These local operators in East Africa publish gorilla permit prices or say the permit is included in their prices; each card quotes the company's own line.
How much does a gorilla trekking permit cost in Rwanda and Uganda?
The 6 operators below each publish what a gorilla permit costs or say it is included in their trip prices, quoted on their cards in the currency they use: three give USD 1,500 per person for Rwanda (one includes it in every gorilla itinerary), two give USD 800 for a foreign non-resident in Uganda and one says permits are included in its prices. There is no figure of ours on this page.
Who is on this page and why. The Uncompromised Travel local safari operators table holds 94 companies with a head office in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda or Rwanda: the ones ChatGPT named on two or more days in October 2026 in answers to the safari questions Uncompromised Travel asks every day and the most-reviewed operators in those countries on SafariBookings. Their websites were read on 29 October 2026, with their reviews on SafariBookings, Google and Trustpilot. This page carries the operators in it for which a line from its own website, as read, can be quoted showing that it is based in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda or Rwanda and publishes gorilla permit prices or says the permit is included in its prices: 6 operators. Where a website does not give its office, the office on its SafariBookings profile is used. Companies whose websites say they act only as an agent, organiser, intermediary or coordinator, or do not say that they own or employ their vehicles, guides or crews, are left out; a destination management company counts when it says it owns or employs them. Cards are in alphabetical order. Prices are shown as each company published them, in its own currency, never converted. No company paid to be on this page.
Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes and Bwindi, from Kigali
Gorilla permits
Permits: Rwanda USD 1,500 per person (all visitor categories), discounted 2026 off-peak USD 500 for African residents and USD 200 for East African citizens.
Reviews
Trustpilot: 3.7 out of 5 from 1 review, read 29 October 2026.
Private or group: the 3-day trip 'can be a private tour or group tour depending on the interests of the travelers'; the 10-day Uganda safari can be 'a private Tour or as group tour'.
Reviews
Google: 4.7 out of 5 from 44 reviews, read 29 October 2026.
5 of the 6 operators on this page say how they run trips (private, scheduled or overland); for the others, nothing on their websites as read can be shown here.
Hermosa Life Tours and Travel: Private, tailor-made trips are the focus.
Hope Tours Africa: Private trips only: 'We do not run shared departures'; every itinerary is built for one party.
Native Africa Tours: Private safaris are the main offer ('Private African safaris')
Nkuringo Safaris: Private trips: 'all Nkuringo luxury safaris are private and tailor-made' with your own guide and vehicle, not fixed group departures.
Primate Safaris: Private or group: the 3-day trip 'can be a private tour or group tour depending on the interests of the travelers'; the 10-day Uganda safari can be 'a private Tour or as group tour'.
What do they say about children?
3 of the 6 operators on this page publish a child or family policy; for the others, nothing on their websites as read can be shown here.
Hope Tours Africa: Minimum age 15 for gorilla and chimpanzee trekking, 12 for golden monkey tracking; permit price is the same for every age with no child rate.
Native Africa Tours: Child rules: under 12 not permitted at Bwindi, Mgahinga, Kibale, Volcanoes, Nyungwe, Virunga and Kahuzi-Biega parks; children older than 8 allowed on savannah game drives; 15 or older for gorilla, chimpanzee and white rhino tracking.
Nkuringo Safaris: Family safaris are offered with age-aware design: safaris can start from about 4-5 years in selected child-friendly parks; gorilla and chimp trekking has a strict minimum age of 15; boat safaris have no minimum age.
Gorilla permit prices: what operators say: the questions people ask
How is the order on this page worked out?
Cards are in alphabetical order. The order is not a judgement of quality.
Which run private trips on your own dates?
5 of the 6 do: Hermosa Life Tours and Travel, Hope Tours Africa, Native Africa Tours, Nkuringo Safaris and Primate Safaris. Each one's own website says so.
Which use vehicles of their own?
2 of the 6 do: Hermosa Life Tours and Travel and Native Africa Tours. Each one's own website says so.
Which publish a child or family policy?
3 of the 6 do: Hope Tours Africa, Native Africa Tours and Nkuringo Safaris. Each one's own website says so.
Which publish a deposit?
4 of the 6 do: Hermosa Life Tours and Travel, Hope Tours Africa, Native Africa Tours and Nkuringo Safaris. Each one's own website says so.
Which arrange gorilla or chimpanzee trekking?
All 6 arrange gorilla or chimpanzee trekking.
Which run Kilimanjaro climbs or other treks?
3 of the 6 do: Hope Tours Africa, Native Africa Tours and Nkuringo Safaris. Each one's own website says so.
Which name a tourism licence or trade association?
2 of the 6 do: Hermosa Life Tours and Travel and Hope Tours Africa. Each one's own website says so.
Which have guest reviews on SafariBookings, Google or Trustpilot?
All 6 do. Each platform's rating and count are on the card, never added together.
Can I book these trips through Uncompromised Travel?
No. Uncompromised Travel is a publication and does not sell safaris. Each card has the company's own enquiry link.
How were these operators chosen?
Each one is an operator in the Uncompromised Travel local safari operators table whose own website shows that it is based in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda or Rwanda and publishes gorilla permit prices or says the permit is included in its prices. A company is on the page because its published facts fit the question, never because it paid.
How current are these facts?
Each company's website was read on 29 October 2026. Prices, departures and reviews change, so confirm them with the operator before you book.
Built to answer the question in the main heading. What is shown: facts each operator published on its own website, read on 29 October 2026, with reviews per platform (SafariBookings, Google and Trustpilot), from the Uncompromised Travel local safari operators table. Operators whose websites would not open are not on this page. Cards are in alphabetical order. No company paid to appear or for its place. Prices are in the currency each company showed and were not converted. How this site earns · How we work.
Richard Jasinski · Uncompromised Travel · written from Valencia · first published 3 November 2026 · updated 3 November 2026
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