{"id":243,"date":"2021-01-12T20:05:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T20:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallivantafrica.net\/?p=243"},"modified":"2023-08-14T20:07:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T20:07:56","slug":"all-about-car-hire-in-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallivantafrica.net\/car-travel\/all-about-car-hire-in-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Hire in Uganda: Important Things to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"
Adventuring through Africa on your own is one of the most amazing experiences for visitors to the black continent. Though there is a wide range of car hire services available through out Africa, it is important to know some of the most important aspects that will help you travel worry free using car hire services. Here are the important things to do and what not to do when hiring a car.\u00a0 This is an unfortunate story of a car rental made in haste.<\/p>\n
Book A Car Online<\/strong><\/p>\n This is my experience in hiring a rent a car and this is what not to do.\u00a0 My misadventure happened in the late 2000s.\u00a0 I wanted to visit some friends several hundred miles away.\u00a0 At the time I lived in a small town in Eastern Uganda and i wanted to adventure through several uganda national parks on my own using a rental car.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t own a car and there was no direct convenient bus or train service to where my friends lived.\u00a0 I decided to take the bus, then rent a car, at the nearest place available.<\/p>\n I traveled to the town where the car hire or rent a car place was located.\u00a0 By the time I arrived at their business to rent the car, the sun had set and it was dark.\u00a0 I went in to the business, to enquire about renting a car.\u00a0 The owner had one ready to go.\u00a0 It was a compact blue station wagon.\u00a0 Being dark outside I couldn\u2019t see the car too well, but it seemed ok, so we went back to the office to do the paperwork.\u00a0 The car hire form had details about the car, how long I expected to rent the car for, and the insurance coverage choices, so the business owner filled out all that.\u00a0 I was sure that I chose to have the car and myself covered in full by insurance.\u00a0 I thought the insurance box was checked, as covered.\u00a0 He took an imprint of my credit card to pay for the car hire and that was it.\u00a0 He gave me the car keys, and I drove away.\u00a0 I regret for this given the misadventure of using a car that was not the best for my trip! From that time i vowed to book a car in time before your travel dates.<\/p>\n Get Hints About the Places to Visit<\/strong><\/p>\n I had a long way to drive in the dark.\u00a0 My route took me through dark remote and rural country side of Western Uganda, a very amazing place to visit during your safari holiday.<\/p>\n At night when you\u2019re driving in a any safari park, you need to be very careful. Always be on the lookout for wild animals that are known to cause accidents. Africa has many animals that roam along the road side any how including elephants, buffaloes, baboons.\u00a0 You want to see their little shining eyes, so you can slow down and be ready to swerve to avoid hitting them.\u00a0 Sometimes small animals such as antelopes can be alarmed by the noise and headlights of the car approaching and they want to dash across the highway in front of you.\u00a0 You want to be ready to slam on the breaks, so as not to damage the hired car you\u2019re traveling in.<\/p>\n