Temporary Uganda Gorilla Trekking Card

Temporary Uganda Gorilla Trekking Card

Uganda has changed its gorilla trekking paper permit to a temporary card with a chip that contains all the data that concerns the booking client. Originally, each person who booked a gorilla tracking permit was given a large paper pass with details like your name, nationality, passport number and whether resident or foreign client. The card is to be read through a machine that is found in Bwindi National Park.

Features of the Gorilla Trekking Card

  • The word “Wildlife Card” in its left hand corner
  • Data Chip below it
  • Temporary Non Resident /Resident card below the chip
  • Where it was issued like UWA HQ Park
  • A gorilla tracking card number (for example 1245) in the right hand corner
  • The Uganda Wildlife Authority logo below the card number
  • Friend-a-Gorilla logo
  • At its back is the slogan conserving for Generations
  • Terms and conditions
  • Uganda Wildlife Authority address
  • The general colours of this card are green and yellow.

How to book the Gorilla Trekking Temporary card

Gorilla trekking in Uganda can only be possible when you have a gorilla permit card. Just like the former gorilla trekking paper permit, the gorilla trekking card must be booked in advance because of the high demand for gorilla permits.

Necessary requirements for booking the Gorilla tracking Card

  • Clients’ Name
  • Passport number
  • Country of Origin
  • Town of residence
  • Home address
  • Date of birth.

All these are for security purposes and to assist in monitoring the client’s safety while in Uganda

Each person is given a receipt with details like the name of gorilla permit issuing UWA staff, the receipt number, Card number/Identity/ currency of payment and the card type.

Cost Of Gorilla Trekking Card

Each gorilla tracking card at the moment costs $ 500 in Uganda. These funds are to be used to support the conservation of the mountain gorillas. The gorillas live in families and in Uganda, these families are found in two sectors that is the Northern sector with Rushegura gorilla family, Mubare Gorilla group, Habinyanja gorilla family, Bitukura gorilla family and Oruzogo gorilla group. The southern sector of Bwindi National park is home to Nkuringo gorilla family, Nshongi gorilla group, Kahungye gorilla family, Mishaya gorilla group, Busingye gorilla family and Bweza gorilla family.

Where to stay and How to book gorilla trekking accommodation

Each sector’s gorilla tracking briefing point is fur a part and so are the mountain gorilla families. You have to know which accommodation is appropriate for trekking for the lodge you wish to stay at.

There are lodges in Buhoma gorilla trekking area, Ruhijah gorilla tracking area, Nkuringo or Rushaga gorilla safari area. This information assists you in reducing on the driving time to the starting point of gorilla tracking and narrows the chances of rising up at dawn to begin driving to the starting point.

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