Drive and Camp Uganda
Tips on Self Drive camping trips in Uganda.
Here we have your Details of everything that you ever wanted to know about camping in Uganda
Reserve a camping ground if you choose a ground camping
This is a very important fact in the travel life style, it is always advisable to find out the criteria of specific camping grounds of different touristic destinations.
For self-driving visitors in Uganda always take note of this to avoid disappointments, you should find out in time if the camping grounds has a limit to a number of campers to accommodate, dose the camping ground has showers or just bare bushes, if you love to store you supplies like food it’s advisable to find out if some camping places can have it in account. Something special about camping ground is to know if camp fires are allowed prior.
Choose a nice place to fix your tent (ground camping)
Mind you this is once in a life experience and it is not a setting that you are not used of, you are recommended to gazette flat place to fix your tent in a matching position centering all the needy items.
Under this you may walk around with convenience to find the best spot as you take care of holes that make the entire activity uncomfortable, like when it rains that these holes may reserve water that at a point may make the wet , some people may fell comfort to be closer to either places of convenience or fire places, some may also decide to take the furthest places for silence.
In that case mind the pining of the tent as you don’t need to entangle in the ropes straightening your tent, the distance between you tent and the camp fire is very important to take in mind whereby if you decide to camp very close to the camp fire the fire flames may run so fast due to wind remember you are in the open space, this may ignite you tent hence chaos on your trip.
Focus on the steps of setting up a ground tent.
If you wish to self-drive and camp in Uganda you should take these notice of setting a ground tent in the wilderness or any gazette camping place of your choice.
The tent has sections, the tent bag, the body of the tent, Stakes (like nails to clip and fix the tent in the ground), Footprint or the Ground tarp ( this is laid down first like a converse, The tent poles and then the Rain fly that covers the entire tent after setting it.
However they may be different tents but all in common is that they have the same basic steps;
1: The first step in setting up a ground is by laying the ground or the footprint on a leveled base to have the tent fit well.
2: secondly, lay the body of your tent on the ground tarp to make the work started proportionally depending on where you would want to position the door and where to place the head, also match pining points to the stakes on different angles.
3: Find the tent poles and assemble them one by ones, find their match criss crossed adjacent to the tent to raise via the holding holes. Always attach your poles to your tent via the tent holes.
4: Fix your tent into the grommet underneath the tent, some tents may have additional poles that may extend and raise your tent especially the doors.
5: Put the rain fly on top of your tent: tents always have corresponding tags on either side so match the rain fly to your tent to have it fixed.
6: Stake the tent: this helps your tent to tick firm on the ground if the there comes a big storm or too much wind especially if you choose to go camping on the shores of lakes and rivers deltas the tent will not be blown away other factors constant, fix the stakes through both the rain fly and the foot print at a perfect angle 45o down to the base of the tent, do this to all the four point sides of your tent. Straighten the rain fly by fixing the two point of the rain fly.
7: Tighten the rain fly: do it all points of the stakes by clip fixing the locks to have your tent ready to sleep in and at this point it is time to enjoy you tent freely .
However; make inquiries now for you are free to navigate through our car fleet to find the best choice of your car and it will be reserved immediately.
all our cars available for your drive are 4×4 and the can manage very well all kinds of terrains in you whatever destination you choose to visit, a Toyota Rav4 is available for a small group of campers especially couples or to four peoples sharing the tents, in other wards other cars check our fleet for a car of your choice today and write memories on your Africa safari camping trip.
Book a car with rooftop tent and drive Uganda.
This is a very important task for most both first and experienced self-drive travellers in Uganda, once you book a car choose your destination upcountry, it is indeed advisable not to leave out a roof top tent with you especially for prudent travellers willing to take on new road trip challenges in the tropics, Uganda in particular.
Roof top camping is the best opportunity deal for most budget travelers in Uganda; just make a perfect travel plan and hit the road to drive the peal of Africa today.
We have numerous camping grounds in Uganda in most parts that visitors with rooftop tents can have their cars parked to set the tents.
When you move around independently there are a lot of chances to make things your own way with no third party, this is the climax of self-drive trips in Uganda because you write your own history and you drive your own adventure with peace of mind, you decide where to sleep, what menu to follow, the time you want to have your meals and also you have liberty to choose where to go hence the pretty travel memories.
