Uganda Wildlife Conservation Tariff Guide

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

PARK ENTRANCE FEES		FNR	FR	EAC
PARK ENTRANCE FEES		US$	US$	UGX
Category A+ Murchison Falls	Adults	45	35	25,000
Category A+ Murchison Falls	Children	25	15	10,000
CATEGORY A Kidepo Valley Queen Elizabeth Bwindi Impenetrable Mgahinga Gorilla Kibale Lake Mburo
	Adults	40	30	20,000
	Children	20	10	5,000
	Ugandan Pupils & or students (Groups)			3,000
	Tertiary, Institutions, Universities			5,000
	Uganda Wildlife Clubs			2,000
CATEGORY B Mt. Rwenzori Semuliki Mt. Elgon Toro-Semuliki Katonga Pian-Upe
	Adults	35	25	15,000
	Children	5	5	2,500
	Ugandan Pupils, Students Groups	NA	NA	2,000
CATEGORY C Ajai Reserve Bokora Reserve Bugungu Reserve East Madi Reserve Kabwoya Reserve Karuma Reserve Kigezi Reserve Kyambura Reserve Matheniko Reserve	Adults	10	5	2,500
CATEGORY D – Kapkwai Sector (MEMP)				FREE

ANNUAL PARK ENTRANCE PASSES
CATEGORY	FR	EAC
CATEGORY	US$	UGX
Individual	350	35000
Couple	600	500,000
Family (Maximum 4 Children)	800	600,000
Corporate Pass (10 pax)	1,500	2,500,000
Safari Guide		200,000
Taxi Driver		150,000
Tour Company Driver		Free

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.

BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK FEES	FNR US$	FR US$	EAC UGX
Park entrance	40	30	20,000
Gorilla Tracking	700	600	250,000
Gorilla Habituation	1,500	1,000	750,000
Nature Walk	30	15	10,000
Guided Walk – Rushaga to Nyabaremura	50	40	50,000
Guided Walk – Buhoma to Nkuringo	50	40	50,000
Batwa Forest Experience	40	40	40,000
Birding	30	25	20,000

MGAHINGA GORILLA NATIONAL PARK FEES	FNR US$	FR US$	EAC UGX
Park entrance	40	30	20,000
Gorilla Tracking	700	600	250,000
Nature/Gorge Walk	30	15	15,000
Volcano Climbing	80	70	50,000
Golden Monkey Tracking	60	50	40,000
Golden Monkey Habituation Experience	100	80	100,000
Batwa Trail	80	70	50,000
Mgahinga Platform Viewing Experience	10	10	10,000
Guided Short Nature Walks for Children	5	5	10,000
Painting & Artwork	10	10	20,000
Children Scouts Adventurous Activities	10	10	20,000
Birding	30	25	20,000
Mt Muhanbura Bandas	20	20	25,000

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.

Uganda gorilla tour operator and DMC, Nkuringo Safaris

QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK FEES	FNR US$	FR US$	EAC UGX
Park entrance	40	30	20,000
Game Drive (Day)	30	25	30,000
Launch trip	30	25	30,000
Nature Walk	15	10	10,000
Mangoose tracking	30	25	30,000
Hippo Census	100	80	100,000
Lion (Predator) Tracking	100	80	100,000
Chimp Tracking in Kyambura Gorge (closed)	50	40	30,000
Accommodation in Dormitory	Adults Students (in group) Children		25,000 5,000 10,000

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

MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK FEES	FNR US$	FR US$	EAC UGX
Park entrance	45	35	25,000
Game Drive (Day)	30	25	30,000
Game Drive (Night) per person	40	35	40,000
Launch trip to the bottom of falls	30	25	30,000
Hiking to at top of falls	15	10	10,000
Viewing at top of the falls	10	10	10,000
Top of falls for institutions	na	na	5,000
Viewing top of falls for sec-school students	na	na	20,000
Viewing at top of falls for wildlife clubs & pupils			Free
Sport Fishing per day	50	50	50,000
Whitewater rafting	50	50	50,000
Bird Watching	30	25	20,000
Sport Fishing	50 (1 day) \| 150 (4 days) excludes park entrance fees
Annual fishing permit	$300 excludes park entrance fees
Accommodation in UWA Dormitory	Adults Students (in group) Children		25,000 5,000 10,000

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK FEES	FNR US$	FR US$	EAC UGX
Park entrance	40	30	20,000
Chimp Tracking	200	150	150,000
Chimpanzee Habituation – Full Day	250	200	200,000
Guided Short Nature Walks For Children	5	5	10,000
Day Nature Walks	30	15	10,000
Night Nature Walks	40	20	15,000
Painting & Artwork	10	10	20,000
Children Scouts Adventurous Activities	10	10	20,000
Bird Watching	30	25	20,000
*20% discount on entrance fees for a group of more than 20 people on a given day

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.

