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Off the beaten track Uganda.Uganda’s most celebrated safari destinations — Bwindi’s gorilla trekking, Queen Elizabeth’s Kazinga Channel, Kibale’s chimpanzee trekking, and Murchison Falls’ Nile spectacle — attract the overwhelming majority of Uganda’s safari visitors and deserve their reputation. But Uganda’s national parks and protected areas extend well beyond this core circuit, and several extraordinary destinations receive a fraction of the […]

Are roads in Uganda good?The honest answer is: it depends almost entirely on which road you are driving and in which season. Uganda’s road network spans a considerable range — from modern expressways and well-maintained national highways that connect the country’s main cities on good tarmac, to secondary roads in variable condition, to murram tracks that are straightforward in the […]

What happens if a car breaks down?A breakdown on a Uganda self drive safari is a genuine possibility — not because well-maintained rental vehicles fail frequently, but because Uganda’s safari circuit covers significant distances on road surfaces that subject every vehicle to greater mechanical stress than urban driving, and because the most rewarding destinations are often the furthest from the […]

Can i drive a rental car in Rwanda?Yes — and Rwanda is one of the most self drive-friendly countries in East Africa, with a road network that is better maintained than most of its neighbours, a national park circuit that is genuinely accessible in a properly equipped rental vehicle, and a traffic management system that rewards careful, attentive driving rather […]

Visiting Kisoro on a self drive safari.Kisoro is one of Uganda’s most visually dramatic small towns — a compact frontier settlement at approximately 1,890 metres above sea level in Uganda’s far southwestern corner, set directly beneath the Virunga volcano chain whose three Uganda-side peaks, Muhabura, Gahinga, and Sabyinyo, rise steeply from the town’s southern edge in a wall of forested […]

Exploring Kabale by car.Kabale sits at approximately 1,869 metres above sea level in Uganda’s far southwest — a compact highland town surrounded by terraced hillsides so densely cultivated and so dramatically contoured that Kabale earned its “Switzerland of Africa” label from the first travellers who encountered it and found nothing else in equatorial East Africa that looked remotely like it. […]