The covid 19 pandemic situation in Uganda has improved a lot from what it was during the Delta variant spread that took the country by storm mid this year 2021. A lockdown had even been put in place for about two months as the delta variant raged. But as we get to the end of the year 2021 there is no lockdown and guidelines are being relaxed favoring travel. Uganda has also been kicked off the red list of many countries which had prohibited travel to and from Uganda. Vaccines have been acquired and the population is being vaccinated.
You can now go ahead with your plans to visit Uganda for safaris. This is in fact a good time to track the gorillas in Uganda, go chimp trekking and enjoy a wildlife safari tour to Murchison Falls National Park and other big game parks, before the crowds return. The wintering birds have also started arriving and now is the right time for birding trips to in Uganda.
As a tourist planning travel to Uganda, take note of the following important guidelines:
Negative covid-19 test certificate
All travelers are required to present a negative covid-19 test certificate of a test done not older than 72 hours before your flight to Entebbe International Airport
Testing on arrival at the airport for all travelers
All travelers coming to Uganda, irrespective of vaccination status, will undergo a covid-19 PCR test on arrival at the Entebbe airport.
- Prior to taking your flight fill in online Surveillance form https://arrivals.healthdesk.go.ug/ 24 hours before arrival
- The cost of the test is $30 that you need to pay online here https://covidpay.postbank.co.ug/ 24 hours before arrival
Testing booths have been set up at the arrivals and as soon as you land you will be directed to a waiting health official to take the swabs from you.
Thereafter you will continue to be cleared at the immigrations and you can leave the airport to your hotel and wait for your results that come back after 2 – 4 hours.
Once results come back negative you can proceed with your travels throughout the country.
If, however, results come back positive you will be required to quarantine at the hotel for some days and undergo treatment till subsequent tests come back negative. All this at your cost. The government also provides free quarantine centers where you can be moved to if you won’t manage the cost of hotel quarantine.
Get your Uganda visa online
All tourists and visitors are required to apply and get their Ugandan visas online. For now, NO more physical acquiring of visas on arrival or at foreign missions and embassies.
The Uganda tourist visa costs $50
Here is the link for the visa application: https://visas.immigration.go.ug/