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Our Team of experts will help you plan an incredible trip of lifetime to trek the mountain gorillas in Rwanda’s volcanoes national park to see the mountain gorillas.
Rwanda gorilla permits are one of the most expensive things on your cheap gorilla safari package, a single Rwanda gorilla permit goes for USD1500 per permit per person per day.
These permits are obtained from Rwanda development board through your tour operator like Great adventure safaris.
Rwanda’s volcanoes national park has an estimated number of more than 300 mountain gorillas roaming freely in the tropical rain forests of the Virunga Mountains of Muhavura, Gahinga, sabyinyo, karisimbi and bisoke.
Unlike other services like hotels, safari cars which can be reserved on non-refundable small booking fee charges, Rwanda gorilla permits are only confirmed after full payment is made to Rwanda development board which is the main government body that sells gorilla permits to registered Rwandan tour operators.
Due to the limited number of Rwanda gorilla permits in volcanoes national park there is usually a high demand for the gorilla permits especially in the months of June to September which sees many Europeans take their summer holidays and it’s usually the high tourism season here in Rwanda and from December –February which also see many travellers take Christmas holiday breaks making the demand of the gorilla permits high.
Rwanda’s volcanoes national park has 11 habituated mountain gorilla families which are tracked by 8 tourists a day meaning there are 88 permits available every day.
Rwanda is open for tourism all year round but the best months to visit are the dry months of June-August and December to February which has seen less rain fall compared to the wet months of March-May and September-November.