A. Safari Planning:
1. What are your specific tastes and interests?
• Specific animal & plants interests
• Outdoor activities preferred
• Lodging Safari style
• Other personal interests
2. When do you plan on traveling?
3. How many people do you expect in your group and what is the composition?
4. What is your budget?
5. Contact your Tour Operator by e-mail or phone
B. Car Rental Services:
It advisable that you hire a 4WD vehicle with a driver for your safari from a registered and licensed car hire specialists. Do not rent a Taxi “matatu” vehicle because if it breaks down on the way, all your travel plans are hampered because they do not provide a rescue vehicle.
C. Uganda Visa
A valid passport is mandatory for any visitor to Uganda.
Student visa costs US$20
A single entry visa will cost US$50
Multiple entry 6 months US$200
Transit visa US$50
Visa requirements are subject to change.
It is therefore advisable to take advice from the relevant embassies before traveling.
Entry permit.
A Single journey entry permit to Uganda is given and on arrival, visitor pass is issued for purposes of having a holiday, traveling, or doing business in Uganda . Multiple entry visas can be granted for business purposes.
Uganda Visa and Entry permits are issued at Entebbe International Airport or at any border entry point.
F. Useful Telephone Numbers and Contacts
Currency Tips
Uganda operates a liberal banking and Foreign exchange policy.
The Uganda shilling is the currency used and it is available in denominations of 50,000/=, 20,000/=, 10,000/=, 5,000/=, 1,000/= for notes and 500/=, 200/=, 100/= and 50/= for coins, each with spectacular features. Foreign currency transactions should only be carried out in commercial banks and licensed Forex bureaus. Avoid exchanging your money from the street vendors as you can easily be cheated with fake cash.
Foreign currencies used include: US dollar, Pound and Euros.
Credit Cards are not widely used but can be accepted by major Hotels.
Barclays Bank and Standard Chartered Bank offer advances against Visa Cards through ATM Network.
H. Photography is not allowed at military installations. In places of tourist attraction, visitors are permitted to take pictures. Ask permission to take photographs of the local people. The tour guides will help tourists to communicate with the locals. Tipping is necessary depending on how the service you have been rendered is satisfactory.
I. Diseases: Visitors are advised to carry along with them anti-malaria drugs, insect repellant, sunshine lotion, light clothing, rain jackets, jungle-boots, binoculars while conducting your Safari.
Caution: Although Uganda has registered low prevalence rates in the past years; AIDS threat is still rampant in the county, so you should take a lot of care as you travel around. Watch out for prostitutes especially in entertainment places, bars and along the routes leading to busy hotels in town and streets. They aim at valuables like: Laptops, watches, phones, cameras, money wallets, etc
J. Necessary commodities are available in supermarkets, shops and local markets countrywide. Roadside markets offer a variety of fruits like bananas, mangoes, oranges, avocado, pawpaw, apples, carrots etc. Make sure that you wash the fruits thoroughly before eating; however, you can enjoy roasted chicken, goat meat and banana (gonja) on the spot.
K. Security and safety: Take care of your valuables like watches, necklaces, cameras, money and Laptops. Incase of any problem, the police should be called immediately to help by dialing 999 from land lines and 112 from cellular phones.
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