High entrance fees

Connected Sites: 18

Definition
Minimum fee per person for a tourist to enter the site and see its special features. This does not include the cost of travelling to get there. "High" is defined as 50USD or above.

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Connected Sites

  • Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.96
    60
    4
    800 US dollar (1 day gorilla permit, 2025)
  • Serengeti
    Serengeti
    Tanzania
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.41
    122
    5
    70.8 US dollar (daily charge, 2021)
  • Lalibela
    Lalibela
    Ethiopia
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.14
    76
    6
    100 USD for a combi-ticket for all churches, excluding a guide (Dec 2023)
  • Victoria Falls
    Victoria Falls
    Zambia, Zimbabwe
    Inscribed: 1989
    4.47
    136
    5
    50 USD (2023) (Zimbabwe side, Zambia side is cheaper at 20 USD)
  • Blenheim Palace
    Blenheim Palace
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.06
    231
    12
    As of 2025, it's 41 GBP (ca. 53 USD) for a ticket to palace and gardens (gives you 12 month access).
    See www.blenheimpalace.com
  • Galapagos Islands
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.60
    114
    9
    120 US dollar (100 US dollar conservation fee + 20 US dollar transit control ticket, 2017)
  • Ephesus
    Ephesus
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 2015
    4.10
    269
    6
    40 EUR as a minimum (also for children), plus 12 EUR more for the combi ticket that includes the Terrace Houses (2025)
  • Sagarmatha National Park
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.78
    49
    3
    The Sagarmartha Park costs around US$20 to enter and has been made trekking "permit free" BUT permits to climb Everest cost for a solo expedition US $ 25,000, a two - member team US $ 40,000. a three - member US $ 48,000; a four - member team US $ 56,000; a team of five climbers for US $ 60,000; a six member team will be charged US $ 66,000
  • Rock Islands
    Inscribed: 2012
    4.00
    32
    6
    50 USD (2017)
  • Rapa Nui
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.49
    111
    13
    80 USD for Rapa Nui NP (valid for 10 days)
  • Petra
    Petra
    Jordan
    Inscribed: 1985
    4.61
    289
    21
    Petra: 90 JOD (126 $) on a day trip 50 JOD (70 $) for day entrance if you stay one night in Jordan. 55 JOD (77 $) for two days 1 JOD for Jordanians nationals
  • Ngorongoro
    Ngorongoro
    Tanzania
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.36
    129
    4
    US$70.80 daily fee per person, plus cost of a vehicle (2024)
  • Komodo National Park
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.78
    88
    7
    There have been announcements that the access fee to the islands would rise to 252 USD (Aug 1, 2022), but it seems not to have been implemented. In 2025 it is IDR 700,000 (USD 43.17)
    See edition.cnn.com
  • Kilimanjaro National Park
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.91
    85
    7
    70 US dollar (daily charge, 2017)
  • Brazilian Atlantic Islands
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.21
    17
    4
    Park fee for Fernando de Noronha is R$ 358 (68 USD) (2022). This in addition to a daily tax for being on the island (TPA).
  • Aldabra Atoll
    Aldabra Atoll
    Seychelles
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.21
    7
    13
    100 EUR (landing tax, May 2007)
  • Mount Kenya
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.93
    44
    3
    52 USD
  • Kenya Lake System
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.18
    69
    3
    60 USD for Lake Nakuru (it's a so-called Premium Park), 50 USD for Lake Bogoria