In Uganda tourist have freedom to choose on many ways when it comes to renting a car. Some clients prefer self-driving or driving themselves, others prefer renting a car with a driver or chauffeur. It depends on the Visitors preference.
The country has diverse attractions, ranging from wildlife and different cultures. The attractions can be explored in many ways. Here below are some of the advantages of renting a car with driver.
Advantages of renting a car with driver
Driver guides give useful information about the attractions, for instance in the national parks, a driver guide will explain behaviors of different animals and other attractions.
Driver guides are knowledgeable about the roads to different destinations in the country, no need to have a navigation system when you have a driver guide on your trp.
When a car gets a problem, driver guides will know what to do and when the problem is not so big, the driver can fix the situation
For camping safaris i.e renting a car with rooftop tent or Ground tents, the driver can help where necessary, the guides know where to find good fresh foods, good camping grounds and many more.
Driver guides gives information about the country, culture, number of people, behaviors of the people among others, and he will advise on how to behave in a certain destination
Car rental with driver will give the visitors enough time to relax, no sitting behind the steering, the guests will get to see many attractions and get good shots of pictures.
The price charged for the driver, caters for his facilities and the company makes sure the driver gets where to sleep, eats food. Getting where the driver will sleep and what he will eat is not visitors’ responsibility.
For cross border rentals or trips, the driver will be responsible to make the cars cross, he will present the paper work and he will be the one to work on the immigration process for the car to cross.
The kind of cars which can be hired with a driver.
Most cars can be hired with a driver, it does not matter the kind of car, whether small SUV or Big cars. For instance, Toyota Rav4 4×4, 4×4 Land cruiser Prado TZ/TX. 4×4 Land cruiser V8, 4×4 Land cruiser GX, 4×4 Land cruiser LX, 4×4 Toyota Land cruiser TXL, 4×4 Toyota Omni Bus, 4×4 Toyota Super custome, and many more.
All the above-mentioned rentals car options in Uganda are open to either be hired on self-drive or with a driver, but there are those cars which are rarely given out for self-drive, mostly they come with a driver. For instance, 4×4 safari land cruiser extended, Toyota Coaster bus for group tours and others.
Places to travel to with a driver.
All Tourism places and destinations can be visited with a driver. The drivers are knowledgeable about Uganda, and the East African countries, they can even suggest attractions and give information about them
Places like Bwindi, Mgahinga, Queen Elizabeth, Murchison falls, Lake Mburo, Mount Rwenzori, Mount Elgon, Kibale, Kidepo, Semliki National parks and many others can be visited with drivers. Other places include, Mabira forest, Jinja around the Nile, Ziwa Rhino sanctuary, Mabamba swamp, Budongo Forest, Kampala city tour, and many more.
Activities which can be done in those mentioned destinations includes, Gorilla Tracking, Chimpanzee Tracking, Game drives, Birding, boat cruises, Ziplining, White water Rafting, Bungee jumping, Nature walks, Sundowners, Cultural encounters and many other.
Most of the activities mentioned above need to be booked in advance, but there are other which can be done without prior bookings, such activities like Cultural Encounters, the drivber is of great importance to organize and see what will be best for the visitor.
Driver guides may know the local language of the area, therefore organizing cultural encounters will be easy. Even though there are care takers and guides in some areas, but the driver guide will also do a great job
