Uganda Roads – How good are Uganda Roads for a self Drive Safari?

Like most African states, Uganda’s national parks and other major tourist sites are located in the remotest areas away from the city center and your road trip takes you through the rural setting. For instance, a drive to Kidepo Valley National Park can take you nearly 12 hours to drive from Kampala and if you are heading to Bwindi National Park, you need about 9-10 hours. Uganda’s road network consists of about 21000 kilometers of national roads, 17000 kilometers of which are of district roads, 2800 kilometers urban while 30000 kilometers are community roads. Due to this, road transportation is a major means but have about 80 percent road traffic and 25 percent road network.

Unlike the urban centers, the major tourist routes are tarmacked and of good standard in East Africa. However, away from the main tarmac most of the routes that connect up to the parks are remote and largely murram. The challenge with murram routes is that they keep on getting degraded especially when it rains. The traffic capacity in Uganda is generally intense and motor bikes in most cases become the best alternative in the city center but it is risky. As you drive, expect to meet bumps that have been set up to check on speed and along the way, there are either sign posts or even none. The main routes to the major tourist attractions feature speed bumps that come in different heights. Countrywide, the route are largely murram routes in distinct degrees of condition from good to plain awful and this will also depend on the season wet or dry as well as the traffic. The most significant route though remote the Ishasha route in the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park takes visitors about 4-5 hours.

If you are planning to spend your vacation in any of Uganda’s parks, you will need a 4wheel drive safari car to navigate through the remote routes. We have wide range of 4wheel drive cars that you can choose for your road trip in Uganda and can help you navigate through the remote routes to protected areas where most of the safaris are conducted. They include Land cruisers including the extended Land cruisers, Toyota Land cruiser, Rav4 and many more. They are pocket friendly, reliable, comfortable and compact. While driving, you should be keen otherwise there could be some stuck trucks along the way.