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A Uganda - Rwanda self drive safari

Do you want to create your own tour in Uganda or Rwanda, Is it a particular tourist attraction you want to or special destination you would like to visit. Given the short distance between Uganda and Rwanda all the tailor made itinneries are made to enable you travel to both countries and have an incredible self drive safari in Uganda and rwanda Stretched across the equator, a rising out natural environment full of beauty and freshness, Uganda is a hugely rewarding place to travel given the country’s diverse geography that has resulted into a great range of natural habitats. A stunning variety of mammals, birds, forests, lakes and rivers, mountains and the human beings are being sheltered by motherland Uganda. On the other hand at the mention of Rwanda to anybody, they will remember memories of the awful genocide that brutalized not only the people but also the animals and everything in this country in 1994. Though there are some scars running deep in Rwanda, the country h

Getting good results with your car rental in Uganda

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Self drive in Uganda or preferably calling it self guided car hire in Uganda is one of the current trending ways of adventuring this pearl of Africa. There are actually many wayslike taking a full paid activity package with a guide driver and get directed to each and every activity. Renting a car in Uganda being a trending behaviour and mostly done by second-time or return visitors to the country is one that gives you the freedon to manouver the roads and guide yourself throughout the coutry. However is veryimportant on how to get the best out of your self guided car hire in Uganda . It all starts with the booking. Searching the internet . Take sometime to research on most of the car rental sites in Uganda. Keywords like car rental in uganda , self drive Uganda or car hire Uganda will get you some of the best result car rental sites to deal with. Always make sure you type and search the the words relevant to car rental with the country name inclusive.  Choosing the best car

The passion for primate and wildlife safari in Uganda on self drive.

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Undoubtably known as the pearl of Africa, Uganda is one of a kind safari destination for amzing wildlife encounters. Being one of the few countries still harbouring the endangered mountain gorillas and also the home for the greatest chimpanzee encounters, its undoubtably the best country to track these primates and combine it with wildlife safari. This gorilla and queen elizabeth will give you an exceptional experience in uganda whether on guided tour or on car rental in uganda arrangment. However tracking these primates requires you to book in advance. Gorilla tracking permits go for $600 in the high season and $350 as a discounted rate in the low season. This applies as well for the chimpanzee encounters in the kibale and this goes for $150.  Tracking the gorillas of the bwindi or mgahinga, is a once in a lifetime ultimate wildlife encounter. The permits can be arranged for you by tour agencies, or your car rental in Uganda agency. If you are planning on going for a se

Choosing the best car rental in Uganda

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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

Car rental agencies in Uganda

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Uganda is undoubtably one of the best destinations to travel and direct yourself on a self drive in Uganda or directly call it car rental in Uganda. But the big question lies in choosing the best car rental agency to travel with. Being a developing  and third-world country, in the past 6years there were a few car rental agencies and those that were on were more into safaris selling whole packages that include the car rental price in the package which wasn’t known. However of recent many companies have come up in the market offering different services, and products. There are a few companies that specialise in small vehicles like the suv’s while many offer a variety of vehicles from saloon suv’s cars to economy cars to 4x4 tough and utilitarian car rentals . The choice and budget actually determines which car you actually need. In most cases and companies, the bigger the cars the higher the price and the smaller the car the lower the price quote. The prices quoted for you a

The Gorilla Trecking Experience.

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Its been a while since simone and Gadi singer  travelled to Uganda on thier 18 days that we prefer to  call the Uganda experience adventure but the memories never even tend to fade a single bit. It just seems like yesterday. Counting seven months since they left Uganda but seems like i did drop them off at the Entebbe airport yesterday evening. Refreshing again, after the incredible lake bunyonyi  experience, visiting the traditional acient islands including the re-known punishment island, which any one who has been to this lake has probably visited, we have our lunch at the open restaurant before we pack our bags to head to the bwindi impenetrable national park for the gorilla tracking. Usually most visitors to Uganda top the Gorilla trecking experience as  top thing to do but most of them get more than what they expected. Uganda beats your expectations when it comes to adventure experience. Usually when you are as much flexible as possible. Here simone and Gadi did it

Uganda wildlife reserves

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The republic of Uganda is a land locked country which takes its name from the Buganda kingdom. This takes a potion of the south of the country including the capital Kampala. The country is boarded with Kenya in the east, democratic republic of Congo in the west, Sudan in the north Tanzania in the south with Rwanda on the south west. Uganda justifiably sales its self us the best eco destination in Africa. But there is much more to Ugandan eco tourism with 10 national parks and game reserves. Semuliki national park  In 1996 this game reserve was turned into a national park, south western Kampala it takes you only 6hrs drive to the flat crater bordered by the rift valley 1500 meters on the eastern side. Ssemulik is on 9000 sq miles and its Habitats include papyrus swamps, lakes, rivers, tropical rain forests and savannah. Semuliki  protects a number of animals like chimpanzees Columbus monkeys ,forest hog , leopard, Uganda cob, lion, elephant ,buffalo ,reedbuck, bush buck ,sit

Ugandan delicacies

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As you fly through the coasts of east Africa entering the virgin land Uganda full of the beauty that u can even smell from the shores of Lake Victoria that welcomes you in Entebbe airport. The roads to the peal of Africa takes you from the islands of lake Victoria in the central to the south west known to the home of the eco image of Ugandan gorillas to the snow capped mountains of Ruwenzori and the virunga ranges deep down in the south. Through the flat crater lands of semuliki national park in the eastern tropical rain forests and savannah and fertile farm lands to the extremes of its borders on the edge of the great rift valley. It’s these waters and the fertility of the lands that create the Uganda delicacies. In Uganda they don’t complain about the food because everything that this mother land produces is a delicacy. The visitors are sure with what they will sample –whether it is the counties traditional dishes or the western style. Ugandan waters are a home of the N

Mountain Gorillas of Uganda

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Uganda is delighted to be the home of mans closest relative whom we share 95% of their genes- the gorilla. Uganda has over half of the worlds surviving mountain gorillas that are 700 and above both male and female. In Bwindi impenetrable national park which has almost half of them and the rest in Mugahinga national park in the Virunga ranges that are still shared between Uganda, Rwanda and Congo, making Uganda the largest with the only surviving apes not only in Africa but in the world. Gorillas are large apes that are native to Africa mostly Uganda. The gorilla is massive, with a short, thick trunk and broad chest and shoulders. Its eyes and ears are dwarfed by its large head and hairless, shiny black muzzle. The arms are longer than the stubby legs. The fully adult male mountain gorilla is twice as large as the female. They are typically divided into two groups. The mountain gorilla lives in the mountainous regions of bwindi and mgahinga national parks, while the l