Best 7-day self drive safari in Uganda.Seven days is the sweet spot for a first Uganda self drive safari — long enough to include gorilla trekking, savannah game drives, and the distinctive highland landscapes of the southwest, but compact enough to work within a two-week international travel window without requiring back-to-back ten-hour driving days. The best 7-day Uganda self drive […]

Benefits of cross boarder safaris.A cross border safari combining Uganda and Rwanda is one of the most compelling propositions in African travel — a single road trip that crosses an international boundary and, in doing so, doubles the range of landscapes, wildlife experiences, cultural encounters, and national parks available within a two-week window of independent travel. The Uganda and Rwanda […]

How to book a self drive safari.Booking a self drive safari in Uganda is a more straightforward process than many first-time visitors expect — but it has a specific sequence of steps that, done in the right order, ensures every element of the trip is in place before you leave home. The critical insight is that the booking process is […]

Why tourists love self drive Uganda.Ask anyone who has completed a self drive safari in Uganda what they enjoyed most about it, and the answers follow a pattern that guided tour reviews rarely produce. It is not the gorillas alone, or the Nile, or the tree-climbing lions of Ishasha — though all of those feature prominently. It is the moment […]

Car hire for gorilla trekking Uganda.Gorilla trekking in Uganda is the most sought-after wildlife experience in Africa, and the vehicle you hire for it matters more than it does for almost any other destination on the continent. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park — home to roughly half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas and the destination for Uganda’s gorilla trekking permits […]

Self drive safari from Entebbe airport.Entebbe International Airport is the starting point for more Uganda self drive safaris than any other location in the country — the place where the road trip begins in the most literal sense, with a rental vehicle waiting in the car park and a circuit of extraordinary national parks, highland lakes, and Nile adventures stretching […]