrance fees, services of an English speaking driver-guide as well as drinking water in the vehicle. There are no hidden fees at all and full board reserved for meals.

 

Why should you book your end of year safari with Katland?

Leading tour company Katland safaris specializes in gorilla and wildlife visits in Uganda and Rwanda. Our team has great expertise planning unforgettable safaris to see Mgahinga and Volcanoes National Park as well as gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Our staff will provide you pertinent information to help you plan your end of year safari. On Trip Advisor as well as safari reservations where you too may visit and write a comment about your experience, Katland safaris is highly rated.

Christmas gorilla and chimp habituation experience Uganda.

One of the nicest ways to spend your Xmas vacation in Uganda is with the experience of Christmas gorilla and chimp habituation. Once a year, Christmas arrives and is time to honor the birth of Jesus, son of God. Although many Christians would rather visit a church, you may enjoy your Christmas with mountain gorillas and chimpanzees in Bwindi impenetrable National Park and Kibale forest National Park respectively by joining one of our Christmas gorilla and chimp habituation experience safaris.

When should one plan a Christmas gorilla and chimp habituation experience safari?

Now is the ideal time to arrange your Christmas gorilla and chimp habituation trip safari. Gorilla and chimp permits for the typical trekking and habituation trip tend to sell out rapidly throughout December and Xmas time. Regarding gorilla and chimp trekking safaris in Uganda, December is among the busiest seasons.

This is so because, like winter in Europe, this is also a joyous season. People swarm Uganda for a vacation, which causes shortages of gorilla and chimp licenses. Therefore, it is advisable to at least five months in advance schedule your Christmas gorilla and chimp habituation experience safari. Permits are very essential for this journey.

Considering that only 4 persons are permitted to visit a specific gorilla family under habituation, it reduces the daily permit availability. The same holds true for the chimp habituation experience, wherein the count is similarly restricted to six persons for half a day. Once permissions are obtained, handling the rest is easy. Please contact Katland safaris by email or phone for more information on when to schedule your Xmas habituation trips.

Booking your Xmas gorilla and chimpanzee habituation experience safari/permission

Only after gorilla and chimp permits are booked and verified will your Christmas gorilla and chimp habituation experience be assured. When you get in touch with Katland safaris, we will follow availability of gorilla and chimpanzee permits on Christmas day, 25th December, then get back to you.

Christmas gorilla and chimp habituation experience Uganda.

On Christmas, you could walk gorillas or chimpanzees depending on the availability of permits for both. This may lead us to choose, depending on availability, either gorillas or chimpanzees first. Once we confirm permit availability, we will reserve them on the system for four days, billing you for the same. We will pay for your gorilla and chimpanzee licenses immediately after credit card or wire transfer payment is done.

Uganda Wildlife Authority issues gorilla and chimpanzee licenses on first come first serve basis; Katland safaris has no influence over this. We will reserve your permits and pay for them as soon as you provide us evidence of payment so that you do not miss this. Once you bought your gorilla permits, our office will provide scanned receipts for your review and records.

specifics of Katland excursions Experience safaris with gorillas and chimpanzees.

Your Christmas gorilla and chimpanzee safari will see you journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on December 24. After stopping in Mbarara for lunch and the equator for pictures, you will go to the southern section of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park overnight at your lodge.

You would not want to miss seeing the Hima with grazing Ankole long-horned cattle as well as several impalas and Zebras on community property close to lake Mburo National Park along the route.

The second day is normally for transferring to the park headquarters for briefing about the does and don’ts while with mountain gorillas. Gorilla habituation experience briefing starts early in the morning where you will be joined by your guide of the day and a team of experts in gorilla habituation.

After the briefing, you will head to the forest to search for mountain gorillas under habituation. This process involves locating where these gorillas will be. You will be involved in activities that help in getting wild gorillas to get used to human beings.

These may involve making calls, collecting specimens, tests, etc. This process or activity is limited to four hours after that, and you will again walk back to the starting point or park headquarters where you will be awarded your certificate.

On the third day, you will drive to Kibale National Park home to habituated, and none habituated chimpanzees. Kibale has been voted as the best place to see habituated chimpanzees in Africa. If you arrive early, you will join the community for the popular bigodi wetland walk then dinner and overnight at your lodge.

On the fourth day, you will head to the park headquarters for briefing about the dos and don’ts while with chimpanzees under habituation. You will then head to the forest with a team of experts in making wild chimpanzees get familiar with people.

You will spend half a day participating and then return to your lodge for dinner and dinner and overnight. The 5th day will be for driving back to Entebbe International Airport for your flight out. Check out our 5 Day gorilla and chimpanzee habituation experience on our website and get back to us for modification.

Included in the cost of your tour

All our safaris include the cost of gorilla and chimpanzee permits for Bwindi impenetrable National Park and Kibale National Park. Accommodation and meals of full board basis. Transport in 4×4 safari vehicles driven by well experienced and professional driver guides and all park entry fees. The cost excludes all expenses of personal nature such as tips and alcoholic drinks.

Why book with Katland safaris.

Katland Safaris is one of the leading tour operators for Uganda and Rwanda. Tripadvisor has ranked us number one in Entebbe something that has been achieved after hard work and commitment to our work. We employ motivated office and field staff competent enough to handle all your inquires at anytime.

We work closely with the Uganda Wildlife Authority, Uganda Tourism Board and AUTO, which is the Association of Uganda Tour Operators. For more information about our level of performance, kindly visit our Trip advisor and Safari bookings page and add your review.

