Last updated: October 2026 · Method: compiled from public listings and traveller reports; treat figures as planning aids, not quotations.
The park rulebook is strict, and it turns the safari etiquette into enforceable law.
- The permit binding: zone and shift are fixed, with no switching at the gate.
- The plastic ban: whatever you carry in comes back out with you.
- The booking-ID match is enforced at the checkpost.
Enforcement is real: the checkpost staff log every vehicle in and out, and violations are charged against the guide and driver as well as visitors. Fines and permit suspensions follow. The safest rule is the simplest one: follow the guide without exception.
The rule set divides into what the permit governs and what the forest staff enforce on the ground, and the reports walk both. The permit layer fixes zone, vehicle, timing and the identity details that get checked at the gate, which is why the booking guide insists on correct IDs at purchase. The ground layer is the one visitors break by enthusiasm: standing up in the vehicle, leaning out, feeding any animal, playing sound, and pushing off the designated tracks are all prohibited, and the guides are accountable for their vehicle’s behaviour. Phone use is permitted, drones are not, and the camera fee ceiling in the fee structure marks where professional equipment becomes a declared category. The reported penalties rise from warnings to gate turnarounds, and the etiquette the etiquette page describes is simply the rules stated as manners.