Tips for a single traveler in Uganda
Kisoro Tours Uganda has crafted hundreds of tailor-made safari itineraries that can suit your travel style, below are some of our best advice and tips for a single traveler in Uganda
Is there a benefit for the single traveler
The good thing about traveling single in Uganda is that you will have the opportunity to enjoy and experience Uganda at your own pace and on your own terms when you are not competing with anyone.
Kisoro Tours Uganda makes it great for a single traveler to have the ability of different combinations of the diversity of experience activities for a single traveler in Uganda.
The top of the list of things to do for a single traveler in Uganda: Gorillas, chimpanzees, and golden monkey tracking are always on top for not only single travelers but most tourists and other visitors that visit Uganda for adventure, however, there is much more to offer including Rhino tracking in Ziwa rhino sanctuary, mountain hiking, volcano hiking, game viewing in different Uganda savannah national parks, boat cruise on different lakes in Uganda, have 90% chance to see shoebill stork in Mabamba swamp among many other activities to experience in Uganda.
What is the cost of a single traveler?
The cost of a private single to Uganda is still more affordable, however, it is much cheaper to travel in small private group tours because you share travel expenses like transport and accommodation apart from the unavoidable costs of gorilla, chimpanzee, golden monkey, and rhino permits and flights tickets.
Top 4 tips when traveling as a single traveler in Uganda
- Advance booking
To avoid disappointment, we recommend that book your tip in advance, booking in advance helps you to cut costs because booking early gives you the opportunity to have negotiating power of different rates for accommodation and transport, this means booking in advance helps to plan an affordable safari.
- Best time/season for a single traveler
Uganda has two main seasons for safari which are commonly known as high/peak season and low season, normally high season is in the months of June, July, August, September, October, December, January, and February while March, April, May and November is known as a low season because there are few people traveling in the low season its easier to get an affordable tour for a single traveler, high season is always expensive because it’s when everyone is traveling which even had to permits, accommodation, and other services.
- Design an Itinerary that suits your travel style.
Take part in designing your tailor-made safari itinerary to make sure that everything is included, have confidence in Kisoro Tours Uganda, we know exactly which lodges facilities or camps, and other service providers where to book a trip for the single traveler.
- Talk about Your Expectations with the local tour operator.
It is very important to let the local tour operator that is organizing your itinerary know your preferences and expectations so that they can tailor the best possible safari itinerary for you.
Other 3 useful tips for single travelers in Uganda
- Safety
When you book with Kisoro Tours Uganda, we take care of every single detail of your safari starting from your first email to us, someone is always at your disposal to answer all your questions, know your flights, all set activities on the itinerary, be assured that there will always someone to meet at the airport on your arrival among others things.
When you book with Kisoro Tours, you have 24/7 direct active contact just in case you need any help or have a question to make sure all is in order, when you are traveling alone in Uganda and Africa in general it is important to adopt the same general safety precautions to make sure that you are safe, however, Uganda is one of the safest countries in Africa so you don’t have worry.
- During safari activities
It was important to note that some activities are done in groups, for example, gorilla tracking, chimpanzee tracking, golden monkey tracking, and some boat cruise among others so this will be the time you will get an opportunity to meet other travelers from different parts of the world which is never a bad idea to catch up with other travelers.
- Traveling in peak/high season
As I mentioned earlier Uganda has two main safari season which is the high and low season when you travel in the low season chances are high that you will get a discount on different things like accommodation, transportations and also it is much easier to get the required permits like the gorilla, chimpanzee, golden monkeys permit among others while if you travel in the high season you get not discount on almost everything and in fact it is difficult to get accommodation, permits, transportation because so many people traveling.
Conclusion
Kisoro Tours Uganda, we Tailor-make an itinerary based on your travel style and interests is the best tip we can offer for single travelers looking for a more personalized experience in Uganda and Africa. Traveling alone means you get everything exclusive without competing with anyone or relying on others being interested in the same activities, booking customized Uganda safari for solo travelers grantees the best African safari experiences in Uganda.
