Park entry fees to Queen Elizabeth national park
Park entry fees to Queen Elizabeth national park : Queen Elizabeth National Park is the most popular savannah park in Uganda and one of the best wildlife viewing sites in Uganda, the park is located in the western region of Uganda laying between Lake Gorge and Lake Albert. Queen Elizabeth national park is a home to the biggest variety of large mammals in Uganda including 4 of the big five and the best site for watching the tree climbing lions found in the Ishasha sector.
The park covers an area of 1,978 square kilometres with a great diversity of habitats including lakes that is Lake George, Edwards and Albert, forests and wetlands serving as home to variety of wildlife species. Queen Elizabeth national park is shared by Kasese, Bundibugyo and Bushenyi districts, the park lies about 5-6 hours’ drive from Kampala. Queen Elizabeth national park was founded in 1952 as Kazinga national park and later its name was changed to Queen Elizabeth national park to commemorate the visit of Queen Elizabeth the queen of England in 1954.
The Uganda Wildlife authority is the only body responsible for providing prices for park entry fees to all Uganda national parks and over years the Uganda wildlife authority revises park fees at least after every 2 years. To access Queen Elizabeth national park, one needs to be aware of the park fees required to be able to enter the park. Queen Elizabeth National Park Entrance Fees are the tariff that are set by the government of Uganda through the Uganda Wildlife Authority as fees paid by all visitors that want to enter and experience the beauty of the park.
These fees are used to promote the conservation works at the park. It’s from those contributions that the park raises for conservation and maintenance of wildlife. The park has stood at its park to fight against poaching through sensitizing the locals and training more rangers
What you need to know about Queen Elizabeth national park fees
Park entry fees are based on nationalities; foreign non-residents are visitors who do not live or stay in the visiting country, foreign residents are those who stay and work in a particular country which is not of their origin and East African residents are citizen who belong to the East African countries including Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Sudan and Burundi.
Both Park entrance fees and vehicle fees in Queen Elizabeth national park are valid for only 24 hours from time of entry.
Queen Elizabeth national park entrance fees are charged individually (per person)
Payments are allowed in two currencies only – the Uganda shillings (UGX) which is Uganda’s local currency and United States of America Dollars (USD). All foreigners and foreign residents pay in USD and if they want to pay in local currency they are subjected to the current Foreign Exchange rate which is set the Uganda Wildlife Authority. The East African residents are allowed to pay in Uganda shillings.
Due to the changing technology, the Uganda Wildlife Authority introduced the cashless payments methods where the visitors use their own credit card and mobile transactions to pay for park entry fees as cash payments at point of entry has been removed. If you are booked under Elephant Whispers Safari, we will be solely response for your park fees and will make payments on your behalf.
Children between the ages of 5 to 15 years pay different fees from the adults while those below 5 years are not charged any park fees. Foreign non-resident children pay US$20, foreign residents US$10 while East Africans pay 5,000 UGX per child.
There are other private activities at the park which are paid separately from the park entrance fees such as boat cruise along the Kazinga, Chimpanzee tracking in Kyambura gorge, research fees, community walks, nature walk visit, guided bird watching, and others. Thus, park entrance fees only guarantee your entry to the park
Park fees for Queen Elizabeth National Park
Foreigners non-residents – USD 40
Foreign Residents – USD 30
East Africans citizens – 20,000 UGX
Annual Queen Elizabeth National Park Entrance Fees
Foreign residents
Individual USD 350
A couple USD 500
A Family (maximum 4 children) USD 700
Corporate pass USD 1,500
East Africans and Ugandans
Individual 150,000 UGX
A couple 200,000 UGX
A Family (maximum 4 children) 300,000 UGX
Corporate pass 2,500,000 UGX
Safari guide 100,000 UGX
Vehicle entry fees for Queen Elizabeth national park
Foreign registration (USD) Uganda registered (UGX)
Motor-cycles USD 30 10,000 UGX
Saloon cars USD 40 20,000 UGX
Pick-up USD 50 30,000 UGX
Tour Company cars USD 150 30,000 UGX
Boat up to 15 seater USD 50 50,000 UGX
Aircrafts landing Fees
Gliders, Microlights 20,000 UGX
Up to 3 seater 40,000 UGX
4-6 seater 60,000 UGX
7-14 seater 80,000 UGX
15-20 seater 100,000 UGX
21 and above seater 120,000 UGX
Helicopters (per landing) 250,000 UGX
Parking fees per day 10,000 UGX
For other activities that require fees include after paying for park entry fees;
- Boat cruise – USD 30 per person and 30,000 UGX for East African citizens
- Chimpanzee tracking – USD 50 person and 50,000 UGX for East African citizens
- Birding – USD 30 per person
For more information about the park entrance fees for Uganda national parks, visit the Uganda Wildlife Authority tariff book that contains rates for all park fees – https://pay.ugandawildlife.org/UWA-Tariffs-2020-2022-O.pdf
