Prices for Uganda Gorilla Trekking 2024
Uganda gorilla trekking price 2024; Gorilla trekking is a fun activity when visitors walk on foot into the tropical jungle in search of the habituated mountain gorillas and once located spend one hour with them in their natural habitat. Two national parks, Mgahinga gorilla national park and Bwindi impenetrable national park both in southwest Uganda, are the sites of gorilla trekking. Among other things, style of accommodation, transportation, cost of gorilla trekking permits, cost of hiring porters and tipping, safari length define price of gorilla trekking in Uganda.
Ugandan gorilla hiking experience 2024
Beginning early in the morning with a training on the policies, laws, and expectations at the park headquarters, gorilla trekking in both Bwindi impenetrable national park and Mgahinga gorilla national park begins early. Following the briefing, you will be split into groups of eight where each group will be assigned an expert park guide acquainted with gorilla trekking paths and a habituated gorilla family to travel. Mountain gorillas in Uganda prefer to migrate from one area to another in quest of food, hence their trekking takes two to seven hours depending on where they are found. Once the mountain gorillas are discovered, you will be allowed to spend one hour with them in their natural habitat, so providing you an opportunity to learn more about their behaviors, watch them feed, breastfeed, play, groom young ones, take pictures and record videos. You will also be able to see other primate species, different birds, plants and trees during trekking.
Cost of Uganda 2024 gorilla trekking permits
For foreign non-residents, Gorilla Trekking permits in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga gorilla national park cost 700 USD per person; for foreign residents, they cost 600 USD per person. East African citizens pay 250,000 UGX per person. Effective 1st/July/2024, gorilla trekking licenses in Uganda were however increased to 800 USD per person for foreign non residents, 700 USD per person for foreign residents, 500 USD per person for African citizens and 300,000 UGX per person for East African citizens.
Gorilla habituation allows in Bwindi impenetrable national park and Mgahinga gorilla national park cost 1,500 USD per person for foreign non residents, 1,000 USD per person for foreign residents, 1,000 USD per person for African citizens and 750,000 UGX per person for East African people.
How can one arrange Uganda’s gorilla trekking permits?
Booking Gorilla Trekking permits in Mgahinga gorilla national park and Bwindi impenetrable national park through a reputable tour operator will allow you to get in touch with us with the date, month, year and destination you desire. Following your contact, we will look for permission availability; should permits be available, you will be asked to make a permit deposit. We will be able to buy the gorilla trekking permits on your behalf once the payment has been made and forward a scanned copy of the receipt to you as verification.
Since they are competitive and usually sold out rapidly especially during the peak season in the months of June to September and December to February, gorilla trekking permits in Bwindi impenetrable national park and Mgahinga gorilla national park should thus be booked 3 to 6 months in advance to avoid last minute inconveniences.
Prices for gorilla treks in Uganda 2024
Trekking with Gorillas in Bwindi N.P
Traveling costs
Located in southwest Uganda, both Bwindi impenetrable national park and Mgahinga gorilla national park may be reached by road from Kampala via masaka, Mbarara, Kabale and finally to the park headquarters, requiring roughly nine to ten hours’ journey. From Kigali Rwanda, you can also visit national parks where you will travel to Kigali international airport and subsequently cross to Uganda via Katuna border in Kabale or Cyanika border. When budgeting for transportation expenses, take driver/guide allowance, vehicle type, fuel, safari length into account.
Travel expenses for accommodation
You can stay throughout your gorilla trekking safari at the several lodging facilities in Bwindi impenetrable national park and Mgahinga gorilla national park. When computing lodging expenses, you take kind of accommodation and number of nights into account since budgets call for both luxury and middle ground. While premium hotels run from 300 USD per person per night, budget lodging runs from $50 to $150; middle range lodging is from $150 to $300.
When organizing a gorilla trekking safari in Mgahinga gorilla national park and Bwindi impenetrable national park, you can also budget for porters who will carry your backpack during trekking and they charge around 15–20 USD per porter and tipping of waitresses, gorilla trekking guides, driver/guides among others.
Two days gorilla trekking safari from Kigali and three days gorilla trekking safari from Kampala define the minimal amount of days you could spend on a gorilla trip in Uganda. Your driving guide will pick you up from Kigali and bring you to Bwindi impenetrable national park on the first and second days of the safari. You will then go gorilla trekking and back to Kigali. Your driving guide will take you up from Kampala/Entebbe on day 1 and transfer you to Bwindi impenetrable national park on day 2. On day 3 you will engage in gorilla treking and return to Kampala.
Reach out to us or visit our website for various gorilla trekking packages as we provide all-inclusive gorilla trekking tours with transportation, lodging and gorilla trekking permits for more information about Uganda gorilla trekking pricing.
