Road & Route Guides
Detailed road guides, driving distances, route conditions and driving tips for East Africa.
Uganda's Road Network: Which Routes Are Good and Which Are Challenging
Uganda's road infrastructure has improved dramatically over the past decade — some routes that were notorious for potholes a few years ago are now excellent.…
Lake Bunyonyi Uganda: Self-Drive Guide to Africa's Deepest Lake
Lake Bunyonyi — "Place of Many Little Birds" — is a crater lake in Uganda's southwestern highlands, 75 km from Kabale and 420 km from Kampala. At 44 square…
Jinja Self-Drive Guide: The Source of the Nile and White Water Rafting
Jinja is one hour from Kampala on excellent tarmac and contains one of the most historically significant geographical features on earth: the source of the…
Kibale Forest National Park: Complete Self-Drive and Wildlife Guide
Kibale Forest National Park is Africa's primate capital. Nowhere on the continent has a higher density of primates — 13 species, including an estimated 1,500…
Semuliki National Park Self-Drive Guide: Uganda's Congo Forest
Semuliki National Park is Uganda's most remote forest park and one of the most biodiverse areas in East Africa. It protects the Ituri forest extension — the…
Kidepo Valley National Park: Uganda's Remote Wilderness Self-Drive
Kidepo Valley National Park is the most remote and the most rewarding national park in Uganda. It sits in the semi-arid Karamoja region of the northeast,…
Kampala to Fort Portal Drive: Road Guide for Self-Drive Visitors
The Kampala to Fort Portal road is one of Uganda's great scenic drives — 300 km of largely excellent tarmac that passes through the Rift Valley escarpment,…
Queen Elizabeth National Park Game Drive Guide: The Best Circuits
Queen Elizabeth National Park covers 1,978 square kilometres and divides roughly into three distinct zones, each offering a different wildlife experience. The…
Driving from Kampala to Queen Elizabeth National Park: Routes and Road Conditions
Queen Elizabeth National Park is 305 km southwest of Kampala — Uganda's most popular self-drive wildlife destination and the most accessible of the country's…
Driving from Kampala to Murchison Falls: The Complete Route Guide
Murchison Falls National Park sits 305 km north of Kampala — a distance that sounds manageable until you factor in Uganda's road realities, the Paraa ferry…