How Can You Be Induced to Travel Solo on a Safari In Uganda or Rwanda?

What is more interesting when you are travelling Solo on a Ugandan or Rwandan  safari?

Travelling Solo on a safari will make you enjoy the best of your safari in Uganda or Rwanda. Many tour and travel companies in Uganda do welcome solo travelers. The most noticeable travelers who travel solo are women.  They do opt for activities like gorilla trekking in Uganda or Rwanda, where they are driven by a professional guide usually in booked car.

Travelers/ tourists who do travel solo are known to be good photographers. This is because they do linger, though the negative side of these solo travelers is that there are higher costs which will be incurred when you travel solo as compared to as you travel as a group. The solo travelers usually do not have any one to share the cost therefore the good outweighs the negative. We greatly recommend you to get a friend to travel with so that you can share the costs incurred during the safari. Of course this will lessen the burden on the costs incurred during your safari.

Why it is expensive while travelling solo on a safari.

It is considered expensive when travelling solo/alone on a safari in many circumstances. When it comes to paying park entrance fees, you will pay as an individual and yet if you were to move as a group, this cost is shared as a group. The journey will also be expensive for in terms of fuel most especially when you are going for gorilla trekking or Chimpanzee tracking. This is because, you will have to fuel the car as an individual not as a group. The car you will use during your solo safari is the same which is used when you travel as a group. Indeed when  we  are looking at the a litre of  diesel presently, it costs about 80 US Dollars  per liter, thus if you are traveling for a  very long distance, you will need to  get a number of liters to be used in fuel which will turn up being expensive for you as a solo traveler.

Advice for those people who prefer traveling solo on a safari

Basically, you are advised to have the art of travelling with a friend or more than one friend (friends).This is the only way to save money when you have undertaken a safari. What will make you to save money during this safari is that, the cost of your safari will drastically fall. This is because you will be sharing with a friend or with friends. Expenses on the amount fuel to be used will become a group cost thus it will lower individual cost on the safari.

Why it is good to stay in a budget lodge when you have traveled solo.

Staying in a budget lodge will make you save money for yourself. Budget lodges do charge moderate prices. Usually, the lowest prices do come from the establishment where they have a shared bathrooms are looked at the most affordable within the country.

Which car can I use when   I am traveling Solo in Uganda or Rwanda?

The best car is a four wheel drive car. This car is very safe safari vehicle with a good pop-up roof.  You will enjoy being driven more especially when you are with a driver inside the car.

Which type of food and drink can I take when I have travelled solo?

Since you will be travelling alone, without any friends, it is advised that you carry your own food. Buying food along the roadside is very questionable, with drinks in plastic sacks. These can often be contaminated and you might get diseases like Cholera.