Is Uganda expensive to travel to? Uganda is not an expensive destination to travel to when it comes to all African safaris. It is a budget-friendly destination and attracts all categories of visitors across the world. Compared to the rest of the East African countries such as Tanzania, Kenya, and Rwanda; Uganda remains the most affordable tourism destination.<\/p>\n
From meals, transport, and places to stay, Uganda offers budget-friendly rates. The rates for safaris are quoted in Ugandan shillings or US Dollars. Even if you are visiting Uganda for gorilla trekking<\/a>, you need USD 700 to book a valid gorilla permit as opposed to USD 1500 in Rwanda for you to enjoy the same experience.<\/p>\n Breakdown of rates for Uganda safaris <\/strong><\/p>\n When planning a safari to Uganda (the Pearl of Africa) here are some of the factors you must keenly take a look at.<\/p>\n Prices for food stuff are slightly lower than the average food rates in the United States. Here is a simple breakdown;<\/p>\n If you are visiting Uganda, make the best use of local specialties. This is the quickest way to order whatever you need in a local restaurant. A good meal in a middle-class restaurant can be enjoyed at USD 23 about UGX 84000. Even the rates of accommodation are far lower than the average rate in the United States. A hotel room can be booked at USD 30 and a 3-star hotel at USD 51.<\/p>\n What makes Uganda famous?<\/strong><\/p>\n Many things make Uganda the most popular destination in Africa and interestingly, it is a nature-based tourism destination. The country\u2019s iconic attractions include mountain gorillas and the largest population of these apes lives in the two National Parks \u2013 Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n Other unusual primates such as golden monkeys, chimpanzees, l\u2019hoest monkeys, Uganda mangabeys, and more \u2013make Uganda the leading primate safari destination in the world. The Equator crossing, Uganda happens to be among the very few nations in the world that is crossed by the Equator and a stopover can be made at the Equator landmark en-route to Bwindi for gorilla trekking.<\/p>\n Murchison Falls, one of the most powerful waterfalls is right here in Uganda and tourists can explore it on a Uganda tour in Murchison Falls National Park. The diversity of wildlife ranging from the big 5 game to small mammals, reptiles and bird species, etc are some of the amazing attractions that make Uganda a great destination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Is Uganda expensive to travel to? Uganda is not an expensive destination to travel to when it comes to all African safaris. It is a budget-friendly destination and attracts all categories of visitors across the world. Compared to the rest of the East African countries such as Tanzania, Kenya, and Rwanda; Uganda remains the most<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgahinganationalpark.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgahinganationalpark.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgahinganationalpark.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgahinganationalpark.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgahinganationalpark.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgahinganationalpark.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1467,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgahinganationalpark.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions\/1467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgahinganationalpark.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgahinganationalpark.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgahinganationalpark.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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