Rwanda Increases Gorilla Trekking Permits Price From 750-1500

May 7, 2017

Why Rwanda Increases Gorilla Trekking Permits Price From 750-1500-cost of seeing gorillas in Rwanda doubled

The new price rates for gorilla tracking permits have been increased by 50% by Rwanda Development Board (RDB), the permit price now goes from $750 to $1,500 in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park for all visitors effective immediately starting from this May 2017.

The new prices will not affect tourists who already booked their tracking permits before the announcement of increasing the gorilla tracking Permits, Previously gorilla tracking permits cost $750 per person for non-nationals, $375 for foreign residents, and Rwf 30,000 for Rwandan nationals.

In addition to hiking gorilla tracking permits in Rwanda, Rwanda Development Board said that tourists who will visit other national parks of Rwanda like Nyungwe National Park and Akagera National Park before going for gorilla tracking in Volcanoes National Park for a minimum of at least three days and above will get a discount of 30% on their tracking permits.

Why this is good for Uganda and Congo?

As Rwanda is buys increasing their gorilla tracking permit from $750 to $1500 tourists and other visitors to Africa who want to track mountain gorillas on a low budget can still enjoy Gorilla tracking tours in both Uganda and DR-Congo for example in Uganda gorilla tracking permit cost $600 in the high season and in the low season for the month of April, May and November gorilla tracking permits go for only $450 per person in both Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and Mghinga Gorilla National Park in Congo gorilla tracking permit cost $400 but you can as well use the chance of their discounted permit in every 15^th of March to 15^th April at half price in Virunga National Park Congo contact us for booking and for more information.