Getting a self drive car rental in uganda




Self driving in Uganda or preferably self drive car hire is a crusial decision to make if you decide to travel to Uganda.Given the fact that uganda is a developing country meaning moving around for directions may be hard. Self drive requires you to hire a car from a local car rental agency in Uganda and drive yourself in uganda. This is a more common practice done by return visitors to Uganda who feel thy can do it better, however first time client's are also much more interested in self drive as well.
Self drive destinations in Uganda are mainly the top tourist attraction scartered around the country. From tracking mountain gorillas in the southern part of Uganda to wildlife safaris in over 10 national game reserves east-west-north and south.
Self drive car hire requires you to have wide knowledge about Uganda by taking off months and reading each and every spot about Uganda before you decide to travel on a self drive car hire. There are a few things you actually need to know and affirm you can handle for the incredible experience.
The roads, Many of the roads in Uganda at the current situation are in perfect conditions. Most of the main roads heading upcountry are well paved and easily accesed. However the roads that branch off to main attractions are gravy and a little bumpy but absolutely passable. However others are being constructed to meet the requirements of road safety. Driving on the tarmac roads is 80km/hr as maximum speed and 50km/hr as minimum speed in towns and centers. A lot of traffic policemen are stationed on these roads with speed guns pointing at every car that comes their sight. So if you maintain averagely 50km/hr on your self drive car hire, you got a the first step to your self drive in Uganda a success. These traffic policemen/woman are sometimes annoying. You relay need to handle them so you go past them.
Driving in kampala. Kampala is the capital city of Uganda and being a capital city of developing country, you will always expect a night mare of traffic in the rush hours. Drivers in kampala are used to the bump-to-bump drive, only the clever survive. The normal basics of driving cars that you learn in driving schools don't apply here in Uganda kampala drive. You need to apply friendly gesture to have way ahead.  Kampala being a small city with many cars, infrastructure is over used calling for potholes in the city. You will bump into a pothole unnoticed. Traffic lights at some points do not work and drivers will not follow them unless there are traffic policemen. It rely gets messy in the evenings where everyone is rushing home. You relay need patience in you if you decide on a self drive car hire in Uganda
Self drive cars and the rental agencies. Different car rental agencies in Uganda offer different  cars for self drive. Some other companies restrict on the kind of vehicle they give for a self drive in Uganda. The most common vehicle most companies will offer you for the self drive car hire in Uganda is the suv Rav4 a full time 4wheel that is perfect for a max of 4 persons with enough luggage space. The prado land cruisers are also a common offer for self drive car rental in Uganda but a little expensive than the Suv Rav4s. Other vehicles are also available for hire and given out for self drive but are more sophisticated vehicles that are always given out with drivers. With these cars like the safari land cruisers, its more than just start-engage gear-accelerate and direct. Its more than just you behind the wheels reason most car rental agencies in Uganda will provide these cars with drivers and in any cases with breakdown, the drivers always have an immediate solutions.
Insurance. Insurance in Uganda is not mandatory, but insurance in car rental is a must. Many of the car rental agencies in Uganda comprehensively insure their vehicles inclusive of third party. Always make sure you ask about the insurance policy or read the policies on the websites under the terms and conditions page. However the car rental comprehensive insurance does not cover the medical, injuries inflicted on the parties or on you fall under medical insurance from your own company. Please make sure you have medical insurance just before you make up your mind on traveling to Uganda on a self drive car hire in Uganda.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Choosing the best car rental in Uganda

Image
On a greater condition if the car rental is a 4x4. Usually many travellers find it difficult to find and choose the best car rental in Uganda on a reason they forget Uganda is still a developing country and many of the roads are still under construction, some are still gravy and dirt roads. They all assume its just like back at home where everything is perfect and ok for example a self drive. Uganda being undougtably one of the best destinations for a Uganda self drive or renting a car in Uganda with many companies at disposal to choose from, travellers on a self drive in Uganda of a self drive 4x4car hire in Uganda rilly need to understand a few tips on how to get choosing the best car rental in Uganda and forget the luxury home country. Its completly different here. One of them is to understand what we call the NEW cars. The second hand cars we purchase from Japan is what is called new here in Uganda. However these cars are in perfect working conditions and generally m
Read more

TRACKING MOUNTAIN GORILLAS OF MGAHINGA NATIONAL PARK WITH AUTO RENTAL UGANDA

Image
Mgahinga gorilla national park is the smallest park in the country. It is about 38 sq km. Though it is very important as it is one of the two parks in Uganda that are habitat for the endangered mountain gorillas. Mgahinga gorilla national park is situated in south western Uganda, in Kisoro district. This park was gazetted in 1999 and is part of the virunga conservation area. The park adjoins Rwanda’s volcano, and the democratic republic of Congo’s virunga national parks. Mgahinga gorilla national park experiences two wet seasons in the year that is apirl to May, and november to December. Several activities are enjoyed during one’s stay in this national park with your car rental or self drive agency , Auto rental Uganda and those are, Gorilla tracking, this genuine and an ultimate wildlife encounter is the most common and spectacular in th i s park, it is easier here for the slow treckers and its more of bamboo trees than the Bwindi rainforest.. its more lighter
Read more

Best Tips for Better Photos on Safari

Image
A lot of people including me save not only money but also the best we have got TIME for a safari all around the world and this comes with us preparing on how we will keep the memories and tell stories to our friends and family better yet great and grad children in future. In hope of getting better shots of the wildlife and nature care full planning on how to archive this is of vulnerability. Here are the 5 tips for getting the most out of this once in a lifetime experience on a safari Auto rental uganda shooting from  the Ashnil samburu lodge in Kenya Photograph by Guma Alex T Choose the best equipment’s/ cameras Cameras may be a little bit expensive together with all the coasts you will incur on the safari, however if you choose wisely and spend once on a gadget that will give you the best for a long time it can be less cheap in the long run. You will need a camera that will give you the best shot in the longest space possible; here you will need most probably a zoom
Read more