Gorilla Trekking Permit Availability Uganda Rwanda

Gorilla Trekking Permit Availability Uganda Rwanda

At arch Safaris and Tours, we are ready to make your gorilla tracking trip comfortable and enjoyable by taking you off the burden of searching for a gorilla permit. Gorilla permit availability is the first step to the possibility of going for gorilla permit. Since gorilla permits are at a very high demand, every minute, someone calls in to inquire about the availability of gorilla permits as another walks in to buy the same gorilla permit. This narrows the chances of you securing a gorilla trekking permit in Uganda or Rwanda. Uganda at the moment sells Gorilla permit cards and are on first come first serve basis.

When you send us your inquiry about gorilla trekking in Uganda and Rwanda, the first step we take is to call Uganda Wildlife Authority to inquire about the availabity of Gorilla permits. However you need to specify the dates when you would like to do your gorilla trek to ease the work of finding a suitable gorilla permit for your trip.

 A Gorilla trek safaris in Uganda or Rwanda can only be a confirmed safari after securing a gorilla permit. Immediately, when gorilla permit availabity is confirmed positive, we always advise our client to make full payment for there permit card because no deposit is accepted by UWA to secure a gorilla permit.

When Is The gorilla permit confirmed?

A gorilla permit card is deemed confirmed when fully paid for. Gorilla trekking permit cards are a issued after full payment is done. You need to provide passport details, that is to say your name, passport number, country of origin, city and address of stay as requested by the Uganda Wildlife Authority

Gorilla trekking permit card cost

A Uganda Gorilla permit is sold at $ 600 and $ 1500 Rwanda however, during the low season, gorilla permits are deducted to give chance to tourists with a small budget to participate in gorilla trekking. We always advise our client on the discounted gorilla permits once they are confirmed by the Uganda Wildlife Authority.

Gorilla permit charges are in dollars but Uganda shilling and pounds can also be another option but are subject to the prevailing exchange rate.

When and how to get your gorilla permit

After receiving full funds for your gorilla permit and the relevant details, we request Uganda Wildlife Authority to issue your card. We reserve keep your permit until the starting date of your gorilla trek safari. In case you only wish us to purchase gorilla permits for you, we advise you to inform us about where we can deliver your permits or pick them from our offices.

Can one Track Gorillas Twice

Gorilla trekking is open to everyone any one can track as many times as they wish. Gorilla trekking is an adrenaline stimulating adventure but rewarding  but only one hour is permitted for you stay in there presence. A number of people wish to stay an extra hour with them but they were trained to be with humans for only one hour exceeding this may agitate them. Several traveller yarn for a another day in the presence of the gorillas but due to high demand another gorilla permit may be hard to get on ground.

In case I do not Track gorillas Can I expect a permit Refund

Gorilla permit funds are used to secure a gorilla permit for one day but for one trek but for some reasons, you may not be able to make it for gorilla trekking. For refund, you must have reported your case to the headquarters in Bwindi before starting time with a standing reason like having caught a cold, sickness, and others as stated in the permit refund notes.  Read More

Which is the easiest or hardest Gorilla Family to book For Trekking?

The easiest gorilla family or the most difficult gorilla family to trek is not that easy to identify because this is dependent on the behavior of the mountain gorillas. When the gorilla family is in good spirits, it may be charming and very eye captivating to watch but when the family is undergoing tough times like having been attacked by another gorilla family, loss of its leadership, lack of enough food and so much more, it may be quite difficult to trek. For this such reasons, the mountain gorillas may hide, become aggressive or even chase away there visitors. These are also some of the reasons why you need to wait for the ranger guide to give you a go ahead before you take photographs.

 Do Mountain gorillas eat people?

Despite the fact that mountain gorilla faces look quite scary and rough, have a thick black furred coat that covers there bodies from the head to the toes, they are renowned for being serene. They are generally vegetarian and with bamboo as there favorite delicacy. They also eat fruits, vegetables, ants, soft tree stems and other foliage. They don’t feed on meat so as humans there is no reason for getting scared.

Is it possible to trek Chimpanzees In Bwindi forest?

Although Bwindi forest is also home to the chimpanzees, they are not habituated for trekking. They live deep in the forest and are rarely seen roaming in the forest. However other apes like the black and white colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys, grey checked mangabey, l’heost may be seen enchanting from the tree branches.