KIDEPO VALLEY NATIONAL PARK FEES	FNR US$	FR US$	EAC UGX
Park entrance	40	30	20,000
Game Drive (Day)	20	15	20,000
Game Drive (Night) per person	30	25	50,000
Bird Watching	30	25	30,000
Kidepo Lonyili Summit Hike	50	40	20,000
Transfer Fees: – Airstrip – 50,000 UGX – Karenga – 100,000 UGX

LAKE MBURO NATIONAL PARK FEES	FNR US$	FR US$	EAC UGX
Park entrance	40	30	20,000
Game Drive (Day)	20	15	20,000
Game Drive (Night) per person	30	15	50,000
Nature Walk	15	10	10,000
Boat Rides	30	25	30,000
Bird Watching	30	25	30,000
Cycling	30	25	30,000
Sport Fishing	$15 (1 day) \| $25 (4 days) excludes park entrance
Accommodation in Rwonyo Bandas	Single Double Family Banda		35,000 40,000 60,000
Accommodation in Rwonyo guesthouses (with breakfast)	Per room (double) Extra person in room		130,000 pp 65,000 pp
Accommodation in Tents	Single Double		35,000 60,000
Accommodation in Dormitory	Adults Students (in group) Children		25,000 5,000 10,000

RWENZORI MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK FEES	FNR US$	FR US$	EAC UGX
Park Entrance	35	25	25,000
Rwenzori Mountain Hike	50	40	50,000
Bukunguru Trail	50	40	50,000
Kazingo Trail	50	40	50,000
Sebwe / Bughalista Falls	40	40	40,000
Kinyampanika Chimp Trail	50	40	50,000
Other mountain climbing services provided by Rwenzori – Rwenzori Trekking Services – Rwenzori Mountaineering Services

MT. ELGON NATIONAL PARK FEES	FNR US$	FR US$	EAC UGX
Park Entrance	35	25	25,000
Mt. Elgon Hiking	50	40	50,000
Mt. Elgon Rock Climbing	65	60	55,000
Mt. Elgon Mountain Biking	100	80	50,000
Mt. Elgon Bushiyi Trail Excursion	150	120	150,000

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.

SEMULIKI NATIONAL PARK FEES	FNR US$	FR US$	EAC UGX
Park Entrance	35	25	25,000
Nature Walk	30	15	10,000
Batwa Experience	10	10	10,000
View Shoebill by Boat	100	80	50,000
Ntoroki Boat Hire	100	80	100,000
Accommodation in Dormitory (Call – +256 393 216 163)	Adults Students (with a group) Children		25,000 5,000 10,000

ZIWA RHINO SANCTUARY CHARGES	FNR US$	FR US$	EAC UGX
Park Entrance	20	20	10,000
Rhino Tracking	30	20	20,000
Nature Walk	20	20	20,000
Bird Watching	20	20	20,000
Shoebill Tracking	25	20	20,000

WILDIFE GAME DRIVE FEES	FNR US$	FR US$	EAC UGX
Day self-game drive (private) per vehicle	10	10	10,000
Guided day game drives (per day)	20	15	20,000
Guided night game drives (per person)	30	20	50,000
UWA day game drive truck (per person)	30	25	30,000
UWA night game drive truck (per person)	40	35	40,000
UWA game drive truck for lion-tracking + fees	140	115	116,000
Cycling	30	25	30,000

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 & BOAT ENTRY & LANDING FEES
CATEGORY	FR	REGISTERED UGANDA
CATEGORY	US$	UGX
Slon Cars	40	20,000
Minibus, Omni-buses	50	30,000
Pick-ups	50	30,000
Tour Company Vehicles & 4x4s	150	30,000
Over-landers	150	100,000
Buses & Lories	200	200,000
Construction Equipment	350	500,000
School Buses	–	50,000
Delivery Vehicle Per entry	–	20,000
Boats up to 15 seater	100	250,000
Launches over 15 seaters	200	350,000
Launches – MFIFT Boats of up to 15 seater	200	50,000
MFIFT Launches over 15 passengers	100	150,000
Parking Fees for boats per day		100,000

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.

AIRCRAFT LANDING FEES (PER LANDING)
Classification	FR	EAC
Classification	US$	UGX
Gliders, Microlights	10	20,000
Up to 3 seater	20	40,000
4-6 seater	30	60,000
7-14 seater	40	80,000
15-20 seater	50	100,000
21 states and above	60	120,000
Helicopter	125	250,000
Parking fees per day		10,000

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

LAUNCH CRUISE, CANOES, MOTORBOATS FEES
Category	FNR	FR	EAC
Category	US$	US$	UGX
Murchison Falls	30	25	30,000
Queen Elizabeth	30	25	30,000
Schools, per group	na	na	450,000
Schools, per person	na	na	15,000
Lake Mburo (big & small boats)	30	25	30,000
TSWR View of Shoebill by Boat	100	80	100,000
TSWR Ntoroko Boat Hire	100	80	100,000

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 FEES
CAMPSITES
Category A – Wilderness Camping for a maximum of 16 people	US$ 40
Category B – Private – advance booking for a maximum of 20 people including non-paying workers	UG$ 30
Category C – Public with pit latrine/firewood/rubbish pit water/fireplace/thatched shelter with security inclusive	UGX 20,000
Students (UGX)	3,000

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

UWA FINES & PENALTIES
OFFENSE	PENALTY
Off-tracking driving fine	$150 per person in the vehicle – to the driver
Over Speeding	UGX 100,000 per incident
Animal Accident Fee (Road Kill)	$500
Fine for late reschedule for Gorilla and Chimp Permits	25% of the Permit Fee
Fine for gorilla tracking in a different location	50% of the Permit Fee
Littering in the park	UGX 100,000 per incident
Hooting/Honking in the park	UGX 100,000 per incident
Sitting on top of the vehicle on a game drive	$100 per incident
Default on Tariffs	$150

WILDLIFE RESEARCH FEES STRUCTURE
CATEGORY	LTR (USD)	FNSR (USD)	FSR (USD)	FRA/V (USD)	UNSR (UGX)	UPHDS (UGX)	UMSCS
Application	100	100	100	100	50,000	20,000	20,000
Monthly Research	250	250	250	150	100,000	50,000
Report/Security Deposit	300	300	300	–	200,000	100,000

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

The Writer, Bert Baguma, is a Travel Writer & Digital Marketer with an off-the-charts enthusiasm for culture, the natural world. Like nature, he prefers visuals, smell, taste, touch; the raw experience of being alive.