Park entrance fees to Lake Mburo national park 2023/2024: Lake Mburo national park is one of the savannah national parks located in western part of Uganda in Kiruhura district. The park covers an area of 370 square kilometers and it’s a home of different wildlife species including buffaloes, giraffes, waterbucks, bushbucks, Uganda kobs, zebras, elands, impalas, oribi, topi, bushbucks, hippos, bush pigs, reedbucks, leopards, hyenas and over 350 bird species.
Park entrance fees are the fares that are charged by Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) to all visitors in order to access Lake Mburo national park and engage in different park activities like Game drives, Boat cruise, horseback riding, guided nature walks, night game drives, sport fishing, bird watching among others. Park entrance fees are independent of package activities like boat cruise, bird watching, nature walks among others and all visitors will be required to present valid identification documents to confirm resident status and Covid-19 vaccination card. A day’s entrance ticket to Lake Mburo national park is valid for twenty fur hours from time of entrance and extra time spent in the park after 24 hours will be charged as an extra day. Children are persons aged between 5-15 years and persons below the age of 5 years are exempt.
Park entrance fees to Lake Mburo national park 2023/2024
Adults
Foreign non residents are charged 40 USD per person, 30 USD per person for foreign residents and 20,000 UGX per person for East African citizens.
Children
Foreign non residents are charged 20 USD per person, 10 USD per person for foreign residents and 5,000 UGX per person for East African citizens.
Ugandan pupils and students in groups are charged 3,000 UGX per person, 5,000 UGX per person for tertiary institutions or universities and 2,000 UGX per person for East African citizens.
Annual park entrance passes
Annual park entrance pass applies to all protected areas for foreign residents in Uganda and East African citizens only and vehicle entrance is paid separately. Foreign residents require a work permit valid for one year to qualify for an annual entrance pass.
Individuals
Foreign residents are charged 350 USD per person and 350,000 UGX per person for East African citizens.
Couple
Foreign resident couple is charged 600 USD and 500,000 UGX for East African citizens.
Family (maximum of 4 children)
Foreign resident family is charged 800 USD and 600,000 UGX for East African citizens.
Annual corporate pass of 10 pax
Foreign non residents are charged 1,500 USD and 2,500,000 UGX for East African citizens
A safari guide is charged 200,000 UGX per person annual entrance fee and a taxi driver is charged 150,000 UGX annual entrance fee while tour company drivers are not charged.
Vehicle or boat entry and landing fees
Vehicle and boat entry fees are charged per 24 hours except for concessionaire visitor vehicles who will pay once per trip in the park. Rescue vehicles to be charged the same rate as other vehicles according to the vehicle classification.
Foreign resident saloon car is charged 40 USD entry fee and 20,000 UGX for East African citizens.
Foreign resident minibuse, omni-bus is charged 50 USD entry fee and 30,000 UGX for East African citizens.
Foreign resident Pick-up is charged 50 USD entry fee and 30,000 UGX for East African citizens.
Foreign resident tour company vehicle and 4 wheel drive is charged 150 USD entry fee and 30,000 UGX for East African citizens.
Foreign resident over lander is charged 150 USD entry fee and 100,000 UGX for East African citizens.
Foreign resident Bus and lorry is charged 200 USD entry fee and 200,000 UGX for East African citizens.
Foreign resident construction equipment vehicle is charged 350 USD entry fee and 500,000 UGX for East African citizens.
East African school buses are charged 50,000 UGX and delivery vehicles are charges 20,000 UGX per entry.
Foreign resident boat up to 15 seater is charged 100 USD and 250,000 UGX for East African citizens.
Foreign resident launch of over 15 seater is charged 200 USD and 3500,000 UGX for East African citizens.
Aircraft landing fees (per landing)
Aircraft parking fee per day is 10,000 UGX, landing fees excludes entry fees payable by passengers and pilots en-route do not pay entry fees if they spend less than 2 hours in the park.
Foreign resident glinder or microlight is charged 10 USD per landing and 20,000 UGX for East African citizens.
Foreign resident aircraft of up to 3 seater is charged 20 USD per landing and 40,000 UGX for East African citizens
Foreign resident aircraft of 4 to 6 seater is charged 30 USD per landing and 60,000 UGX for East African citizens
Foreign resident aircraft of 7 to 14 seater is charged 40 USD per landing and 80,000 UGX for East African citizens
Foreign resident aircraft of 15 to 20 seater is charged 50 USD per landing and 100,000 UGX for East African citizens
Foreign resident aircraft of 21 seats and above is charged 60 USD per landing and 120,000 UGX for East African citizens
Foreign resident helicopter is charged 125 USD per landing and 250,000 UGX for East African citizens.
Launch cruise/canoes or motorboats in Lake Mburo national park
Foreign non residents are charged 30 USD per person, 25 USD per person for foreign residents and 30,000 UGX per person for East African citizens.
School groups are charged 450,000 UGX boat cruise per group and 15,000 UGX per person.
Boat cruise in Lake Mburo national park takes approximately 2 hours, minimum boat charge for foreign non residents and foreign residents for a minimum of 4 persons is 120 USD and 120,000 UGX for East African citizens.
Guided nature walk and bird watching
Birding in Lake Mburo national park
Foreign non residents are charged 30 USD per person, 25 USD per person for foreign residents and 20,000 UGX per person for East African citizens.
Day nature walk in Lake Mburo national park
Foreign non residents are charged 15 USD per person, 10 USD per person for foreign residents and 10,000 UGX per person for East African citizens.
Guided nature walks and bird watching rates exclude entrance fees and other activity fees.
Sport fishing permit in Lake Mburo national park
Foreign non residents and foreign residents are charged 15 USD per person for 1 day and 25 per person for 4 days.
Rates for sport fishing permit in Lake Mburo national park exclude park entrance fees.
Cycling in Lake Mburo national park
Foreign non residents are charged 30 USD per person, 25 USD per person for foreign residents and 30,000 UGX per person for East African citizens.
Self-game drives using a private vehicle
Day self-game drive
Foreign non residents are charged 10 USD per vehicle, 10 USD per person for foreign residents and 10,000 UGX for East African citizens.
Guided game drive using a private vehicle
Foreign non residents are charged 20 USD per vehicle, 15 USD for foreign residents and 20,000 UGX for East African citizens.
Night game drive
Foreign non residents are charged 30 USD per person, 20 USD per person for foreign residents and 50,000 UGX per person for East African citizens.
Only pre-registered vehicles will be allowed to undertake night game drives and use of UWA guide is mandatory for night game drive.
Game drive using UWA vehicle
Day game drive
Foreign non residents are charged 30 USD per person, 25 USD per person for foreign residents and 30,000 UGX per person for East African citizens.
Night game drive
Foreign non residents are charged 40 USD per person, 35 USD per person for foreign residents and 40,000 UGX per person for East African citizens.
General hire of UWA executive buses per day is 800,000 UGX, the price includes driver guide and excludes fuel.
