Gorilla Filming in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Gorilla filming is an experience that comes once in a lifetime! Have you ever thought about having an encounter with the giant apes conserved in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park?

This is every fun-looking and an adventurous travellers’ dream destination. An encounter with these gigantic landlords will turn you into a story teller. This is more than what you can imagine. Contact Jewel Safaris to get an itinerary and quotation shared to you.

filming a silverback in Bwindi National Park

For producers who wish to make documentaries about the mountain gorilla, wildlife or generally the beautifully sparkling Pearl of Africa, you are welcome to the land of the most friendly and hospitable people in the region and world over.

Everyone is welcome to the Pearl of Africa “Uganda” for an exhilarating safari. Count Uganda as a must-visit destination for any spectacular fun-filled and thrilling safaris.

Uganda Gorilla Safaris

The two national parks where gorilla tracking takes place are Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. These are therefore the only two places from where you can conduct the gorilla filming activity.

Unlike mountain gorillas trekking safari that gives you only one hour of close contact with the mountain gorillas, gorilla filming avails you the permission to hang around the giants of the Bwindi jungles for either an hour or four hours depending on whether you pay for gorilla tracking or gorilla habituation.

To cut off the stress characterized by overcrowding, those filming are exclusively allocated a particular gorilla family, capturing extraordinary moments in life as they get a chance to film the mountain gorillas.

With fewer than 900 mountain gorillas remaining on earth today, about half of them live in Uganda, making it one of the best destinations in the world to do mountain gorilla filming. Gorilla filming today is done to basically create awareness about the value of conserving these unique species of mountain gorillas in the world.

A visitor closely filming a mountain gorilla

Jewel Safaris can help you secure all the necessary documents for filming in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. For one to film in Bwindi National Park, you will need permission from Uganda Wildlife Authority. A Memorandum of Understanding must be signed between UWA and the filming company before a filming permit is issued.

Bitukura Gorilla Group in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

In this contract, all terms and conditions are laid out properly plus all filming fees as required by UWA. This process can be lengthy but that shouldn’t worry you because at Jewel Safaris, we shall arrange for you to secure the UWA filming contract within two-week’s time provided you contact us in due time to be your locational fixer while filming in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Just like any other filming project, filming in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park requires that all film crew are accredited and the filming equipment cleared through customs. Jewel Safaris ensures that each crew member has a media card and also our clearing agent helps you to create a bond for your equipment while in Uganda.

To book your gorilla filming safari, you are required to book eight (8) gorilla permits (maximum number of permits per gorilla family) and effect the payments for gorilla filming that costs $4200 for a team of 5 filmers. This cost excludes the gorilla trekking permit fees. Permits are obtainable at least four (4) to six (6) months before the intended gorilla filming date.

Gorilla trekking permits are sold at $700 per person for Foreign Non Residents (FNR), $600 for Foreign Residents (FR) and UGX 250,000 for East African Community citizens.

The other destinations that you can visit for this tremendous experience Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park and Virunga National Park in D.R. Congo.