Lake Mburo National park fees 2022 -2024

Lake Mburo National park fees 2022 -2024

Lake Mburo national park is one of the best Uganda wildlife safari destinations and the only national park in uganda where you can find the impalas, the park is also famous for hosting huge numbers of Zebras. Lake Mburo national park is situated in close proximity to Kampala the capital of Uganda and it is a drive of approximately 4 hours along the main road leading to the western region of Uganda.

Lake Mburo national park is a gem with vast ecosystem and nature prevails such as forested gorges, rocky ridges, narrow bands lush, riparian woodland and a chain of lakes with Lake Mburo being the largest.

For tourists visiting Lake Mburo national park, here are the new park fees for 2022 to 2024

PARK ENTRANCE FEES

Category	Foreign Non- Residents (FNR)	Foreign Residents  (FR)	East Africa Community (EAC)
	US$	US$	UGX
Adults	40	30	20,000
Children	20	10	5,000
Students			3,000
Tertiary, institutions and universities			5,000
Uganda Wildlife – clubs			2,000

 

ANNUAL PARK ENTRANCE FEES

Category	Foreign  Residents  (FR)	East Africa Community (EAC)
	US$	US$
Individual	350	350,000
Couple	600	500,000
Family (maximum 4 children)	800	600,000
Annual Corporation Pass (10 pax)	1,500	2,500,000
Safari Guide		200,000
Taxi Driver		150,000
Tour Company Driver		free

 

Note

Annual park fees in Lake Mburo national park applies in the following incidences

• Applies to all and only foreign residents living in Uganda and east africacountries, vehicle entrance is paid separately
• Not valid for package activities such as Gorilla trekking and chimp tracking, mountaineering, hiking and others
• To qualify for annual passes, Foreign residents require a work permit valid for one year
• Safari guides – is an individual who guides guests through nature weather by vehicle, canoe, boat horseback or on foot while explaining some of the remarkable secrets hidden within the natural environment of Uganda.
• Tour Company driver – is an individual from a recognised Uganda tour company who drives tourists to park.

VEHICLE, BOAT, AIRCRAFT, ENTRY AND LANDING FEES

CLASSIFICATION	FOREIGN	UGANDAN  REGISTERED
	US$	UGX
Saloon Cars	40	20,000
Minibuses, Omni-buses	50	30,000
Pick-ups	50	30,000
Tour Company vehicles and 4-wheel drive	150	30,000
Over Landers	150	100,000
Buses and Lorries	200	200,000
Construction equipment	350	500,000
School Buses	–	50,000
Delivery Vehicle per entry	–	20,000
Boats up to 15 seater	100	250,000
Launches over 15 seaters	200	350,000
MFIFT boats up to15 seater	50	50,000
MFIFT boats over 15 seater	100	150,000
Parking fees for boats per day		10,000

 

Note

• Vehicle and boat entry fees are charged per 24 hours except for concessionaire visitor vehicles who are to pay once per trip in the park
• Vehicle entrance to Lake Mburo national park are to be charged an additional fee of USD for foreign registered vehicle and UGX 100,000 for Uganda registered vehicles
• Rescue vehicles to be charged the same rate as other vehicles according the vehicle classification
• the Executive Director, Motorcycles, trailers, vehicles with inflammable goods, livestock, produce, poles, timber, sand, market merchandise, bowsers, heavy trucks, roll loaders and others are prohibited in the protected areas including Murchison Falls national park, unless

Classification	FR	EAC
	US$	UGX
Gliders, Microlights	10	20,000
Up to 3 seater	20	40,000
4-6 seater	30	60,000
7-14 seater	40	80,000
15-20 seater	50	100,000
21 seats and above	60	120,000
Helicopter	125	250,000
Parking fees per day		10,000

Note:

• landing fees exclude entry fees payable by passengers
• pilots en-route do not pay entry fees, if they spend less than 2 hours in the park

LAUNCH CRUISE/CANOE/MOTOR BOATS

STATUS	Foreign Non Residents (FNR)	FOREIGN RESIDENTS (FR)	East Africa Community (EAC)
	US$	US$	UGX
Launch cruise, canoe safari and boat cruiser	30	25	30,000
School per person	NA	NA	15,000

 

Note:

• Launch Cruise takes a maximum of 45 people
• Trip takes approximately 2 hours
• Maximum boat charge is USD 120 for foreign Non Residents and Foreign Residents and UGX 120,000/- for EAC for minimum of 4 persons.

