Kibale Forest national Park Entrance fees.
Kibale Forest national park, often called the ‘’Primate Capital of the world’’ is a must-visit safari destination in Uganda, especially if you want to see chimpanzees and many other primates. To enter this beautiful park, the visitors need to pay an entrance fee. This helps to protect the park’s amazing wildlife and then the natural environment, and it supports the local communities. Understanding these fees is simple, and this guide will explain everything that you need to know before visiting Kibale forest national park.
Kibale national park entrance fees are simply the money you pay to get into the park. Think of it like buying a ticket to a special natural areas. These fees are set by the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), which manages all of the Ugandan national parks. The amount you depends on who are (your nationality and whether you live in Uganda or not and then your age).
Kibale forest national park.
Kibale forest national park is Uganda’s finest well known safari destination for chimpanzee trekking and then chimpanzee habituation safari experience, the park is known for over 1500 primate species that is why its referred to as the primate’s capital of the world. Besides the chimpanzees Kibale is a home to over 13 other species including red tailed monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, pottos, bush babies, and among others. The park’s vegetation is a semi-deciduous rain forest with sections of the thick undergrowth.
Individual park entrance fees.
This is the payment per entry per person an adult or a child, the individual park entrance fees to Kibale Park are then arranged under the status of the visitor that is the foreign nonresident, foreign residents and the East African citizen. On a safari the passport is used to indicate that the visitors is foreign nonresident, the work permit, valid for 1 year is also required of the foreign resident of Uganda, however, a valid national identity card is issued at the gate by the East African citizens.
An adult is allowed to pay 40 USD as the park entrance for the foreign nonresident, and 30 USD foe a foreign resident visitor in Uganda. However, an East African citizen pays 20,000 UGX for the park entry fees in Kibale forest national park.
Then the children are as well charged differently that is 20 USD per child per entry for a foreign nonresident, then 10 USD per child per entry for the foreign resident and then 5000 UGX per child per entry for the East African citizen. Kindly note that the children are also considered to be below the age of 12 years are not liable to any park entrance fees.
Then the students groups are categorized to be East African citizens and they are allowed to pay 3000 UGX as park entry per student to access Kibale forest national park. Then the tertiary and then the university students are allowed to pay 5000 UGX per person per entry to access the park. Then the pupils and students that belong to the various wildlife clubs are charged a fee of 2000 UGX per person per entry to Kibale forest national park.
Annual park entrance fees to Kibale forest national park.
As well you can pay the park entry fees to Kibale national park for the whole year as this can avoid stress of pain every season for the park entry to Kibale forest park that is an individual to Kibale pays 350 USD annual park entry, 150000 UGX for the east African citizens. Then on the other hand a couple is charged 500 USD for foreign residents and then 200000 UGX for the East African citizens, as Kibale forest national park annual fees. Kindly note that the annual park entry is only allowed to be paid by the foreign residents and then the East African citizens.
Then a family of about 4 children is charged annual park entry fees of 700 USD, for the foreign residents and then 300,000 UGX for a family of East African citizens as the park entrance fees annually. Then annual corporate pass for a group of foreign residents is 1500 USD and 2.5 million for the East African citizens for the annual corporate pass.
A safari guide during the safari is considered as East African citizen and is allowed to pay 100,000 UGX as the annual park entry to Kibale forest national park, and as well as the taxi driver. Then a tour operator company driver is not charged for the park entry to Kibale forest national park, though a tour operator that is a foreign resident is charged 50 USD as the annual park entrance fee, and 125000 UGX for the tour operator who is an east African citizen.
Kindly note, that the park entry fees to Kibale forest national park are free for any other charges inside the national park like activity charges, accommodation, car hire and many more, then at the entry gate of the park you are required to present any document that can easily identify your status during the safari.
Vehicle entry fees.
Kibale forest national park is the protected areas it has tariffs to the motor vehicles that enter into the park too, though the traffic vary from one another basing on the status of the motor engine; foreign or east African as bellow;
Motor cycles that are foreign are charged 30 USD and 10,000 UGX for east African, as park entry fee to the park. Then saloon cars are charged 40 USD for the foreign cars as park entry, then east African salon cars are charged 20,000 UGX to the park.
Minibuses are charged 50 USD for the foreign and 30,000 UGX for east African, as the entry charge to the park. Pick-ups and 4EDS on the other hand, are charged 50 USD and 30,000 UGX for the foreign and east African vehicles respectively, as park entry to the park.
The tour company vehicles are charged 120 USD for foreign residents and 30000 UGX for east Africans. The buses and Lorries are charged 150 USD for foreign residents and 150,000 UGX for east Africans as the park entrance fees. The school buses are considered to be east African vehicles and charged 50,000 UGX as the entrance fees to the park.