The East African (Nairobi)  14 November 2006  East Africa:
Gorilla Fees Harmonised  Nairobi — UGANDA , RWANDA AND the
Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed to harmonise fees
charged for gorilla tracking permits in order not to lose
revenue to the migratory behaviour of the gorillas across the
two countries' borders.  The countries want to review and
standardise gorilla tracking permit fees to $500 for foreign non
residents and $475 for foreign residents as of July 1, 2007, to
back the plan to manage the migratory trans-boundary gorillas.
The three countries charge different fees, which makes it
difficult to share revenue when the primates crossed borders.
Currently Rwanda and Uganda charge non-residents $375 while
Congo charges $335. Rwanda offers a 10 per cent commission as an
incentive to tour operators to market their permits and Uganda
recently agreed to give the same percentage to its tour
operators.  "It was agreed that the migratory gorilla groups
such as Uganda's Nyakagezi group be visited by tou