How to acquire Rwanda gorilla permit

 

How to acquire Rwanda gorilla permit, Rwanda like its counterpart Uganda, it has no sea port, this small country becomes big when it comes to its tourism potentials.  It outcompetes many other big nations when rating what each country has on table in terms of tourist attraction  Rwanda is one of the few countries in the world that houses the rare mountain gorillas. Rwanda is sometimes referred to as ‘’the land of a thousand hills’’ due to very many hills that inhabit the country. Its only three African countries that host these endangered apes the other two include Uganda and the Democratic republic of Congo, one can even combine Rwanda, Uganda and DRC on the same safaris. Gorilla tracking is known as Rwanda’s number one selling activity attracting a huge number of travelers who leave their beautiful homes and offices and come and spend some precious time with these apes in their natural habitat deep in the forest. Gorilla trekking activity is considered incomparable attracting a huge number of visitors to Rwanda. Over 80% of travelers to Rwanda go gorilla tracking in volcanoes national park.

Volcanos national park is the only remarkable park in Rwanda for hosting these endangered mountain gorillas. The park is located in the north western part of Rwanda near Lake Kivu and it’s just a drive of about 2 hours from the capital city Kigali. Gorilla trekking activities are guided by an experienced ranger guide who leads the sessions and all gorilla trekking activities begins very early in the morning after a short briefing bout the dos and don’ts while with the gorillas. Trekkers also get assigned to the gorilla family to trek from and each gorilla family is assigned to only 8 members per group. Rwanda has around 14 habituated gorilla families ready to receive visitors daily. To mention some of the habituated Rwanda gorillas include Susa Gorilla Group (Susa A Family), Karisimbi Gorilla Group (Susa-B), Sabyinyo Gorilla Group,Amahoro Gorilla Group,Umubano Gorilla Group, Agashya Gorilla Group, Kwitonda Gorilla Group, Hirwa Gorilla Group, Bwenge Family Group, Ugenda Gorilla Family.

No one is allowed to enter deep into volcanoes national park without owning a gorilla permit. Possession of a gorilla permit is a guarantee for trekking, however sighting is not a guarantee since gorillas are wild animal, they move freely in their national habitat while looking for food, and sometimes the gorillas may turn to be very violent making sighting a bit very difficult.  Although this may look like this, but Chances of sighting these endangered apes are very high about 97% and above. Rwanda gorillas are habituated and they are monitored 24/7 by the ranger guides, they always know there whereabouts and where they were last seen, few cases where a visitor went on a gorilla trekking safari and miss sighting, thanks to the work done by the ranger guide.

In case you are interested in gorilla trekking, you are required to book your gorilla permit in advance to avoid disappointments of last minutes booking. Gorilla trekking is the most done safari activity in Rwanda meaning very many people yearn for this activity so, gorilla permits get sold easily. Book a gorilla permit from as early as at least 2-3 months prior to your trekking dates and they are sold on first come first serve basis. You can book your gorilla tracking permit either from the recognized tour and travel company organizing gorilla tours or from the tour agent, they have easy access of the gorilla permits and they are given a gig chance of purchasing and selling them in advance for over 2 month than an individual booking for themselves. Or you can book a gorilla permit direct from the Rwanda tourism board offices (ORTPN) in Kigali or direct at the park headquarters in Kinigi, although this may take long for them to get your gorilla permit booked for you.

A gorilla permit in Rwanda costs usd1500 per person per tracking, the fee charged includes park entrance and ranger guide fee and in case you need a porter, they are every day available at a fee of $5-10 per person, so advise in time if you will need a porter and they get one or two for you in cease needed, they help to carry your personal items including bags, camera among others.

How to acquire Rwanda gorilla permit, The procedure for obtaining a gorilla permits applies to all the three counties where gorilla tracking is done.

If you are interested in gorilla tracking please send us an inquiry on info@mumanddadugandatours.com  /info@gorillasafaritrails.com and please try to specify your travel dates, year, and the number of people interested in this tour. Also indicate the days you would love to see the gorillas so that we can arrange and book them for you on that exact date if they are available. After acquiring all that information, we will go ahead and check for you whether the gorilla permits are available on those exact dates you would love to trek the gorillas.

If the gorilla permits are not available, we will as well advise accordingly and choose the nearby dates and if the permits are available on those specific dates, we will go ahead and book them for you. If it happens that the gorilla permits are available on the stated dates we will advise you to pay accordingly because permits are sold on first come first serve basis.

We will send you our bank account details and make the bank wire transfer (add 20$ of the total money bank charges).  Not only bank wire transfers but we do also receive money through pesapal, credit card, visa card, you will notify us on which method preferably to use.  It will take about 12-24 hours from your bank to our bank, and immediately after the money has been received we will notify you accordingly.

After the gorilla permits have been secured. We will request you to send us your passport copies. Here, we much interested in getting details of your full name nationality, and passport number. So that we have the permits booked in your real names. Once the permits are booked we will send you a scanned copy through an email confirming that we have fully booked your gorilla permits and that you are among the eight members allowed to visit the gorillas per gorilla family in their natural habitat on that specified day. After all, has been done, will be early waiting to receive you on the arrival dates at Kigali International airport, or in Kigali city. How to acquire  Rwanda gorilla permit