 

 

Rwigi gorilla family, Rwigi mountain gorilla group Rushaga

Gorilla and chimp habituation experience from Kigali Rwanda

Minimum days for a gorilla habituation experience safari.

The minimum days for a gorilla habituation experience safari is one query with a solution. When Uganda Wildlife Authority chose to provide an experience wherein interested visitors would spend longer time or hours with mountain gorillas, Gorilla Habituation Experience safaris became front and center in 2013.

Since then, one of the most sought after gorilla trekking experiences worldwide is one based on habituation. Book one of our two Day gorilla habituation experiences from Kigali or three Day gorilla habituation trip from Entebbe or Kigali and spend up to four hours with mountain gorillas in the Bwindi.

Minimum days for a safari experience of gorilla habituation

Once has to know the minimum days needed for a whole safari before arranging a gorilla habituation session. Based on studies and ground-based experience, the minimum days for a gorilla habituation experience will vary depending on the starting point of your trip. beginning from Kigali allows you to undertake this experience in two days; beginning from Entebbe would need you to make plans for three days minimum.

Why two or three minimum days for a gorilla habituation safari?

It should be mentioned that if returning to Kigali on the final day after leaving Kigali. Two days would allow one to engage in gorilla habituation experience. From Kigali to the southern portion of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Rushaga and Nkuringo), you may drive then back after your gorilla habituation trip in Bwindi. One should be ready to go back to Kigali late as it is four hours and leaving the forest may cause delay.

These two days are necessary as the first one is for traveling from Kigali to the southern section of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. From Kigali’s undulating hills, the route leads to Gatuna or Chanika border to Uganda. From either of the two boarders, you will have to travel two to three hours to Rushaga or Nkuringo, where gorilla habituation experience is now in progress.

You will get up early on the second day to go to the park headquarters for briefing and then to the jungle for four-hour gorilla habituation. You will be accompanied by rangers, guides, and researchers who will help you to understand more about gorilla habituation and how wild mountain gorillas could be taught to become acclimated to human humans.

This experience will let you see, photograph, identify, and even gather specimens right in the forest. Following this encounter, you return to park headquarters for your certificate and then shortly travel back to Kigali Those with additional time or late flights out of Kigali should spend the second night in Bwindi and the journey back to Kigali on the third day.

Starting their gorilla habituation experience safaris from Entebbe, the minimum days for such trip is three. The first day is for driving from Entebbe to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park; the second day is for a gorilla habituation experience tour; the third day is for your international flight out of Uganda returning to Enteble International Airport.

Although the drive from Entebbe to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is quite beautiful and lets you stop at the equator, see Zebras in community lands around Lake Mburo, Long Horned cattle in Ankole as well as the rolling hills of the Kigezi Region, it is approximately 9-10 hours drive which sometimes in not liked by many visitors.

Why is experience with gorilla habituation unique in Uganda rather than Rwanda?

Among the most sought after tourism activities worldwide is gorilla habituation. Unlike mountain gorillas found in three nations of Uganda, Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of Congo, this exclusive gorilla trekking adventure only takes place in Uganda.

Minimum days for a gorilla habituation experience safari.

It is conceivable in Uganda and especially in Bwindi because over half of the mountain gorillas some of whom are not yet habituated live in the impenetrable National Park there. Visitors may so accompany researchers in their training of gorillas to get used to humans. Although all mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park are acclimated, gorilla habituation experience is not available in Rwanda.

Experience four-hour gorilla treks in Bwindi impenetrable National Park.

All individuals who want to schedule gorilla habituation experience should be aware that minimum days needed for any gorilla habituation is two to three. It exclusively occurs in the southern section of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park of Rushaga and Nkuringo; the minimum persons permitted daily is four. First you email or phone Katland safaris to let us know when you want to take your four-hour gorilla walk and how many days you have available.

After that, we will verify permit availability with Uganda’s wildlife administration and provide recommendations based on that. We may hold your permits and let you pay for them. You will be ready to leave as payment is received; we will arrange your lodging and transportation, acquire your permits, To help you be ready, we will supply all pre- and tour-related material.

One benefit of the book this four-hour gorilla trip in Uganda is that you spend more time with the gorillas affordably than on other trips. Four days and four gorilla permits will be required for you to be able to spend four hours on the conventional normal gorilla walk; this becomes costly as well as time-consuming when considered. See Katland safaris for more information on gorilla habituation experience safaris.

Our 2 Day gorilla habituation experience, 3 Day gorilla habituation experience, or mix gorilla habituation experience with chimps or Game drives in Queen Elizabeth may be seen here. One of the finest primate experiences of a lifetime may also be created by combining gorilla, chimpanzee, and golden monkey habituation.

Why choose Katland safaris for your holiday?

Among the top destinations management companies for Uganda and Rwanda is Katland safari. We take great satisfaction in giving correct and current information regarding safaris in Rwanda and Uganda. Thanks to the enthusiastic crew at Katland safaris, we mostly shine in planning excellent cultural, wildlife, and primate safaris.

Every person who gets in touch with us attests to our ability to react quickly and provides information to enable you to plan an effective trip. Trip advisor and Safari reservations clearly show the well-known pricing for Katland safaris. By submitting a review on any of our accounts, you too may help us to write our success narrative.

 

Budget Uganda gorilla safari tours from Kigali to Bwindi