Visitor Tariffs

EXTENSION OF UWA CONSERVATION (TARIFF) FEES.

The current UWA Conservation Fees (Tariff) was launched and came into effect on 1st July 2011 and is due to expire on 30th June 2013.

This is to inform our clients, partners and the general public that the Board of Trustees, at their last sitting on 28th May 2013 resolved to maintain these rates (tariff) till 31st December 2013.

The new conservation fees (tariff) will therefore come into effect on 1st January 2014, and remain in force till 31st December 2015.

This revised tariff will be launched soon.

All Visitors have to produce valid identification documents to confirm resident status.

Fees Quoted in: US$ = United States Dollar
  UGX = Uganda Shillings

Download our fees document here

Park Entrance Fees

Please note:

  • These fees do not include package activities like Mountain Climbing, Gorilla tracking, Bird watching, Chimpanzee tracking and Chimpanzee habituation experience.
  • A day's entrance ticket is valid for twenty four hours from time of entrance

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Note: The above rates do not apply to packages activities such as Mountain Climbing, Gorilla tracking, Bird watching, Chimpanzee tracking and Chimp habituation experience.

Landing Fees

Note: Landing fees exclude entry fees payable by passengers. Pilots en-route do not pay entry fees if they stay for less than 2 hours within the park.

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Ferry Crossing at Murchison Falls National Park

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Transport Hire: To Kidepo Valley

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Accommodation

Note: The booking process and rates for accommodation may change without notice as these facilities are due for further redevelopment and possible changes in Management.

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Guided Nature Walk

Note: 2 hours activities for children below 12 years at Kibale at US$ 5 per child per day

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Special Activities

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Other Activities

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Guides for Game drives

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Sport Fishing Permit

Permit excludes park entrance fees except for Annual sport fishing competition.

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Wildlife Research Tours

By special arrangement with the Tourism Department, interested groups may negotiate for a fee to participate in the following periodic activities

  • Animal counts (general or species specific)

  • Interventions

  • Mongoose Project

  • Birding

Commercial Filming & Photography

Commercial Filming

All fees exclude park entry fees

Short-medium filming period (maximum 30 days)

  • 1 to 5 people(crew) US$ 600 per day
  • More than 5 people(crew) US$ 150 per extra
    person per day

Long Term filming more than 30 days for each extra day after 30 days

  • 1 to 5 people(crew) US$ 400 per day
  • More than 5 people(crew) US$ 100 per extra person per day

Filming Gorillas and Chimpanzee

  • Gorilla filming: US$ 4000 per day, Excludes Gorilla permits
  • Chimpanzee:US$ 1000 per day includes entry fees, excludes chimp permits

For all filming activities

  • A refundable fee of US$ 1000 for a copy of the film.
  • A 5% of the total cost of contract will be charged for off tracking during filming

Still Photography for Commercial use

  • US$ 150 per person per day

UWA Research Fees Structure

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Note: Application fees and Research fees are non-refundable

a) FNSR=ForeignNonStudentResearch
b) FSR = Foreign Student Research
c) FRA/V = Foreign Research Assistant/Volunteer d) UNSR = Ugandan Non Student Researcher
e) UPhDS = Ugandan PhD Student
f) UMSCS = Uganda MSC Students

Researchers' accommodation

Camping:

UGX 100000 per month for a group of up to ten individuals

Extra person will be charged UGX 50000 per month

Renting:

Protected Areas with Vacant Staff houses will be rented at UGX 100,000 per room per month by East African Researchers and US$ 100 per room per month by non East African Reserchers.

  • Ugandan Researchers Assistants, free

  • Foreign Research Assistant/Volunteer will also be charged park entrance up to 10 days at a discount of 50%

  • Foreign students on field short courses with valid identity cards will be charged park entrance up to 10 days at a discount of 50%.

  • Water and electricity will be paid separately.

Ranger guide fees: see “Guides for Game drives”

Specimen collection

Live specimen

  • Use rights license fee of US$100
  • Export permit fee of US$100
  • Value of specimens at the existing rate

Derivatives (e.g. dung, skin samples, blood samples, plant parts, etc)

  • Permit application fee of US$ 20 each time a researcher applies for and export permit
  • Specimen collection fee of US$ 50 per kilogram or less, • Liquid samples US$ 50 per Litre of less
  • Over 6 kg of derivatives US$300 for each permit.

The following will be implemented as per UWA monitoring and Research policy

  • Researchers' visitors
  • Visitors to Research Stations

 

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