The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) Wildlife Conservation Tariff for July 2022 to June 2024 as officially published includes reserves and national park entry fees, permits, and guided activities costs, among others.

UWA has made a few changes, like Murchison Falls National Park now has its own category “A Plus” with higher park entry charges from Category A parks. Category A entry charges have increased by $5 and Game drive fees are now mandatory for self and UWA-guided tours. But all primate fees remain the same.

DU-Traveler makes it more interactive for travellers to find other information not related to the tariff plan.  Otherwise, you can download the official pdf flyer for your storage.

All conservation fees are quoted in United States Dollars (US$) for Foreign Non-Residents (FNR) and Foreign Residents (FR), and Uganda Shillings (UGX) for Ugandans and East African Member States Citizens (Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan).

A day’s entrance ticket is valid for twenty-four hours from the time of entrance. UWA will charge you extra fees for the extra time you spent in the park after the ticket’s 24 hours.

Children are categorised as persons aged between 5-15 years; kids below 5 years don’t pay any park or conservation fees. But, gorilla trekking and chimpanzee tracking activities allow only persons above 15 years.

Park entrance fees are independent of package activities such as gorilla tracking, chimp tracking, mountain climbing, and Bird watching.

All visitors will be required to present valid identification documents to confirm their resident status and a Covid-19 Vaccination card.

Uganda Wildlife Authority allows commercial filming and photography in the parks but charges 40% of the park activity you are filming or photographing. E.g. Commercial filming for lion-tracking can cost 40% of lion-tracking fees. Also, drone filming in the park is 50% of the park activity fees.

UWA Contacts
Tel:  256 312 355 000
Email:  info@ugandawildlife.org

Uganda Reserves & Park Entry Fees 2022-24

Table Index: FNR – Foreign Non-Residents, FR – Foreign Residents (working in Uganda), EAC – East African Citizens

• The annual park entrance pass fees above apply to all protected areas for only foreign residents in Uganda and East African citizens. Annual vehicle entrance fees are paid separately.
• The annual fees are not valid for package activities like gorilla tracking, chimp tracking, mountaineering, hiking etc.
• Foreign residents require a work permit valid for one year to qualify for an annual pass.
• A Safari Guide in the pricing table above is an individual who guides guests through nature, whether by vehicle, canoe, boat, horseback or on foot, explaining some of the remarkable secrets hidden within the natural environment.
• Tour Company Driver is an individual from a recognised Ugandan tour company who drives tourists to the park.

Individual Park Fees

Summarised fees for each park.

• The gorilla tracking and Habituation Experience permit in Bwindi or Mgahinga includes guide fees, park entrance fees for the day and community development contribution.
• Each gorilla permit holder is entitled to a day’s free entrance into Mt. Elgon National Park (MENP) and To-Semuliki Wildlife Reserve (TSWR), although it won’t cover the activity fees in these public areas.
• The golden monkey tracking permit does NOT include park entrance fees.
• Batwa trail experience fees in Bwindi and Mgahinga include park entrance fees.
• Platform viewing in Mgahinga does NOT include park entrance fees. Also, volcano climbing does not include porter and tent fees.

The chimp tracking permit in Kyambura Gorge does NOT include entrance fees.

Chimpanzee tracking and habituation permits include guide fees and Kibale National Park entrance fees for 6 hours.

The chimp tracking fees also include a nature walk.

Hiking activity fees are per day except for Bushiyo Trail and they include entrance fees.

UWA trekking fees don’t include ten and porter fees 0f UGX 40,000 for a porter and UGX 30,000 for a cook per day.

UWA will allow only pre-registered vehicles to do night game drives.

UWA guides are mandatory for night game drives; you can’t do night game drives in Uganda without a UWA guide coming along.

The minimum charge for a game drive vehicle is the equivalent of 3 persons. So if you are two people, you must pay for the third seat.

• Vehicle and boat entry fees are charged per 24 hours, except for concessionaire visitor vehicles, who will pay once per trip in the park.
• Vehicle entrance to MFNP to be charged an addition of USD10 for foreign registered vehicles and Ugx 10,000 for UG registered vehicles
• Rescue vehicles are to be charged the same rate as other vehicles according to the vehicle classification.
• The vehicles are prohibited in the PAs unless delivering a service within the parks and reserves or under express approval by the Executive Director, include Motorcycles, trailers, vehicles with inflammable goods, livestock, produce, poles, timber, sand, and market merchandise.
• Construction equipment includes graders, excavators, bulldozers, bowsers, heavy trucks, roll loaders, etc.

• Landing fees exclude entry fees payable by passengers.
• Pilots en route do not pay entry fees if they spend less than 2 hours in
  the park

• A launch cruise takes a maximum of 45 people in Murchison Falls (MFNP) and 40 people in QENP
• Trips take approximately 2 hours.
• The minimum boat charge is $120 for FNR and FR, and UGX 120,000/= for
  EAC for a minimum of 4 persons
• TSWR Viewing of Shoebill Fee by Boat is for 3 Persons, beyond which an
  the extra cost of $20 for FNR and FR, 20,000/= for EAC will be charged per person.

UWA accommodation charges above are per person,
exclude local tax/levy and require reservation before you check-in.

All application fees and Uganda wildlife research fees are non-refundable. Other research categories include;

• Uganda Research Assistants are free.
• Foreign research assistants /Volunteers have to pay park entrance fees for up to 10 days at a discount of 50%.
• International students on field short courses with valid Identity cards also pay park entrance charges of up to 10 days at a discount of 50%.

Of course, when on a wildlife research trip in Uganda, you will need accommodation. Lodging choices include;

• Camping is UGX 200,000 per month for a research group of up to ten people.
• Extra individuals have to pay UGX 70,000 per month.
• You can rent Protected Areas (PAs) with Vacant Staff Houses at UGX 200,000 per room per person per month for East African Researchers and USD 150 per room per month for Non-East African Researchers.
• Water and electricity charges are not included in the accommodation charges.
• For Ranger Guide Fees, see “Guides for Game Drives” above.

Whole Specimen Collection;

• Application fee – $100 each time a researcher applies for an export permit
• Smaller mammals – $30 per animal
• Reptiles – $30 per reptile
• Fish – $2 per fish
• Insects – $0.05 per insect
• Amphibians – $1 per individual

Permit application fee for derivatives e.g. dung, skin samples, blood samples, plant samples – of USD 100 each time a researcher applies for an export permit

A specimen collection fee of US$ 100 per Kg or less for liquid samples;

• Blood Serum Per Sample of 10 millilitres & below = US$ 100
• Other Liquids per sample of 100mls & below = US $ 100