An off-road trip in Uganda with rooftop tent vehicle will take you to different parts in Uganda of your choice on a self-drive safari while enjoying camping. This safari will give you the opportunity to move at your pace. You have the opportunity to go to Ziwa Rhino’s sanctuary, Murchison Falls national park, kibale national park, queen Elizabeth national park and lake Mburo national park.
Renting a rooftop tent car is the best way to experience the land scape of Uganda. Camping under the stars as you prepare your own meals on an open fire, whilst enjoying the many diverse activities that the Pearl of Africa has to offer is a remarkable experience you may not wish to miss. Single rooftop camping is a great option for solo travellers or couple who prefer a more mobile and convenient camping experience. There is also an opportunity to go for double rooftop camping if you happen to be more than two people.
Enjoy the easiest and fastest means in setting up and down at the time of use. Open the container, unfold the tent, and it’s ready to use. Some models open by lifting the top of the container straight up so you have walls that are flush with the edges of the container. Others, like the Air Camping series, open into a more traditional tent shape.
Packing the tent up is just as easy. You don’t need to worry about collecting all the stakes, ropes, and other gear. You also don’t need to fold it a certain way and roll it up to fit inside a packing bag. Everything folds up into the container so it’s ready to set up again the next night or the next time you head out on a camping trip.
The car top tent gets you off of the ground so you don’t need to worry about animals or other critters paying you a visit in the night. You access the tent with a ladder, which you can fold up at night if you want to be extra sure you’re out of reach.
Rooftop tent is more secure since your tent is off the ground. You don’t have to worry about people tripping over a fly line or kicking out a tent stake when walking around in the dark. This gives you more flexibility for picking a spot to camp as well. For example, you could set up “camp” in a Walmart parking lot in a pinch. You probably wouldn’t want to pitch a tent on the pavement but being in a rooftop tent gives you more privacy and security.
Enjoy the unique views of the surroundings. If you’re in a campground, you’ll be able to see more of the surrounding landscape and if you’re in a spot that has a particularly nice view, you can park your vehicle to give you the best possible line of sight. This can also help if you’re in a crowded spot with lots of other tents around you such as an outdoor concert, for example. If you’re tenting at ground level, you’ll only see the neighbouring tents but when you’re elevated, you can see over the top of them all.
You don’t need to worry about mud since it is raised up, animal droppings, or anything else making a mess of it. You won’t need a groundsheet and won’t need to set everything up again once you’re home to give it a thorough cleaning. Even if the tent gets wet, it’s easy to open it up to let it dry once the weather improves.
The safari will start from Entebbe where you will receive the car from. After receiving the rooftop tent car, you will sign contracts with the supplier and after all is done, your safari will have begun since you are at liberty to drive to any place of your choice depending on the agreement made.
You will take off to Ziwa Rhinos reaching in the evening, camp in the sanctuary prepare your own super and then overnight in the rooftop tent. Next morning you will take a game drive to see rhinos. An experienced and knowledgeable ranger will guide you to them, and educate you on their habits and behaviours in their natural habitat.
Take lunch and head to Murchison Falls national park, check in for camping and prepare dinner and then overnight. Wake up early and catch up with the sun rise as well as a clear view from your rooftop tent. Get ready for the game drive early morning, where you get the chance to see buffalos, elephants, Kobs, hogs, giraffes, lions, leopards as well as hippos.
Go for lunch and later go for a boat cruise. Take up the Albert delta taking off from Paraa and leads you down the Nile towards the shores of Lake Albert. It travels 28km, taking between 4-5 hours. The afternoon cruise gives the chance to watch the sun slowly set over boundless grasslands, as game and water life can be seen down by the riverbanks. Back to the camping side to prepare dinner and over night in your rooftop tent.
Wake up with breakfast and transfer to kibale national park. Take time in Fort portal town visiting the royal kingdom which is just a few metres from the town. Continue to your camp site, prepare dinner and overnight.
Wake up early take breakfast and head to the headquarter of kibale national park for briefing. Here you will check in with your chimpanzee permit. In groups of not more than eight people, you will be assigned a ranger to go for the search of the chimps. It will take from 30min to 3hrs and once you are in contact with them, you will take one hour with them.
Continue to queen Elizabeth national park and take the afternoon boat cruise at Kazinga channel. You will be able to witness hippos, buffaloes in herds, elephants and the endless glamour of the Ishasha plains. Along the comfortable cruise of at most ten tourists on board, you get to observe the outstanding beauty of the wide range of flora and fauna the channel has along its shores from a completely different perspective.
Early morning, go for a game drive and then drive to Ishasha sector to witness the tree climbing lions. The Lions are normally seen lazily lying up within the branches of the huge fig trees staring down at the numerous Uganda Kobs that are graze in the open Ishasha plains and these are actually the main prey to these lions.
Embark on the journey to Bwindi national park for the gorilla experience. On arrival, check in at your preferred camp site, prepare dinner and overnight in your rooftop tent. Wake up early to catch up with the briefing session at the park headquarters and join groups of eight people to trek in one gorilla family. Physical fitness is a requirement to be fulfilled if you are to go trekking. Takes 30min to 8hours in search for the gorillas and once you are in contact with them, take one hour learning their behaviours as well as taking photos of your choice. One the one hour is done, descend back to pick your trekking certificate, go for lunch and proceed for lake Mburo national park.
Take an early morning game drive in this park a home to 69 mammal species among which are Antelopes, Common Duiker, Defassa Water buck, Bofor, Impalas, Buffalos, Bush pigs, Giraffes, Eland, and Zebras. The game drives are led by an armed ranger from the Uganda Wild Life Authority (UWA) who helps identify the different species of animal and birds. Sign out and visit Igongo cultural centre as well as the equator on your way back to Kampala.
