Why Choose A Driver Guided Trip Over Self Drive In Uganda

Organized driver guided tours have long been the cliché for tourists especially first time visitors but that drastically changed during late 2000 with clients preferring to hire a car for self drive or with driver and booking accommodation and activities themselves to cut on the safari package rates. Company organized tour packages offer you chance to concentrate on other items on the list as the reservations team do all the bookings and as much as that sounds great, its also very expensive hence the best alternative is to just book a rental car and travel on your own itinerary.

Before you decide to hire a car online or in person, you must choose between driving your self or traveling with a professional hired driver. A self drive road trip may be flexible, cheap and more private, but there is no denying that you will get much safe and comfortable road trip when you decide to hire a driver in Uganda for your next safari, business or leisure adventure.

Stress free road trip – Driving yourself around a crowded city or long distance destination can be a stressful experience especially of it’s your first time in Uganda. The heavy traffic jam coupled with crowded streets and noise will make you hate driving yourself around the city while long distance trips to national parks and villages is another daunting experience that will drain you out. When you decide to hire a driver in Uganda , you will enjoy a convenient & stress free road trip as he got everything covered.

Route knowledge – Another advantage of hiring a driver over self drive trip is the fact that don’t have to worry about getting lost on a road trip as these drivers have adequate up-t-date information about the city streets and roads leading to national parks & other attractions. As much as GPS might be of use in showing map directions and routes, there is no denying that a local driver will always know the best possible route to use at a given point in time.

Mechanical knowledge – You wont have to worry about fixing a mechanical car issue when you travel with a hired Ugandan driver, he / she is responsible for taking care of all this during the road trip. Whether its a tire flat-out, faulty battery, engine failure or car runs out of fuel, all these car problems will be easily handled by a driver than by yourself.

Informative road trip – Yes you might have done some research about the places you are going to visit in Uganda and think you know it all , well the answer is NO. A hired driver can also act as a tour guide during the road trip giving up-to-date background information about the history and present of the destined location. Lean about the various cultures, wildlife and history from someone who not only studied about the place but has also been there several times.

Security – Traveling around a foreign country alone or as a group is a much safer with someone who knows the place, people and weather and there is no better person than a hire driver. Fraudsters and robbers are always rooming around when a tourist arrives in town but once they see you are with a local, they will have to back off hence making your personal driver a body guard of sorts.

We are not saying self drive trips are not safe & comfortable, we are merely underlining the advantages you get when you hire a Ugandan driver for your road trip. You can hire a driver online today by simply sending an email to info@rentcaruganda.com or call us now on +256-779232316 / +256-758540071 to speak with our reservations personnel.

Bryan Muhoozi