Karibuni Safaris - uganda
Travel Tips to Uganda
-Planning your Uganda safari :
-What are your specific tastes and interests?
-Specific animal & plants interests
-Outdoor activities preferred
-Lodging Safari style
-Other personal interests
-When do you plan to travel?
-How many people do you expect in your group and what is the composition?
-What is your budget?
-Contact your Tour Operator by E-mail or phone.
-Car Rental Services:
Karibuni Safaris will cater for all your car hire needs. We also provide an experienced and qualified driver/guide.
Uganda Visa
Single entry visa costs USD 30
Multiple entry Visa costs USD 100.
Student visa costs $20
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
C. Uganda Travel Map
D. Rwanda Travel Map
E. Road distances
Emergency
Police: 999 (Toll Free) Fire Brigade: 112 (Toll Free) Umeme-Electrical: 185 (Toll Free) National
Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC): 197 (Toll Free) Surgical Doctor: (0414) 256003
Doctor: Case Medical Center Kampala (0312) 2621121
Dentist: SAS Dental Clinic (0414) 3447871
International Air Ambulance (IAA): (0312) 200508
Other Useful Numbers
MTN Help line: 123 (Toll free).
Celtel Help line: 1100 (Toll free).
UTL Help line: 222 (Toll free).
Directory Enquiries: 901 International Directory Enquiries: 0901
Entebbe Airport: (0312) 353100 (0414) 353000
Immigration Department: (041) 231031/3
Kampala Aero Club and Flight: (0414) 320002
Uganda Tourist Board (UTB): (0414) 342196/7
Posta Uganda: (0414) 255511/2/3
Photo Processing: (0414) 341 934 or: (0441) 230 556
Birth and Death Certificate Registry: 0772 647 307
Multichoice Television: 0312 245245
Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA)
Plot 7 Kira Road, Kamwokya, Kampala.
Tel: (0414) 355000. Fax: 041 346291.
Email: uwa@uwa.or.ug. Web site: www.uwa.or.ug
G. Currency Tips
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 restricted around military bases and facilities. In places of tourist attraction, visitors are permitted to take pictures. You may need to get permission to take photographs of the local people. The tour guides will help you to communicate with the locals. Tipping is necessary depending on how the service you have been rendered is satisfactory.
Diseases: We advise our Visitors to carry along with them anti-malaria drugs, insect repellant, and sun cream, light clothing, rain jackets, jungle-boots, binoculars and cameras 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
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.
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.
