RWANDA MOUNTAIN GORILLAS

Recently Rwanda was lucky to extend the total of Mountain Gorilla groups to 10.

This implicates that there is room for 80 tourists (10 groups times 8 tourists) to visit the Mountain gorillas in their natural habitat, every day.

IMPORTANT INFORMATIION ABOUT THE GORILLAS PERMITS FEES :

1.) Rwanda Mountain Gorillas Permits Fees / Volcanoes National Park :

• With effect from 01/06/2012, the mountain gorillas permits fees will be US$ 750 per permit.
• However, clients who book their permits within year 2012, until 31/12/2012, and pay for them BEFORE 01/06/2012, they will be charged US$ 500 per permit, only.
• All the permits for the year 2013, and thereafter, will be charged the new rate, of US$ 750, per permit.

2.) Uganda Mountain Gorillas Permits Fees / Bwindi National Park :

• The mountain gorillas permit fees in Bwindi Impenetrable national park, have not been increased, and they are at US$ 500 per permit, as before.

3.) DR- Congo Mountain Gorillas Permits Fees / Virunga National Park :

• The mountain gorillas permits fees in the Virunga national park, have remained at US$ 400 per permit.
• The Giant Lowland Gorillas permits fees, in the Kahuzi – Biega national park, are US$ 400 per permit, and
• The Mt. Nyiragongo active volcano fees, are US$ 200 per person.