HOW TO TRAVEL BUDGET IN UGANDA

Toyota Rav4 with Ground Tent

How to travel Budget in Uganda: Uganda is one of the best countries in Africa when it comes to tourism. The country is unique with some of the attractions rarely seen elsewhere. Some activities like Gorilla tracking are costly, visitors have to find ways on how to keep other costs low in order to manage the trips to Uganda. Here below are some of the tips on how to travel Budget in Uganda.

Tips to travel budget in Uganda.

Some visitors to Uganda, decide to Hire cars  and travel on their own. This reduces on the costs of booking all-inclusive safari. Driving on your own comes with other advantages like privacy, flexibility, and many others.

Hiring a car with camping equipment. This can be with car and rooftop tent or car with Ground tent. This reduce on the costs of booking lodges in different destinations. With camping equipment, visitors need to book camping ground which is much cheaper than a lodge.

With camping equipment, some visitors decide to prepare food for themselves and reduce of the costs of buying food from the lodges.

Some visitors decide to hire 4×4 small SUV cars like Rav4 in order to reduce on the costs. Big 4×4 cars are more expensive than small SUV.

4x4 Rav4, Small SUV

Traveling in groups: This reduce on the amount for the safari or rental because all the costs are divided between the members. So, the more the number of people, the more the price goes lower.

Some visitors decide to travel in low season, some prices for safaris or car rental Uganda  goes down in low season. For instance, most lodges have low season rates.

Booking cross border trips or car rentals: these makes visitors to tour more than one country in one safari or trip.

Booking budget lodges: When it comes to lodges, they have 3 levels, Budget, Mid range or Luxury. In order to reduce on the costs, visitors decide to book Budget lodges or comfortable in order to get low rates.

Booking in advance: In most cases when a safari or car rental safari is booked earlier, the price tend to be lower than making last minute booking.

For group tours or Group rentals book 1 car that can accommodate all the people like safari van, which can carry up to 9 people. This reduces on the costs of hiring two cars.

Travel light: Traveling light is good as it saves from paying extra kg on the planes: Try to pack light clothes and things on the trip: