Rescheduling gorilla permits in Uganda and Rwanda.
A gorilla permit is a paper document issued in Uganda or Rwanda allowing one to hike mountain gorillas in both countries. As long as you have a sincere cause, it is now allowed to postpone or relocate gorilla permits to new dats in Uganda and Rwanda.
Gorilla permits to hike Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda or Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgaihinga National Park in Uganda may be bought here. Rescheduling gorilla permits in Uganda and Rwanda operates like this.
Once bought gorilla permits from one date to another, it was quite difficult to move or reschedule; but, Rwanda Development Board and Uganda Wildlife Authority have changed their position and can now reschedule or move gorilla permits from one date to another. When gorilla tracking began in both Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Rwanda’s volcanoes National Park,
Uganda Wildlife Authority lets people or tour operators change gorilla permits once. You must ask the Director of Tourism Business and Development at Uganda Wildlife Authority to enable you reschedule permits from the previous date to the new one. The letter has to be sincere in explaining why these permits are being shifted to the new date and include all original receipts as sent by Uganda Wildlife Authority.
Once the Director of Tourism Business and Development gets this letter, he will then allow reservations and Information Communication departments to adjust everything in the system to the new dates. Rescheduling of gorilla permits in Uganda and Rwanda comes under restrictions and circumstances; so, if you run into any problems, kindly let us know so that we may assist you in this regard.
The aforementioned rescheduling relates exclusively to peak season gorilla permits. High season gorilla permits fall in January, February, June, July, August, September, October, December. Discounted gorilla permits given in April, May, and November are neither refundable; one cannot relocate them or reschedule them to another date.
As long as you can pay USD250.00 each permit, Rwanda Development Board arranges gorilla permits for Volcanoes National Park from an old date to a new one in Rwanda. This really helps as you would rather lose only USD700.00 instead of USD1500.00, the cost each gorilla permit per person.
The Uganda Wildlife Authority has changed its position on gorilla permit rescheduling since it has come to see that there are several reasons why people might not travel gorillas on the designated date, including clients becoming sick closer to time and yet you are not allowed to trek gorillas when sick.
The Ebola outbreak has caused problems for Africa that have resulted in cancellation of safaris or delay; so, UWA in cooperation with Uganda Tour Operators agreed on the way ahead concerning it and concluded that those who may visit Uganda at a later date should be provided this opportunity. Sometimes terror threats have led to safaris being moved to other dates, therefore one is given an opportunity to rearrange their own permissions.
Nevertheless, the government of Uganda advises all visitors to always carry travel insurance to prevent such unanticipated events and with such a development, rescheduling of gorilla permits in Uganda and Rwanda would attempt to assist.
Please get more information on rescheduling of gorilla permits in Uganda and Rwanda by contacting us.
