A safari is an overland journey, usually a trip by tourists to Africa.
In the past, the trip was often a big-game hunt, mass travel, but today, safari often refers to Eco trips to observe and photograph wildlife—or trekking gorillas, chimps, mount hiking and sight-seeing as well.
Gorilla Tourism, partner with Eco tourism travel agencies which offers discounted gorilla safaris in Rwanda, Uganda, DRC Congo.
We can tailor-make your Eco trips visiting gorillas and wildlife safaris in Rwanda, Uganda and other wildlife destinations like to Kenyan & Tanzanian National Parks.
These trips can either take you to Rwanda, Uganda or DRC Congo at ago or combining the 3 regions habiting the mountain gorillas.
On these trips you can have single, double or triple gorilla trekking in the mist, basically to have these gorilla Eco tours successful book with one of our agency and everything will be tailored staying in Eco-friendly lodges and traveling in the comfortable African safari vehicles.
For one to prepare for the gorilla trek in one of 3 countries or all, has to book the gorilla permit in advance like 3 month before prior to the trekking date, and you acquire this permit you can directly contact the Authorities concerned like Uganda Wildlife Authority, Rwanda Development Board or Virunga National Park for the DRC Congo gorilla permit but if you are traveling with tour company everything is arranged, visit this “website”.
Gorilla permit prices varies in every country, for the Uganda side it is $ 700 USD foreign visitors, then foreign residents $ 500 USD, East African Residents 250,000 Uganda Shillings in peak season.
Then promotional-low season $ 450 USD foreign visitors and then foreign residents $ 400 USD and East African Resident 150,000 Uganda Shillings (April, May & November) every year.
The Uganda wildlife Authority, has launched a new experience in the Bwindi and Mgahinga Gorilla Parks which is gorilla habituation experience and the fees are $ 15,00 USD foreign visitors, $ 1,000 foreign residents and 750,000 Uganda Shillings for the East African Residents of Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania.
This gorilla habituation experience rate include, guide fee, park entrance fees for the day and community development contribution and you can combine gorilla trek Uganda with Chimpanzee habituation in Kibale Forest $ 22o USD each.
Then Rwanda gorilla permit each cost $ 750 USD throughout the year. Then $ 90 USD in Nyungwe Forest-Rwanda.
For the DRC Congo, though the country seem to be scaring gorilla tourism work hand in hand with the Virunga National Park management to offer the following experiences, Gorilla trek $ 400 USD each, Chimpanzee habituation $ 100 USD each, Nyiragongo hike $ 300 USD each adult and child $ 175 USD each.
All the trips offered by the trusted travel agencies listed on gorilla tourism webpage, a certain percentage is allocated to the support of the gorillas and local communities leaving near and far the gorilla national parks promoting their local projects.
We support gorillas, as our trips we run all our clients visit to the Gorilla Doctors facilities in Uganda and Rwanda to attend the conservation awareness talk and per our group taken there we make a donation to the gorillas.
Photography
Commercial Filming and Photography of Wildlife is a new tourism product in Uganda & Rwanda and it very few tour companies that offer this experience and we are the number and we have a well experienced tour consultants, tour guides and fitted photography vehicles and good at organizing this unforgettable African wilderness!
General Commercial Filming and Photography
1 to 5 people (crew) US$ 630 per day -duration as per guidelines
More than 5 people (crew) US$ 150 per extra person per day
Filming Gorillas and Chimpanzee
Gorilla filming: US$ 4,200 per hour while with the gorillas, Excludes Gorilla permits
Chimpanzee: US$ 1,050 per day includes entry fees, excludes chimp permits
For all filming activities:
A 5% monitoring fee is included
Photography
US$ 150 per person per day – duration as per guidelines and Prior booking of permits is required to book the experience in advance.