Gorilla permits Uganda 2025 : Gorilla trekking permits are legal documents that are given out by Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) to all visitors above the age of 15years allowing them to visit habituated gorilla families and spend one hour with the mountain gorillas in their natural habitat. One of the most thrilling and well-liked activities in Uganda is gorilla trekking, which is carried out in the southwestern regions of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Additionally, gorilla trekking is carried out in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kahuzi Biega National Park and Virunga National Park and then, Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park.
Gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park and Mgahinga gorilla national park 2025/2026 cost 800 USD per person for foreign non -residents, 700 USD per person for foreign residents, 500 USD per person for Africans and 300,000 UGX per person for East African citizens. However on the other side, Uganda is the only safari destination where the tourists enjoy the incredible gorilla habituation experience, this is where the tourists stay with gorillas for four hours compared to gorilla trekking that is staying with one hour experience. Gorilla habituation permits in Bwindi impenetrable 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 Africans and 750,000 UGX per person for East African citizens.
How to book gorilla trekking permits in Uganda 2025.
Gorilla trekking permits in Uganda 2025 can be booked in two ways that is either through the government body in charge of tourism that is Uganda Wildlife Authority or through Takeoff Ventures Tours and Travel a trusted tour company in Kampala where you will contact our tour consultants through email or telephone with the date, month, year and gorilla safari destination that you wish to visit. After contacting us we will check for permit availability and if there are permits available on the dates of your choice, you will be asked to make a deposit for the permit. Once the payment has been made, we will be able to purchase the gorilla trekking permit on your behalf and send you a scanned copy of the receipt as confirmation. The reputable tour company will not stop on purchasing for you the gorilla trekking permit on your behalf but it will also help you on the burden of other facilities that is providing and catering your transportation, accommodation, meals.
When to book gorilla trekking permits in 2025.
Gorilla trekking permits in Bwindi impenetrable national park and Mgahinga gorilla national park 2025 should be reserved 3 to 6 months in advance before the trekking date because they are competitive and usually get sold out quickly especially during the peak season in the months of June to September and December to February therefore in order to avoid last minute disappointment, you are advised to book in advance in order to enjoy the fascinating and amazing gorilla trekking safari.
What is included in a gorilla trekking permit in 2025.
A gorilla trekking permit in Bwindi impenetrable national park and Mgahinga gorilla national park includes one hour with the mountain gorillas, services of an experienced park guide, security from armed park rangers, park entrance fees to Bwindi impenetrable national park and Mgahinga gorilla national park among others.
Gorilla trekking experience.
Gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park and Mgahinga gorilla national park starts early in the morning with a briefing about the rules, regulations and expectations at the park headquarters by the expert guides and the park rangers. After the briefing, you will be subdivided into groups of 8 people where each group will be allocated a habituated gorilla family to trek and an experience park guide who is well familiar with gorilla trekking trails. Trekking of mountain gorillas takes about 30 minutes to 6 hours depending upon where the gorillas are located because they like to move from one place to another in search of food. Along the way looking for the gorillas you will be capable to view other primate species, different bird species, plant species, tree species and among others and once the mountain gorillas are located, you are permitted to spend one hour with them in their natural environment that is watching them doing their daily activities that is watching them feed, watching them breakfast, watching the female gorillas grooming their young ones, taking and then recording the movies of the gorillas and after the experience you will be transferred to the starting point and be rewarded with the gorilla trekking certificates for taking part in gorilla trekking that will make the experience come to the end.
Best time to go for gorilla trekking in Uganda.
Gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park and Mgahinga gorilla national park can be carried out all year round though the best time is during the dry season also known as the peak season in the months of June, July, August, September, December, January and February because during this period there is less or little rainfall in the national parks therefore access roads and gorilla trekking trails will be dry and passable which makes gorilla trekking easy compared to the rainy season when the trekking trails are muddy and slippery which makes gorilla trekking difficult. Although most of the tourists prefer gorilla trekking during the rainy season especially the low budget clients because that is when the tourists always receive low prices of the accommodations that makes them to have the perfect safari experience, for the tourists who prefers the less crowds of environment then trekking the gorillas during the low season is the best period with the less tourists that offers them the best safari experience.
Gorilla trekking is a unique and unforgettable safari experience that you shouldn’t pass up when on safari in Uganda. Contact us at Takeoff Ventures Tours and Travel for additional details regarding gorilla trekking permits in 2025, or browse our website for a variety of gorilla trekking packages you will have the everlasting safari memories in your entire life.