Uganda Offers Discount Gorilla Permits for May 2016

The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) revised the rates for discount gorilla permits for 2016. In this promotion, the price for gorilla permits have been lowered to $450 (a discount of $150 off the regular price) for foreign nonresidents. These permits are available for use during the months of November, April and May 2016.

These gorilla permits allow entry to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda, a Unesco site protecting almost half of the remaining population of mountain gorillas. The park protects an estimate of over 460 mountain gorillas that inhabit the hilly ranges. To observe the gorillas, visitors need a seasoned guide and a permit secured well in advance, usually by local tour operators. To take advantage of these discount gorilla trekking permits you can contact Go Gorilla Trekking, one of the local tour operators, specializing in arranging gorilla tours in Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is the most popular of Ugandan parks and the most visited. The park has 15 habituated gorilla groups that can be visited by only 8 tourists per group. The park has also recently introduced gorilla habituation as a new adventure activity costing USD1500 for a permit. On this activity only 4 tourists visit a gorilla group and follow the gorillas for up to four hours.

The park also protects a population of non-habituated chimpanzees that visitors occasionally see in Buhoma, more than 100 other species of mammals including elephants, 346 species of birds, and 163 species.