Visitor Tariffs

Conservation Fees/Tariffs July 2011 – June 2013

All Visitors have to produce valid identification documents to confirm resident status.

Fees Quoted in: US$ = United States Dollar
UGX = Uganda Shillings

Download our fees document here

Park Entrance Fees

Please note:

  • These fees do not include package activities like Mountain Climbing, Gorilla tracking, Bird watching, Chimpanzee tracking and Chimpanzee habituation experience.
  • A day's entrance ticket is valid for twenty four hours from time of entrance

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Note: The above rates do not apply to packages activities such as Mountain Climbing, Gorilla tracking, Bird watching, Chimpanzee tracking and Chimp habituation experience.

Landing Fees

Note: Landing fees exclude entry fees payable by passengers. Pilots en-route do not pay entry fees if they stay for less than 2 hours within the park.

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Ferry Crossing at Murchison Falls National Park

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Transport Hire: To Kidepo Valley

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Accommodation

Note: The booking process and rates for accommodation may change without notice as these facilities are due for further redevelopment and possible changes in Management.

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Guided Nature Walk

Note: 2 hours activities for children below 12 years at Kibale at US$ 5 per child per day

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Special Activities

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Other Activities

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Guides for Game drives

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Sport Fishing Permit

Permit excludes park entrance fees except for Annual sport fishing competition.

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Wildlife Research Tours

By special arrangement with the Tourism Department, interested groups may negotiate for a fee to participate in the following periodic activities

  • Animal counts (general or species specific)

  • Interventions

  • Mongoose Project

  • Birding

Commercial Filming & Photography

Commercial Filming

All fees exclude park entry fees

Short-medium filming period (maximum 30 days)

  • 1 to 5 people(crew) US$ 600 per day
  • More than 5 people(crew) US$ 150 per extra
    person per day

Long Term filming more than 30 days for each extra day after 30 days

  • 1 to 5 people(crew) US$ 400 per day
  • More than 5 people(crew) US$ 100 per extra person per day

Filming Gorillas and Chimpanzee

  • Gorilla filming: US$ 4000 per day, Excludes Gorilla permits
  • Chimpanzee:US$ 1000 per day includes entry fees, excludes chimp permits

For all filming activities

  • A refundable fee of US$ 1000 for a copy of the film.
  • A 5% of the total cost of contract will be charged for off tracking during filming

Still Photography for Commercial use

  • US$ 150 per person per day

UWA Research Fees Structure

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Note: Application fees and Research fees are non-refundable

a) FNSR=ForeignNonStudentResearch
b) FSR = Foreign Student Research
c) FRA/V = Foreign Research Assistant/Volunteer d) UNSR = Ugandan Non Student Researcher
e) UPhDS = Ugandan PhD Student
f) UMSCS = Uganda MSC Students

Researchers' accommodation

Camping:

UGX 100000 per month for a group of up to ten individuals

Extra person will be charged UGX 50000 per month

Renting:

Protected Areas with Vacant Staff houses will be rented at UGX 100,000 per room per month by East African Researchers and US$ 100 per room per month by non East African Reserchers.

  • Ugandan Researchers Assistants, free

  • Foreign Research Assistant/Volunteer will also be charged park entrance up to 10 days at a discount of 50%

  • Foreign students on field short courses with valid identity cards will be charged park entrance up to 10 days at a discount of 50%.

  • Water and electricity will be paid separately.

Ranger guide fees: see “Guides for Game drives”

Specimen collection

Live specimen

  • Use rights license fee of US$100
  • Export permit fee of US$100
  • Value of specimens at the existing rate

Derivatives (e.g. dung, skin samples, blood samples, plant parts, etc)

  • Permit application fee of US$ 20 each time a researcher applies for and export permit
  • Specimen collection fee of US$ 50 per kilogram or less, • Liquid samples US$ 50 per Litre of less
  • Over 6 kg of derivatives US$300 for each permit.

The following will be implemented as per UWA monitoring and Research policy

  • Researchers' visitors
  • Visitors to Research Stations

 

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