Year after year Uganda has been recognized by tourists and major world travel magazines as one of the leading beautiful travel destinations in Africa. Named the Pearl of Africa by Sir Churchill Winston, Uganda is a land of real African beauty gifted with an abundance of superb tourist attractions that include charming cultures, iconic African wildlife species, spectacular landscapes, massive water bodies, all year-round, friendly climate, and security strength all of which contribute to making it an extremely interesting and thrilling places to visit.
Uganda is an ideal safari destination and the most suitable way to discover Uganda’s multiple attractive attractions & places by traveling privately in a 4×4 rental car. Are you preparing to self-drive in Uganda or like the services of a driver? FK Car Rental Uganda brings you 6 practical pieces of information to offer you on that wonderful road trip in Uganda.
1 – Hire A 4×4 Car – Always look for a powerful 4×4 car if you want to enjoy a stress-free road trip in Uganda. The major roads might be nicely made but the smaller roads guiding to the national parks and the park roads need a suitable 4×4 car to beat the dusty, muddy, and ditch-filled game park paths. Avoid getting stuck in a ditch and hire a 4×4 car in Uganda for your coming self-drive or driver-guided safari in Uganda.
2 – Book a 4×4 with a Roof tent – Forget a safari lodge & camp lodging prices and rent a 4×4 car with a roof tent. There are multiple camping sites in all the Uganda national parks owned by safari lodges, you can only book a space and finish the night on top of your 4×4 car in a relaxing rooftop tent. The camper cruiser is an excellent rooftop tent 4×4 station wagon excellent for solo travelers and couples traveling on a friendly car rental budget. Camping site rates for most safari lodges are US$ 10 per person while UWA and basic outside-park camp sites charge just US$ 5 per tent.
3 – Carry a Suitable Camera – Top of the African safari packing list is ever a good digital camera, a device that will capture all the sights during your self-drive or driver-guided road trips. Some of the leading safari cameras include Canon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, and Nikon all available in Uganda’s greatest shopping malls in case you don’t have one or forget to carry yours. Don’t forget to travel with backup batteries when on the road otherwise you will miss out on a once-in-a-lifetime photo.
4 – Pack Snacks and Deinking Water – Unless you are extremely good at cooking, we strongly advise you to carry some snacks and at least 5 liters of bottled drinking water. You won’t see a single shop that sells local food or drinking water when you get off the main roads into the national parks and remote places. Cereal flakes, chocolate bars, and crisps are all fine snacks to make you comfortable until the next meal and you can even try out the local snacks like the tasty Rolex (food) which can be gotten at the roadside stalls and restaurants.
5- Follow the road traffic driving rules – Another extremely important piece of advice you should deeply observe during a Ugandan road trip is strictly following the traffic laws when driving. The driving speed limitation on motorways in Uganda is 100 km/per hour and you are predicted not to exceed 50km per hour on city roads failure to do so, will bring you to road traffic fines or an accident. Apart from speed limits, you will have to follow other road traffic signs and laws in Uganda that include warning, hazardous, regulatory, road work, and prohibitory and direction signs all of which are extremely practical if you want a thriving road trip.
6 – Avoid packaged trips – Safari Itineraries made by tour operators may be ideal for tourists who don’t have time for research and have lots of money to spend on an Uganda safari, but if you want to save money then you should make your own travel itinerary. Packaged Uganda trips follow the same standards other tourists have done killing the spontaneity and adventure which is unlike a self-drive or driver-guided trip that provides you all the freedom to visit any destination of your selection at any time providing you that comfortability that will flavor up your road trip vacation.
So in case, you are preparing to self-drive in Uganda or hire a 4×4 car with a driver for a safari or a family holiday and wondering how to bring the better out of the road trip at a cost that fits your car rental budget and personal needs, then you should not forget the above-mentioned tips for an excellent and memorable road trip in Uganda. To rent a 4×4 car in Uganda for your next road trip, just get in contact with us today by sending an email to info@fkcarrentaluganda.com or call us now at Airtel;- (+256-707457134 ), MTN;- (+256-774784213), WhatsApp:- (+256-775694186) to speak or chat with our reservations team.