Guide to East Africa Self-drive Trip through Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania & Kenya

Self-Drive Safaris are becoming popular ways that travelers are adopting to travel through East Africa as post-Covid remedy to reduce to costs of African Safaris. Few Car Rental Companies offer self-drive adventures and Self-Drive Uganda Limited that was incorporated in 2014 offer unique adventures to independent travelers within the region. We offer one way car rental option to drive around Lake Victoria without missing unique Safari activities within the region like Gorilla trekking, Wildebeest migration.

What we offer.

We are a brand that specializes in self-drive safaris, offering 4wd Car rental in East Africa that come with extras like Rooftop Tents, pop up roof, Camping gears, Fridge  and free Gorilla, Chimpanzee Permit booking and accommodation with free advice on self-drive travel plan.

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Recommended Cars for Self-Drive in East Africa.

Self-drive Safaris require reliable 4x4 jeep and 4x4 Africa has the best fleets that come with classic camping gears, Fridge and rooftop tent. Always go for Toyota Land cruisers lx or v8 old models.

Required Travel documents

Self-drive trip around Lake Victoria requires numerous efforts to guarantee that the experience is safe and secure. It’s important to start with the agency helping you tailor the travel plan, know the border posts for your crossing, arrangement of travel documents that include a valid passport, East African Tourist visa, yellow fever and the covid-19 vaccination card as you know the rules of Covid keep changing and then secure the flight ticket into any Airport in East Africa.

For Self-Drive East Africa contact Self-Drive Uganda limited to secure your 4x4 and free border crossing hassle.

Where to start the self-drive Safari in East Africa.

We recommend that you consider to start your Safari in Uganda or Kenya other than Tanzania that may seem to be expensive for self-drive safaris but the prices for Uganda and Kenya are low. When you start from Uganda considering heading into the Republic of Rwanda, Tanzania then enter Kenya via Masai Mara for the wildebeest migration watching then enter Uganda.

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Uganda

The pearl of Africa has a lot to offer from the Kampala City Tour (Kasubi tombs, religious sites, local markets, craft shops), like white water rafting, bungee jumping, boat cruise, quad biking, tubing the Nile to the famous national parks of Kidepo Valley, Murchison, Queen, Lake Mburo, Kibale forest and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for Uganda Gorilla Trekking since the gorilla permit is cheaper than Rwanda. The Team is available to guide you on Car Rental Uganda deals for strong 4x4 Jeeps with many Add on.

Republic of Tanzania

When it comes to wildlife watching and beach Relaxation then Tanzania is the best destination. After the vast wilderness, it’s a unique with diverse wildlife, marine parks, and the tropical islands of Zanzibar. Few Car Rental Companies do operate Self-drive in Tanzania but Car Rental Tanzania has emerged as the new company that offers reliable Car hire services that is based in Arusha Tanzania with optional one way Car Rental with rooftop tents, Camping Gears and extras.

Arusha is a multiple vibrant city and you can arrange to rent a 4x4 car in Arusha that you can use to explore other places in Tanzania.

Don’t miss the visit to Rhinos of Samburu, Wildebeests of Serengeti, Lake Manyara, Tarangire and the Kilimanjaro ranges with an extension into the beaches of Indian oceans.

Please take a note that Car Rental in Tanzania is a bit expensive compared to other countries in East Africa.

Starting from Arusha in the north eastern Tanzania you can explore different Interesting places in Tanzania and possibly others outside the country. Make sure not to miss Serengeti, the hub of wildlife encounters.

Kenya

Kenya is an extraordinary country for a self-drive safari and wildlife viewing boasting over 20 National Parks and Reserves. So you will be forgiven if you imagine Kenya to be vast plains littered with wildlife happily grazing on the savannah, lions shrouding in long grass stalking unbeknown to their prey and large herds of elephant gracefully gliding across the valley. This is all true. But this is not all Kenya has to offer the intrepid traveller.

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Self-Drive Kenya ( www.kenyacarrental.com)  offers reliable and trusted Cars for yourself drive safari in Kenya’s national parks like Masaai Mara, Samburu, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha, Amboseli, and Nairobi for wildlife watching on Kenya Safari.

Then you’re cultural travelers? don’t miss to consider the cultural safari in Kenya with one of the cultural guide that has lead a numberly of trips into the remote areas of Kenya. (Masai People, Turkana and Samburu.)

Rwanda

The cleanest city in the region and is the smallest which is visited for unique Safaris to enjoy gorilla trekking & Wildlife watching on Self-drive. You can now rent a car for self-drive in Rwanda with experts to enjoy Rwanda Safari

We understand how fascinating it is to drive yourself to a national park or around Kigali city with just a GPS to direct you and that’s why we will get you a car suited for both the smooth city streets as well as the rough off-beaten Rwanda Park tracks.

Destinations to visit with 4x4 car rental in Rwanda include Akagera, Nyungwe forest and Volcano parks.

Conclusion

To have an unmatched experience on Self-drive East Africa trip make sure to start with Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Kenya. We recommend you select to combine two or three countries since they share borders which makes a combined self-drive trip is possible. A drive around Lake Victoria exposes you to lots of adventure that will make your trip memorable.