Tipping on a Uganda Safari; Tipping driver-guide is very usual to tip drives while on safari like here on Uganda Safari tourists who come to engage in gorilla tracking guides and porters who helps them in carrying their heavy luggage at the end of a safari or hike, trackers –visitors do tip them. Although to some tipping is not obligatory but many tourists do leave tips and this extra money helps to support the income of people working in the tourism industry.
Tipping your safari guides –Gorilla trekking tips
As travelers you may be wondering how much can I tip the guides ; however for the guides you can tip between USD10 to USD20 per day per guest and porters USD5 to USD10 and for the private driver you tip someone USD20 to USD30 per day for the group .But if you wish to tip them even beyond the above mentioned amount of tipping them ,through preparing tips in separate envelopes for each camp ,then put this into the gratuity box at the end of your stay at the camp or lodge or give it hand in hand.
Chimpanzees tracking tips
If your holiday tour package includes a visit to chimpanzee tracking please also allow an extra USD20 per guest per day ,head guides tip them USD10 and USD5 to the national park scout.
Tipping in Camps and Lodges
Tipping in safari camps or lodges, it is normally finding a gratuity box an d anything to put in this will be distributing to all members of the general camp staff from the chefs to the laundry attendants. So we suggest you can tip them around USD10 -20 per person per day, even beyond that. For easy way, you may wish to prepare tips in separate envelopes for each camp and then put this into the gratuity box at the end of your stay.
Cultural Encounter Experience –Tips
While on cultural encounter to one of the amazing life experience as can be able to drummers or dances may be able to entertains you in their amazing tradition dances. We recommend you if you’re to attend tip USD5 to USD10 per person.
Family or large group tipping
Overall, you tip less per persons, so a family of five people you can tip them around USD50 to the camp staff and USD60 to the guide in total per day.
Tipping the waiter, waitress?
Yes, you can tip the waiters –waitress since are constant throughout the trip, at your hotels or restaurants during transit.
Security Personal; On any recognized safari destination you will find security personnel at accommodation managing the gate, though some security personnel tend to be overlooked when tipping because there isn’t many of interfacing with them but just notice that they do a great job of ensuring your safety.
What currency?
Dollar- ‘’USD’’ are the most outstanding or used currency those on safari throughout African Safaris.
If it comes, on tipping at the restaurant, you can tip 10% for good service and if you want to tip a taxi driver, it’s you to round up your fare how much you can give . More so, in terms of food, you might find the usual international fare at tourist restaurant and hotels. For the common served local dish at the restaurants is a stew of meat, beans or groundnuts served with posho ‘’maize meal’’ and matooke ‘’mashed green bananas’’, cassava, sweet potato, white potato, yam and rice are the common starches.
When it comes on street side snacks, they include unique Rolex ‘’made of chapatti, fried eggs with vegetables rolled together –provides nice taste, mugati with fried eggs, pancake and samosas filled with minced meat and eggs.
Drinks to take; The common drink is tea –you can try chai –spaced tea and coffee two of Uganda’s crops and lager beer, banana and millet beer as well as fermented banana wine.
If you want a tasty of dietary requirements such as vegetarian food, be sure to notify your travel experts in advance of your stay.
When to tip
Visitors must tip at the end of the activity.
