Uganda (Bradt Travel Guides)

Absolutely detailed, you can manage anywhere in Uganda with it. Im a solo female traveler on a budget doing some work here and taking weekends off not using any tourism company and got tremendous benefit from the public transport and accomodation information in little towns. Some buses stops in Kampala are now out of date but the companies and schedules are pretty much the same so you can still find them by asking.

This superbly written book is informative in things large and small, and I can’t imagine planning a trip to Uganda without it. Now that I’m in Uganda, I’m seeing that the writeups of the places I’ve gone have been spot on, written from a place of knowledge and understanding. And the sidebars provide valuable context and history. This is among the best guidebooks I’ve ever encountered, and I’ve used a lot.

I used this as a reference as I traveled. I did not read it in advance of my trip. I found it useful for some things. I visited three national parks and trekked gorillas. The guidance was spot on. I spent a week in Kasese visiting a clinic and schools. Her I found the guidance less useful. The food was different and poor by US standards. The saving grace was the number of Indian dishes on menus. Buffets, however, left a lot to be desired Tipping was different than in other places and this helped. Bottom line, this is a third world country and white people are assumed to be rich. Having a personal guide was very valuable.

Best guide there is - like most Bradt guides. If you are going to Uganda, this is the book to get - it is almost a year old now - so the information is still current. Highly recommended.

There is no better or more accurate guide to Uganda than this one!

Excellent overall guide to the country

Great book. However, I actually think this book has too MUCH info.

4 stars may be a bit generous, but you've got to give them credit for actually making a guide book about Uganda. As far as I know there aren't any other guidebooks dedicated just to Uganda. It's thorough (maybe overly so - a little bulky for a country of this size) - but gave us decent info and background. As for visiting the country itself - wonderful country with beautiful, lush scenery, tracking the gorillas will be something i'll never forget.