How much is a gorilla permit in Uganda

How much is a gorilla permit in Uganda? Currently, Uganda Gorilla Trekking costs $800 per person per trek. Sales and granting of the gorilla trekking permits for a Uganda primate safari is under the responsibility of the Uganda Wildlife Department and can be booked on your behalf by Katland Safaris.

Originally, paper tickets, the Uganda gorilla permits were changed to gorilla trekking cards in order to reduce paper use. Booking your gorilla permit for Uganda ahead of time can help you avoid last-minute worry.

Two unique gorilla trekking parks in Uganda are Mgahinga National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. All of them find their place in southwest Uganda. You must know where your gorilla trekking permits are booked, as that will guide you when booking the lodging for either Bwindi Impenetrable National Park or Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is large, and entry from one location to another may be somewhat difficult, especially if you have to wake up early for a briefing. This park was split by the Uganda Wildlife Authority into four gorilla trekking sites: Buhoma, Ruhijah, Nkuringo, and  Rushaga.

Each of them has separate gorilla families to whom, after a daily briefing, a maximum of eight customers are assigned. Right now, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has eighteen gorilla trekking families available for anyone visiting Uganda.

About 33.7 square kilometers, Mgahinga National Park is the smallest national park in Uganda. One open gorilla family known as Nyakagezi calls this home. This family has been known for years to be somewhat nomadic.

For foreign non-residents, all gorilla permits—for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park or Mgahinga National Park—are $800; for international residents, they cost $700; for East African citizens, they cost 300,000 sh.

Whats Included in the gorilla trekking permit cost?

Park Entrance Fees

Every visitor must pay park admission fees in order to help Uganda’sWildlifee Authority with their conservation efforts. This is included in the purchase of the Uganda gorilla permit.

Should you engage in other park activities like birding, other primates’ walks, nature walks, climbing, and others, you must pay park fees in line with Uganda Wildlife Authority rates.

Ranger Guide Fees

The frontline warriors in the mountain gorilla conservation are the ranger guides. About 300 mountain gorillas, the population of the mountain gorillas, was on the brink of extinction by the 1980s.

Including people in the conservation effort was one approach to transform their glory. These rangers deserve some compensation as they love the job of safeguarding the mountain gorillas and other forest dwellers. You are welcome to tip the ranger guides personally after gorilla walking if you so want. It is another means of motivating people to keep helping the mountain gorillas in their daily lives.

Gorilla Medication Fees

Although among the many plants they consume is the finest medicine for the mountain gorillas, sometimesa health condition requires a human touch. The mountain gorilla physicians’ importance is seen below.

This group of veterinary professionals also notes the mountain gorilla’s behavior. They also help in gorilla habituation so that every mountain gorilla’s life may be recorded.

Profit Distribution between Communities

Part of the yearly earnings from gorilla trekking goes to the community’s feeling of the relevance of the existence of the mountain gorillas in their town. They fund community projects like roads, construction of schools, maintenance of water supplies, and so much more with this money.

Still, you may personally help the locals directly by appointing them as porters. Great community walks include the Mgahinga National Park Batwa community walk, or the Buhoma walk.

Gorilla area security 

Apart from the ranger guides, the Bwindi forest and Mgahinga regions require further protection from Uganda security personnel. These are old woods with trees that have endured throughout the years and may provide quite costly lumber.

Conservation of these species calls for more help from Ugandan security authorities.

This location is near the D.R. Congo, where rebel activity over the years is well-known. From these criminals, the limits of Uganda and its visitors also have to be safeguarded.

How To Get a Uganda Gorilla Trekking Permit

All Uganda gorilla licenses are governed by the Uganda Wildlife Authority. You have to know when you would want to go gorilla trekking. Even the number of persons to go with you should you have a group with you on your excursion.

Ask us about your preferred date for gorilla trekking. Our safari expert from Katland  Safaris investigates availability and reports back to you with pertinent information on the current state of the gorilla permits.

Should availability be favorable, we ask our customers to buy their permission ahead of time. This is so because great demand globally causes extremely rapid changes in the availability status of Uganda gorilla permits. A gorilla permit cannot be reserved on behalf of anybody without payment.

First come first served basis is the only method for buying gorilla permits in Uganda, which are offered to consumers to satisfy their demand. Recall that only eight gorilla hiking permits are granted daily for each gorilla family.

You must enter certain personal information as necessary to issue your gorilla permit card: your complete name on the passport, date of birth, nationality, passport expiration date, etc.

These features enable the gorilla permit card to be printed on the electronic strip at the rear with all this information.

After leaving this large, dense forest, your certificate of gorilla journey success is filled with some of these facts.

When should one book Uganda Gorilla Permits?

Uganda gorilla trekking permits need booking. Most visitors book as early as six months, a year in advance, or even years ahead.  This is due to the great demand for the permits, particularly at the busiest times.

Last-minute gorilla permit booking might lead you to stress with even other safari needs like lodging, automobile rental, and an informed ranger guide, and others.

Booking your gorilla permit ahead of time increases your chances of paying in installments in line with Uganda Wildlife Authority guidelines.

