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Getting Gorilla Permit In Uganda For Your Gorilla Trekking Safari

Getting Gorilla Permit in Uganda for your Gorilla Trekking Safari

Gorilla Permit in Uganda gives visitors an assurance to see mountain gorillas in their natural home. A gorilla permit is a card or a document that issued by the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) that allows you to trek mountain gorillas in their wild.BOOK NOW

The Uganda tourism industry has been massively affected by the spread of Coronavirus this paved a way to Uganda Wildlife Authority to come up with ideal ideas on how to promote Uganda tourism and as well to recover the industry. Recently, Uganda Wildlife Authority introduced the seven immediate terms including buy gorilla permits in Uganda and visit other Parks as a way of promoting incentives to support tourism recovery to the Uganda wildlife authority protected area. For every gorilla permit bought, the client receives free entry for a day each to mountain Elgon National Park/ Toro wildlife reserve. The visit should be carried out in one round visit across the country. This is immediate action until June 30th, 2022.

They are two types of gorilla permits in Uganda; A gorilla trekking permit and gorilla habituation permit. A gorilla trekking permit allows you to spend with the mountain for only one hour in their natural environment and is only applied in two National Parks in Uganda; Bwindi Impenetrable National Parks and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. Whereas the gorilla habituation permits you to spend 4 hours.

How much is a gorilla permit in Uganda

Uganda has over 21 gorilla families which are habituated for gorilla trekking and a gorilla trekking permit cost $ 700 per person per trek and its valid for one day and one Park, meaning that you can’t trek twice nether in one Park or two unless you’re paid for two permits on different dates, and $ 1500 for gorilla habituation experience permits.

When to book gorilla permits in Uganda  

A gorilla permit is a key factor in Uganda’s gorilla trekking in Bwindi and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. Gorilla permits can be obtained from Uganda Wildlife Authority Head Offices in Kampala just near Uganda Museum on Kira Road and every day gorilla trekking is taking place in Uganda National Parks of Bwindi and Mgahinga National Park. Knowing when to book a gorilla permit in Uganda is the best idea before you confirm your gorilla trekking safari in Uganda, visitors/trekkers are required to book for their gorilla permit at least five months earlier before the actual trekking date. Travelers are also required to pay full payment for a gorilla permit. The advance booking is to ensure timely allocation of the gorilla family since gorilla families live in different sections of Bwindi impenetrable forest National Park. Advance buying of gorilla permits also helps in selecting the best accommodation in that particular sector where the allocated gorilla family is found. A traveler who interested in acquiring these gorilla permits can contact us to inquire about the availability of the permits in specified days of their interest.

Best time to visit Uganda

Uganda is an all-year-round activity. Whether it’s January, February, June, October, or December, gorilla trekking in Uganda is conducted but the time of the year will have an effect on your ultimate satisfaction and experience. And these are the dry months which are the perfect time to trek Uganda gorillas. During this dry season, there is little or no rain that makes hiking easier and the walking trails are less muddy and slippery and vegetation is more open hence making trekking easier.

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