Choose your park or protected area
Sources checked 20 October 2026. Each reference explains its own publication period, categories and conditions. The adult references below do not apply to every visitor and are not complete journey prices.
| Park or protected area | Adult entry or principal permit |
|---|---|
| Volcanoes National Park | USD 1,500 · Foreigner — gorilla tracking permit · Per person, gorilla tracking permit · Live portal checked 20 October 2026 · Current application unconfirmed |
| Akagera National Park | USD 100 · International visitor · Per person, one day visit or one night inside the park · 2026 schedule |
| Nyungwe National Park | Regular Chimpanzee tracking — International visitor: USD 150 · Per person · 2025–2026 schedule. Separate admission when needed: USD 100 · International visitor · Per person, one day visit or one night base · 2025–2026 schedule |
| Gishwati-Mukura National Park | Current standalone entry amount unconfirmed; see access and source notes. |
Gishwati-Mukura National Park
Current Forest of Hope guidance requires Gishwati forest visits to be arranged with a guesthouse or campsite stay. A current numerical park tariff has not been verified.
- The available numerical guest-information PDF is dated May 2023 and is not treated as a verified 2026 tariff.
- No separate current chimpanzee or golden-monkey permit price has been established.
- These access conditions describe the Gishwati sector; they are not extrapolated to Mukura.
- Gishwati forest visits require a stay at the Forest of Hope Guest House or Camp Site; accommodation and park fee cannot be booked separately.
- No walk-in guests are accepted; visits must be arranged in advance.
- Guests must be at least 15; those under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
- Ask the operating organisation to confirm the complete stay and park-access amount for the intended dates.
- Guided park activities are included in the guesthouse arrangements described by Forest of Hope; some community visits may carry additional charges.
- Current Forest of Hope guidance requires accommodation payment by bank transfer; additional extras may be settled by Mobile Money or cash.
Explore Rwanda. Sources are linked in the source register below.
Choose the correct visitor category
Nationality, residence and age are distinct. Use the managing authority’s actual definitions and required evidence. A holiday visa or another country’s resident permit does not automatically establish eligibility for the local resident rate.
Student concessions and activity minimum ages are separate from child admission. Where no child amount or age rule is published, obtain confirmation; do not substitute zero or borrow a neighbouring park’s rule.
Separate entry from the rest
- Entry or conservation: match the visitor category and chargeable period.
- Vehicles and boats: check registration, capacity, route and unit.
- Overnight stays: confirm camping, concession, conservancy and accommodation charges separately.
- Activity permits: check minimum ages, booking conditions and whether ordinary entry or a guide is already included.
- Taxes and payment charges: use the source’s stated treatment; do not infer a tax percentage from the difference between two amounts.
What do safari park fees include? explains the lines in a quotation. Gorilla and chimpanzee permit costs explains the activity distinction.
Count the applicable charging units
A calendar day, a daytime ticket, a rolling 24-hour period and a cumulative overnight tariff are different units. Use the exact authority rule; do not multiply a base amount where the manager instead publishes a two-night or three-night total.
Staying inside or outside a park explains the questions to ask when comparing accommodation. Family park fees covers age bands and activity eligibility.
Connect the fees to your journey
Explore Rwanda and read what shapes a safari budget. Ask Nobu for dated, itemised authority and permit inclusions for the exact route and travellers.
Sources and publication periods
Last checked: 20 October 2026. Published references are not a live ticket quotation. Use the stated dates, visitor categories and charging units; confirm the final payable charges for your route.
- RDB Mountain Gorilla Tracking official permit portal. Undated live publication checked 20 October 2026. The current official portal excludes the listed promotional categories from June through October 2026.
- RDB Golden Monkeys official permit portal. Undated live publication checked 20 October 2026. Live official permit fees; no explicit effective date or expiry.
- RDB Bisoke official permit portal. Undated live publication checked 20 October 2026. Live official permit fees; no explicit effective date or expiry.
- RDB Karisimbi official permit portal. Undated live publication checked 20 October 2026. Live official permit fees; no explicit effective date or expiry.
- RDB Dian Fossey Tomb official permit portal. Undated live publication checked 20 October 2026. Live official permit fees; no explicit effective date or expiry.
- RDB low-season gorilla discount requirements. Undated live permit portal checked 20 October 2026. November–May discount is conditional on combined Akagera/Nyungwe travel, payment evidence, paid activity and qualifying stay. One discounted gorilla permit per 3 days / 2 nights.
- Akagera Management Company pricing 2026. 2026 as titled; precise start and end dates not separately stated. Manager publication explicitly titled 2026. Entrance fees and vehicle charges appear on page 1; stay and age rules appear on page 2.
- Nyungwe Management Company tourism pricing 2025–2026. 2025–2026 as titled; currently linked manager schedule. Currently linked as Activities Prices 2025/2026 on the manager’s Book Now page. Entry and tracking fees appear on page 2, habituation on page 3, and visitor notes on pages 4–5.
- Nyungwe pricing scheme 2025–2026: consolidated manager schedule. 2025–2026 as titled; July 2025 upload path, no separate revision date. Full entry and activity pages visually checked. The citizen child row expressly covers Rwandan/EAC citizens; chimpanzee tracking and habituation both require age 15 or above. The February schedule remains linked on Book Now and is retained as source history.
- Nyungwe manager frequently asked questions. Undated FAQ currently linked by the manager; June 2024 upload path. Question 11 confirms minimum age 15 for chimpanzee tracking and habituation; question 13 explains overnight entry discounts.
- Forest of Hope: How to visit Gishwati-Mukura. Undated live publication checked 20 October 2026. Current access conditions from the operating conservation partner. The page publishes no numerical tariff.
- Forest of Hope guest information, May 2023. May 2023 document; historical amounts only. Older dated guest-information document. Its amounts have not been established as current 2026 fees.