Activities

STATUS		Foreign Non Residents  (FNR)	FOREIGN RESIDENTS (FR)	East Africa Community (EAC)
		US$	US$	UGX
Self game drives (PRIVATE)		10	10	10,000
Guided  game drives (private)	Day per vehicle	20	15	20,000
	Night per person	30	20	50,000
UWA game drive vehicle	Day per person	30	25	30,000
	Night per person	40	35	40,000
UWA game drive truck / executive buses	Hire truck for game drive	30	30	30,000
	General hire of truck per day includes drive and excludes fuel			800,000
	General hire of excutive buses per day includes driver, excludes fuel			800,000
Birding		30	25	20,000
Day nature walk		15	10	10,000
Night nature walk		40	20	15,000
Boat Rides		30	25	30,000
Cycling		30	25	30,000

 

Note

• Fees are per person
• Rates exclude entrance fees and other activity fees
• Minimum charge for game drive vehicle is an equivalent of 3 persons
• Only pre-registered vehicles will undertakes under game drives
• Use of UWA guides is mandatory for night game drives

SPORT FISHING

	1 DAY US$	4 DAY US$
Sport fishing	50	150
Annual fishing permit	300

 

ACCOMMODATION

Dormitory	Type	UGX
Bandas – Rwonyo	Single	35,000
	Double	40,000
	Family Banda	60,000
Guest houses – Rwonyo	Per room	130,000 per room
	Extra person in the room	65,000 per room
Tents	Single	35,000
	Double	60,000
Dormitory	Adults	25,000
	Students with a group	5,000
	Children	10,000

 

CAMPSITES

Category A – Wilderness Camping: Maximum 16 persons	US$ 40
Category B – Private-advance booking: Maximum 20 persons including non-paying workers	US$ 30
Category C – Public: with pit latrine/firewood/rubbish pit/ water/fireplace/thatched shelter with security inclusive (UGX)	20,000
Students (UGX)	3,000

 

Note:

• Students include primary and secondary school students
• Rates are exclusive local tax levy
• Prior booking is required
• The above charges are per person per night

COMMERCIAL FISHING AND PHOTOGRAPHY

• All filming fees to be charged at 40% of the activity
• Filming fees with a drone will be charged at 50%

FINES AND PENELTIES

OFFENCE	PENALTY
Off-tracking driving fine	$ 150 (per Person in the Vehicle, to be incurred by the driver)
Over Speeding	UGX 100,000 per incident
Animal Accident fee (Road kill)	$ 500
Fine for Late Reschedule (Chimps)	25% of the Permit Fee
Littering in the Park	UGX 100,000 per incident
Hooting in the Park	UGX 100,000 per incident
Sitting on Top of the Vehicle	$ 100 per incident
Default on Tariffs	$ 150

RESEARCH FEES STRUCTURE

CATEGORY	LTR  (USD)	FNSR  (USD)	FSR  (US)	FRA/V    (USD)	UNSR    (UGX)	UPHDS    (UGX)	UMSCS
Application	100	100	100	100	50,000	20,000	20,000
Monthly Research	250	250	250	150	100,000	50,000
Report/ security deposit	300	300	300	–	200,000	100,000

Note: Application Fees and Research fees are non-refundable

OTHER CATEGORIES

• Uganda Research Assistants are free
• Foreign research assistants /Volunteers shall also be charged park entrance up to 10 days at a discount of 50%.
• Foreign students on field short courses with valid Identity cards shall be charged park entrance up to 10 days at a discount of 50%.

RESEARCHER’S ACCOMMODATION

• Camping: UGX 200,000 per month for a group of up to ten
• Extra persons will be charged UGX 70,000 per
• Protected Areas with Vacant Staff Houses will be rented at UGX 200,000 per room per Person per month for East African Researchers and US$ 150 per room per month by Non-East African
• Water and electricity will be paid separately

Ranger Guide Fees: See “Guides for Game Drives”.