Gorilla Trekking Tipping Guide – What you should Give your Gorilla trekking Guide Team – Your contribution to Conservation of the Mountain Gorillas – Always Take a Porter – Tipping in Uganda is NOT mandatory but is out of courtesy.
Gorilla trekking tipping guide should help guide you on whom, how, what amount, and why tip them Questions & Answer .
Gorilla Trekking Tipping Guide for Local Porters.
Gorilla Trekking Porters do not earn any salary, and if you do choose to take a porter – we highly recommend, he or she will depend on your tip. The minimum cost of hiring a porter is US$20 in Uganda or US$10 in Rwanda per porter per trek.
Read our post ” Why Use a Porter for Gorilla trekking” – this will give you an insight into the value of using a porter.
Gorilla Trekking Tipping Guide for Ranger Guides, Trackers and Security Personnel.
Guides (1 per group), Trackers (2-3 per group) and Security personnel (2-4 per group) do earn salaries from the Uganda Wildlife Authority or. A recommended tip is US$40 per day per person. This may be given to the head guide in plain sight of the rest of the staff for distribution amongst the staff.
Gorilla Trekking tipping Guide for Driver Guides
Your Driver guide is paid an allowance by the company prior to the start of your gorilla Trekking Safari. However, like the culture is for the tourism Industry, we advise that you put together a little “thank you gift” for your driver guide especially if he has been a good one.
A tip of US$5 – 10 per traveler per day, for your driver guide depending on group size is appropriate. Usually your driver guide is tipped at the end of the trip while he drops you off to the airport or hotel. We recommend that you directly hand over the tip package to your driver guide in person.
Gorilla Trekking Tipping Guide for Lodge Staff
All lodge staff are paid a salary – yes. However, they are happier to receive a token of appreciation in return to the good service offered to you. We advise US$ 5 – 10 per traveler, this should be placed in a central tipping box usually positioned at the reception (marked “TIP BOX“). This will be shared amongst the staff – remember much as you are physically interfacing with the front service personnel, there is also a team tirelessly working behind the scenes; these include the chef, cleaners etc that you may never see but they too have contributed to your comfortable stay at the lodge.
Gorilla trekking Tips may be given in local currencies or US Dollars. Please note that if you are tipping in US Dollars, only notes issued in or after the year 2009 are accepted in East Africa – You will get a much better rate for $50 and $100 when exchanging. Most people will be pretty reluctant to accept $1, $5 and $10 or if they will you’ll get a really poor rate in exchange.
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