Apart from the seasonal rains that can interrupt the trip, lodges have well gazetted sites that you can have your rooftop car parked and start setting the tent.
Travelers are always advised to keep in mind the camping fees that Uganda Wildlife Authority charges in all camping grounds in Uganda Savanna national parks at around 50 Usd per person, well established lodges too have camping spaces for self-driving campers in Uganda, the charge ranges between 5- 10 Usd for Eco lodges inside the game parks; however there are private accommodation places outside national park that also have camping places at a small charge normally at 5USD.
Double roof tents
We have an option of having our visitors going for road trips in a convoy with double rooftop tents on cars amidst upcountry destinations, this implies to either families want to travel independently for they can choose hire two tents per vehicle having it in mind that our tents accommodate 2 people per tent standard; however if you choose to have a double tented roof, you can have 4 people per car for those traveling in a group or a family.
Families with children under age or the youth can have double roof tented cars perfect for their experience, the father drives and the mother takes care of the young ones, they cook together away from home, just having fun time away from noisy busy cities makes such a memorable camp holiday to the families a mesmerizing one, these memories always stick to people’ minds and they help rejuvenating family members in case of any misunderstandings around.
The First Aid Kit
This is also defined as a collection of medical supplies and requirements certified for immediate medical attention in case of any accidents or injured people, this is very vital to travelers especially those doing individual camping experiences like self-driving trips or road trips of any kind of selected destinations in Uganda.
These are some of the includes in our kit; a small pair of scissors, band aids, bandages, safety pins, a thermometer, tweezers, cough medicine, sterile eye dressing, alcohol, gloves, ibuprofen or any pain killer, all in all don’t forget the ant- malarial peels because Uganda is a lies in the tropics with temperatures favoring anopheles mosquitoes that spread malaria.
Master the art of map reading / Google maps.
A big number of travellers around the globe have traversed from the tradition style of touring the universe to a modern way, before people where a lot used to booking trips via intermediary local tour operators for guided trips but nowadays due to modern technology, travelers and most foreign tours have changed the mode to independent arrangements.
This is very possible due to the fact that there are very many informative tourism maps for different destinations that help visitors master their own routes especially those who self-drive and camp in Africa, these maps are either digital installed on gadgets for example the GPS (Global Positioning System) or normal framed maps that portably fold.
The current Google maps that are now introduced on Android systems make the experience even spicy because all smart phones now have applications installed for easy navigation; this has made private traveling very possible especially for those choosing to self-drive and camp in the wilderness or destination of your choice in Uganda.
Curry a garbage collector.
To all campers, it’s a mandate to curry your own garbage collector because it’s a conservation rule to leave all destinations even cleaner that the way you found them, collect all the practice bottles and bags that don’t decompose to protect mother nature and conserve for future generation
Favorable books like Bradt Guide for reference.
The travel world today is moving very fast, and due to that most people have always stuck to the reading culture and this helps individuals refresh their minds; an more so finding tourism books for extra tour travel knowledge is hitting 2 birds with one stone.
Follow books like Bradt Guide that will give you a detailed guide about all tourism destinations of the country, The African Mammals books is also a good book that gives the behavior guide to all mammals in Africa, try to equip yourself with tourism books that will keep you updated on your independent travel holiday.
Set up your tent in your free time with sounds of nature speaking to you, it is time to chill as you read about nature, animals and birds in the wilderness.
Have a music play list
Always prepare to be amazed on you road trip, most tourism destinations in Uganda are located far away from in remote from the city and the drive may tend to be boring if you don’t have any mechanism that boosts your drive, music is the heart of your soul and therefore if you take time to have a selection to be played along it will keep you awake with mood to drive even further.
Request for a full list camping gear
If you choose to drive your own route in Uganda and camping is your priority (rooftop tent) it comes with all the setting portable to be curried with you on you route; here are some of the famous items that esteem travelers have to consider on self-driving trips in Uganda today.
Folding foam mattresses
Table and chairs
Cutlery set with forks, knives, spoons; can opener, cork screw
Coffee percolator
Headlights and solar table lamp.
Cutting board
Showering tools
Don’t miss out waking up in the vicinity with wild whispers, mother nature speaks louder in silence, feel the early morning raisers sharing your path amidst. It is either on the roof top tent or a normal ground tent that you will have the experience in life