Archive for the ‘Car rental’ Category

Laura van Dijk od Road Trip Uganda writes: “Kindly let me take this opportunity to inform you about Road Trip Uganda: the most adventurous, fun and cheapest way to explore Uganda. We are the only company in Uganda, to our knowledge, offering car rental, self-drive, fully equipped with camp gear. We believe that exploring Uganda [...]

Camping equipment (p98) ‘Campinggaz’ (canisters + burner) is for sale in the Nakumatt supermarket in Kampala. We have not seen gas canisters for sale anywhere else. As an alternative, cheap kerosene stoves are sold in almost every city for a few dollars only. We’ve tried one out, and it worked well, but do take care [...]

My wife & I had a great three week tip to Uganda from October-November, much aided by your excellent Guide.  In an effort to help you maintain its standards, here are our comments on our trip. The most pressing message we have for travellers and tourists is that travellers’ cheques are of more hassle than [...]

I am running a tour company based in Kasese. A number of my clients have told me about your guide book and i have personally read it. However, there is a gap in the service industry which we need to fill, Rwefuma Safaris is based in Kasese Town but also offers services around the country, [...]

The discount of having my two daughters staying with me was very significant if I stayed at Paraa Lodge (205 USD/night for all three of us – including three meals/day), so that we did. We paid Paraa’s Kampala agent (Marasa Central Reservations) directly and we had Whitecrest to organise a car and a driver. I [...]

Brian & Celia Lea recently returned from a 16 day visit to Uganda (late July-early August 08) and forwarded me the following info: Page75 : June ‘08 Visas cost £25 each. We had to wait 3 days before it was ready to collect from the High Commission in London. We received polite and courteous service from [...]