Purchasing Rwanda gorilla permits – Rwanda is a home to the few mountain gorilla population currently living in African rain forest at the edge of the Great Rift Valley.
Gorilla tracking is one of the most popular activities in the volcanoes national park together with golden monkey tracking.
Volcanoes national park is 160 sq km and it’s a home to 11 mountain families which can be tracked by tourists all year round.
Gorilla tracking is an incredible activity that involves clients walking in to the tropical rain forest on foot which happens to be one of the best ways of viewing wildlife in Africa.
Rwanda gorilla permit is a document issued by Rwanda development board which allows entry to volcanoes national park for mountain gorilla tracking experiences.
Rwanda gorilla permits are sold by Rwanda development board to registered tour operators like Great adventure safaris so you will have to contact a Rwandan tour operator for the booking of Rwanda gorilla permit.
Currently Rwanda gorilla permits are at USD 1500 per gorilla permit.
Unfortunately no, one Rwanda gorilla permit is valid for the specific date of tracking the mountain gorillas after it becomes invalid.
No it does not include other tourism activities but it does include the park entrance and the community revenue.
Yes it does work only for the date of tracking after it becomes invalid and you can’t use it again.
Rwanda gorilla permits are non-refundable except they can be rescheduling the permits to different dates.
With prof of a reason yes you can reschedule Rwanda gorilla permits.
Your tour operator will send you a copy upon purchasing the Rwanda gorilla permit from Rwanda development board.
You will pay your tour operator who will then go to Rwanda development board to purchase the Rwanda gorilla permit.
Rwanda can be visited all year round but the best months for safari are the dry months of the year which are usually from June-early September and from December-February which sees the country receive low rain fall except months of March-May and mid-September-November. Great Adventure Safaris is your number one ground handler when it comes to purchasing Rwanda gorilla permits and other related services like accommodation, guiding and transportation including special treatment.