World Gorilla Marathon-Arch Structure 2026

Run the "World Gorilla Marathon" in Kampala, Uganda, the global premier event with an ultimate African gateway and experience for an extraordinary encounter with more than half of the world's only remaining mountain gorillas.

Let the bustling streets of the Capital City of Uganda carry your footprints as the hills rise boldly, streets alive with cheer, uniting eminent conservationists, athletes, and enthusiasts from across the world

Gorilla Marathon
Half Marathon
10K City Breeze Run
5K Family Fun Run

Experience the ultimate thrill as you journey to Southwestern Uganda, where the misty, dense and ancient jungles of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park invite you to lock eyes with the world’s endangered and majestic species “the mountain gorillas”

By signing up for the WGM, you become an ambassador. Every ambassador becomes an advocate, and every advocate leaves behind more than footprints, “you leave behind a bold fusion of conservation and sports (running) legacy”.

“Every stride is a stand for conservation while every mile is a message of hope for our planet’s last remaining mountain gorillas”

When you run the World Gorilla Marathon, you are not merely participating but you directly empower dedicated conservation teams, equip wildlife rangers, strengthen conservation research, empower local communities, inspire global awareness and frontline guardians who risk everything to protect endangered gorillas from poaching, habitat loss, and disease. Your participation supports anti-trafficking patrols, ecological monitoring, and community-led forest protection that inspire the next generation of stewards. 

Global participation uplifts indigenous and forest-adjacent communities, integrating them into sustainable eco-tourism economies that value gorillas not as a distant spectacle, but as living symbols of shared prosperity and purpose.