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. […]

Self drive to Fort portal.Fort Portal is the best-positioned town in Uganda for a self drive safari — a pleasant, elevated highland town at approximately 1,500 metres above sea level in the shadow of the Rwenzori Mountains that serves as the gateway, supply point, and overnight hub for an extraordinary concentration of natural attractions within a two-hour radius. Within 30 […]

Best cars for long road trips.A Uganda or Rwanda self drive circuit is, among other things, a long road trip — a multi-day driving journey that accumulates significant distances across varying road surfaces, altitude changes, and traffic environments before the circuit is complete. The drive from Entebbe to Murchison Falls National Park covers approximately 300 kilometres and takes five to […]

Best family safari vehicles.A family safari in Uganda and Rwanda places specific demands on the rental vehicle that a couple or solo traveller’s circuit does not — demands that go beyond the standard 4×4 capability requirements and into the practical realities of travelling with children across multi-day driving circuits in East Africa. Seating capacity that accommodates parents and children without […]

Safari van vs SUV.The choice between a safari van and an SUV is one of the most consequential vehicle decisions on a Uganda safari, and it is one that many visitors approach with incomplete information — assuming the larger, more visually imposing safari van is automatically the superior option without understanding the specific trade-offs that Uganda’s routes and road conditions […]