Experience the ultimate safari and vacation in one of our 4×4 vehicles. Rent a fully equipped Land Cruiser 4×4 GX, 4×4 Land Cruiser V8, Land Cruiser Prado TZ, Land Cruiser TX, 4×4 Rav4, Nissan Patrol and take a self-drive safari into some of the world’s most impressive game reserves and wilderness areas in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda. Enjoy the freedom and flexibility of a 4×4 car hire Uganda self-drive safari.
This is a company for a perfect trip in Uganda. I and my wife rented a car (Toyota Land Cruiser Prado TZ) with rooftop tent and all camping gear for 6 weeks (January 2021 and February 2022) for our road trip in Uganda. We would highly recommend 4×4 Car Hire Uganda, many thanks to Moses for his support all the time. His back up and break down service was immediate and excellent.
The car was more than 20 years old, but this is Africa, you need a tough and reliable vehicle, preferably one, where minor mechanical issues can be fixed by self. We are especially grateful to him for the 30L refrigerator for food and cold beer.
Kenya should be the world’s finest safari destination. It has every natural advantage. Wrapped around the equator, it has the most extraordinary range of landscape, from the Indian Ocean to the Turkana Desert, the Great Rift Valley to the forests of Mt Elgon and the soaring highlands of Mt Kenya. The country even shares the great wildebeest migration with Tanzania, as some 2 million plains animals circle the Serengeti Plains, which reach north into Kenya as the Masai Mara.
Go to Kenya and you can have superb safari experiences. The country has some of the finest lodges in Africa, an incredible range of wildlife, birds and scenery. But it all comes at a scary price. There are two tiers of Kenya safari these days. The first is a fairly grim, crammed three-day minibus expedition from the coast to Tsavo and/or Amboseli involving too much driving, too many people and not enough wildlife. The other is extremely high end, quite magnificent and uber-expensive. There is no middle ground, partly because park fees are now so high that they have priced ordinary people out of the market completely.
The people that enjoy Kenya most are those who have a strong personal connection with the country, or particularly positive associations with aspects of its history and ethnic make-up or its popular culture.
Even if you have no particular interest in seeing the place where Big Cat Diary was filmed (the Masai Mara, easily one of the country’s finest reserves) or the location which inspired The Lion King (Hell’s Gate National Park), you may be enchanted by the Swahili towns and islands of the Indian Ocean coast, fascinated by Maasai traditions or thrilled at the thought of following in the footsteps of Karen Blixen and Ernest Hemingway. For me, the simple fact that Kenya was the first place I ever went on safari ensures that return visits always feel special.
The best way to make the most of Kenya is to choose your area and operator carefully, avoiding the mass-market minibus trips which crowd out the more accessible parks such as Tsavo East, Tsavo West, Nakuru and Amboseli, and perhaps sampling some of the more imaginative ventures which can be found in quieter spots such as Laikipia, Lewa and Samburu. These are good places to find operations run by, or in close association with, local communities – a good way to ensure that your trip is meaningful and sustainable as well as enjoyable.
A bumpy journey up though harsh desert to the country’s north, for example, introduced me to Lake Turkana, a vibrant jade splash in a prehistoric landscape, which large numbers of crocodiles, hippos and snakes call home.
On another occasion, I saw large herds of elephant traipse through the dusty plains of the Samburu, and sat by the rim a crater lake at little-visited Marsabit National Park, watching buffalo graze peacefully below. Enjoy the journey, we certainly did and can recommend a self-drive with a car from 4×4 Car Hire Uganda. The rental price was also the best among more than 10 different providers.