Are gorilla permits refundable in Uganda?

Should you be absent without cause reported to Uganda’s wildlife Authority in advance, you might find yourself not reimbursed.

You have to let someone know ahead of time why you missed gorilla trekking after permit purchase. Although this is one of the foundations you or our booking agency may use to seek your refund, Uganda Wildlife Authority rules dictate that this may not be a 100 percent reimbursement.

What is the Gorilla Trekking age limit?

Because of the nature of the gorilla trekking experience, 15 years old is the age restriction. Sometimes you have to trek to locate the mountain gorillas; the slope in the deep bottom might be challenging at times.

When should one find the mountain gorillas?

Depending on the state of the forest, locating the mountain gorillas might take two to three-quarters of the day. Trekking to see the mountain gorillas requires some patience as they are mobile primates. Their delicacy is greenery, mostly from bamboo. There is a great physical structure needed to maintain their sheer weight during night and day. Several pounds are involved.

Look for other primates before you come across the mountain gorillas. Among the primates you could come across are black and white colobus, vervet monkeys, blue monkeys, grey cheeked mangabey. L’ Hoest and others.

Once you find the mountain gorillas, you have one hour to remain in their presence to enable them to carry on with their daily activity. The mountain gorillas find it difficult to copulate while people are around.

Which lodging facility should I choose for Gorilla Trekking?

Make sure your gorilla permit is booked nearby or within the area where you will be booking safari accommodation. This is to prevent rising early to catch up with the briefing at another location and driving.

Gorilla Safari Camp, Gorilla Forest Lodge, Bwindi View Bandas, Buhoma Lodge, Mahogany Springs, Engage Lodge, Silverback Lodge, and others include accommodation in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Volcanoes Camp, Mgahinga Gorilla Triangle, Mutanda Lake Resort, Traveller’s Inn, Community Camp, Kisoro Tourist Hotel, Majambere Iwachu, Mountain Gahinga Lodge, and numerous more constitute accommodation in Mgahinga National Park.

What Should One Bring For Gorilla Trekking in Uganda?

A camera to record every moment of your family’s mountain gorilla encounter.

In case it rains without notice, have a poncho or rain coat.

Warm clothing since Bwindi’s temperature can sometimes ddropto 7 degrees centigrade. The mornings and evenings are quite chilly.

Garden gloves to wear and keep your hands warm also assist you in grabbing a stronger grasp of the entangled foliage when you slip.

Energy snacks help you to find the mountain gorillas by giving you more justification to keep on.

Use a light, water-resistant bag to guard your equipment from being misplaced in the forest or getting wet during rain.

Repellant for insects to save your skin from stinging ones

Following footwear designed to resist slippery hillsides while climbing to locate the mountain gorillas

Laws of Gorilla Trekking in Uganda

Not visiting the mountain gorillas with flu, covid 19, cholera, a communicative disease. Should you catch it before the trip, offer to remain behind.

Never encircle the mountain gorillas when you find them; they feel attacked.

Once you find the mountain gorillas, keep about eight meters away.

When the mountain gorillas approach you gently, retreat back

While around the mountain gorillas, never use flash photography.

Encouragement of the mountain gorillas is forbidden.

Eat and smoke away from the mountain gorillas in a roughly three-hundred-meter radius.

Should you have to cough or sneeze, do it away from the mountain gorillas or into your elbow or handkerchief.

Bury all feces in a hole around thirty meters deep and beyond recognition. Cover it to prevent any risk of the primates exhuming anything.

Never illuminate a forest, as this changes its character. Every primate and woodland dweller finds their food here.

Steer clear of spitting on the plants, as mountain gorillas eat on them.

The geography of the mountain gorillas makes someone below 15 years old unable to visit; additionally, the exact times of spotting the mountain gorillas are unclear.

When among the mountain gorillas, keep your voices quiet and stay away from quick movements. Making any suspicious motions might make the gorillas hide-bound.

With the mountain gorillas, just one hour is permitted; this allows them to go about their daily duties, which include feeding, grooming the young ones, and others.

Before approaching to see the mountain gorillas, every hiker has to don a facemask and hand sanitiser. This helps to prevent any human communicable disease from being passed to mountain gorillas.

Why should you arrange your Uganda gorilla permit with Katland Safaris

You should hire Katland Safaris for your gorilla permits for several different reasons. For the last 05 years, we have been in the industry of planning gorilla trekking trips to Uganda and Rwanda, so we are among the very few yet reputable indigenous tour providers for these countries.

Katland Safaris has developed an excellent working connection with Uganda Wildlife Authority and the Rwanda Development board who issue out gorilla permits. We are in a position to arrange your gorilla permits anytime, even for short-notice requests at any time.

As we wait for your money to show on our account, we may utilize our credit to get your gorilla permission. Should anything come up, we may postpone or resell your permit to prevent you from losing money.

Contact Katland Safaris by email and WhatsApp or phone us to speak with one of our seasoned Tour experts for more information on booking your Rwanda or Uganda gorilla permit and tours.