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Advise needed: independent travel Uganda
We are planning a trip to Uganda august 2004 or January 2005
Who has first hand experience with independent travel? Such as; is independent travel possible, car hire, camping, do's & don'ts Thanks Marc |
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Advise needed: independent travel Uganda
On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 08:13:49 +0100, Marc wrote:
We are planning a trip to Uganda august 2004 or January 2005 Who has first hand experience with independent travel? Such as; is independent travel possible, car hire, camping, do's & don'ts I did it in the month of January a few years ago. I went to Fort Portal to see the monkeys in the forest and I heartily recommend that trip : walking in the forest to close in with groups of chimpanzees and other various types of monkeys was a fascinating experience. Apart from that I spent a couple of weeks in Arua to visit a friend, but there is nothing special to see there as a tourist apart from a nice little Ugandan town and plenty of NGOs. Bus links to anywhere are reliable and convenient, people are incredibly friendly and security is very good. Friendliness and security will especially astonish you if you happen to come from Nairobi. As you probably know since you want to go there, Uganda is a lovely country. I had nothing but good surprises. Cheap accommodation is generally available. In Kampala I slept at the YWCA on the floor of a classroom. This is as cheap as it gets if you want to crash downtown Kampala unless you mind clearing the place in the morning before the students come. In Fort Portal there was a very nice camping place on the road to the monkeys reserve, but camping is usually not an option unless you are far from a city. But that is not a major problem since simple accommodation is relatively cheap, in stark contrast to Rwanda and Burundi where I was horrified by the prices of even the scruffiest hotels. |
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