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Golden monkey permits for Mgahinga national park

Golden monkey permits for Mgahinga national park: Permits are legal documents allowing travelers to spend time with the primates in their natural habitats

Golden monkey permits for Mgahinga national park

Golden monkey permits for Mgahinga national park: Golden monkey permits for Mgahinga national park are legal documents allowing a traveler to spend some time with the beautiful primates in their natural habitats. Golden monkey permits are only issued by Uganda Wildlife Authority which is a government body that manages and controls Mgahinga park activities. Without a golden monkey permit, you can’t be allowed to trek in Mgahinga national park.

Before booking your safari to Uganda, if you are interested in seeing golden monkeys first thing you need to do is check for the availability of the kind of permit you want. There are golden monkey trekking permits that come with 1 hour around the primates and then the golden habituation permit that comes with 4 hours around the beautiful monkeys.

Booking and securing yourself a golden monkey permit is an assurance that you will meet the golden monkeys in the wild and spend 1 or 4 hours with them. In this article, we shall show you all the information you need to book golden monkey permits and where you can get them from. Golden monkey permits are legal cards sold to person above the age of 12 years because they believe that they are mature enough to follow rules and regulations.

Where to get golden monkey permits?

Golden monkey permits are issued by Uganda Wildlife Authority therefore you can book them directly at their office by contacting the reservations office. Local tour operators that have been licensed by the Uganda Tourism Board and also part of the Association of Uganda Local Tour Operators can help you on getting golden monkey trekking permits from Uganda Wildlife Authority at zero extra costs.

Golden monkey permit price for Mgahinga national park

Here are two types of golden monkey permits in Mgahinga national park and each of them has its own price. A golden monkey trekking permit that comes with 1 hour costs $60 for foreign non-residents, $50 for foreign residents, and UGX40,000. A single golden monkey habituation permit that comes with 4 hours costs $100 for foreign non-residents, $80 for foreign residents, and UGX100,000 east African citizens.

Booking golden monkey permits

Tourists that are interested in spending some time with golden monkeys must book and secure themselves golden permits. The golden monkey permits are from Uganda Wildlife Authority and can be booked directly or got from licensed local tour operators at the same fee. To book the golden monkey permits, all you need are the travel dates, money and you must be aged 12 years and above.

Directly from Uganda Wildlife Authority

Uganda Wildlife Authority is the government body that issues gorilla permits, chimpanzee permits, and golden monkey trekking permits. Tourists who are organizing safaris to Mgahinga national park by themselves and would love to see golden monkeys can book directly from UWA. To book directly from UWA, you need to contact the reservations office with the dates of the month and year you would love to see the golden monkeys.

The information is used to check for the availability of the permits and once they are available you are asked for your personal details together with money. You are sent different banking details to use while sending money and after you must send the proof of payment. Your golden monkey permit is booked and you will need to visit UWA offices in Kamwokya where you will pick it up.

Through a licensed local tour operator

There are so many local tour operators that tourists will always meet online but what to always do is look out for those that are licensed by Uganda Tourism Board because they are the only ones allowed to get permits from Uganda Wildlife Authority. Africa Adventure Vacation is one of the licensed local tour operators that tourists need to use when having their safaris to Uganda because they help in booking the permits.

To book your golden monkey permit with Africa Adventure Vacations, you need to send us the dates you want to trek and then we send them to the reservation’s office at UWA for availability. You must be able to tell the kind of gorilla permit you want so that we book the right one. When the golden monkey permit is available, we either use the initial deposit of your safari or send you our banking details so that you send the money to be used in purchasing the permit.

We do book the golden monkey permit for you and when you arrive in the country your driver guide is always ready with it. On the day of trekking or habituation, you must move to the briefing centre at Ntebeko with your golden monkey permit so that the rangers allow you to be part of the golden monkey trekking or habituation team.

When to book golden monkey permits for Mgahinga national park?

Tourists interested in seeing golden monkeys in their natural habitats must have a golden monkey permit from Uganda Wildlife Authority. There are not so many golden monkey permits for all travelers that want to encounter golden monkeys. It’s from here that we normally advise tourists to always book their permit 3 to 4 months or more early in advance to avoid disappointments.

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