Uganda is the Pearl of Africa and Gifted by Nature! This makes a suitable destination for natural lovers due to many wonders which calls this country home. Though it’s among the land locked country, Uganda is among the best destinations in Africa. Due to many attractions which can be found here, it makes the country to be visited by many types of visitors and among those are Road trippers.
Rooftop tents simply means sleeping on top of the car, Road trippers find it enjoyable and convenient to hire cars with rooftop tents and explore Uganda’s destinations. There are many advantages for choosing to hire a car with rooftop tent in Uganda like cost effective, privacy, the adventure of sleeping on top of the car, and many others.
Some activities in Uganda are high when it comes to purchasing permits permitting to do the activities, for instance gorilla permits. Visitors on tight budget decide to cut costs of booking accommodation facilities in destinations and afford reserving themselves more activities like gorillas tracking.
Planning to do a road trip in Uganda with rooftop car
Consider the number of people in the group. Rooftop tents have sizes and capacity. In case you are more than 2 people, you may need a car with two rooftop tent or if more than 4, you many need to hire another car or some of the members might opt to get a ground tent.
Inform the consultant prior about your rental with rooftop tent to prepare accordingly for your rental. For instance, if it includes camping equipment like cooking utensils, they need to be organized prior depending on the number of people.
Choose appropriate car for your road trip in Uganda. For instance, for more than 2 people, some cars do not carry two rooftop tents. So, you have to choose a car which will accommodate all the traveling partners comfortably.
Road trippers can either choose to go with a driver or self-drive in Uganda. There are experienced driver guide who are experienced to drive and also know all tourism destinations in Uganda.
It is possible to do cross border trips with rental with rooftop tent car. Visitors’ car cross borders to Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania with the car. This requires to inform the consultant when booking to give you the necessary information and the paper work to cross the car.
Every type of visitors can do road trip safari with rooftop tents in Uganda. This may include honeymooners, adventurers, birders, couples, families, friends, group tours and many more.
Make sure you go on safari with knowledge to Mount the tent. To avoid inconveniences, in case you do know how to do it, ask the car hire company to train you how to mount the tent and check everything for convenience.
Always Park a car at a safe place, look for camping grounds on different accommodation and park a car there to sleep. Those places provide, where to cook from you, wash rooms and toilets and many more.
Some road trippers decide to hire a car with rooftop tents without cooking utensils, it is possible to sleep in a rooftop tent and buy food on different accommodation to eat.
General rules when driving in Uganda
-Maintain low speed in National parks, the animals have right of way.
-Avoid speed on the road, this reduces on the chances of accidents and fines on the road.
-Always Park the car at the safe place and lock
-Do not leave your valuables in the car
– Obey road rules and sighs, if the traffic officer stops you, he may want to look at your driving license and check whether the car is necessary to be on the road.
-Not all national parks, game drives can be conducted. Parks like Bwindi, Kibale, and others, activities are done on foot like Gorillas and chimpanzee tracking.
-Do not drink alcohol and drive, this is dangerous and not acceptable in Uganda.
-Make sure you have a valid driving license to do a road trip in Uganda. It can be international or local from your country.
-For road trip in Uganda with rooftop tent, 4×4 cars are recommended
-Have an itinerary for your trip, this will help you regulate day to day activities for your holiday.
