Welcome to Uganda-the Pearl of Africa hosting a diversity of fascinating tourist attractions and activities that have led to the increased number of tourists in the country. Upon arrival to Entebbe international airport of Uganda, you meet and greet with our company representative who gives you a transfer drive to your hotel of residence in Kampala capital city of Uganda. It is important to note that Kampala and Entebbe act as hub points to all tourist destinations in the country. However before you proceed to your planned tourist destinations to enjoy amazing activities, we advise that you can opt to include Kampala city for an excursion tour that allows you to explore the exciting tourist attractions and activities with in and around the city.

On the other hand Jinja acts a connecting point to other tourist destinations in the eastern region of the Uganda, although it is as well home to extremely interesting adventure sports activities that take place on River Nile the longest River in Africa. Jinja is also referred to as the “Adventure Capital of East Africa”  hosting the source of river Nile and it is the second busiest city after Kampala. The Adventure Capital of East Africa has a lot to offer to all visit that visit the pearl of Africa.

 

In this article, we present you expert advice about the dress code when you travel to urban towns of Uganda, get an insight to learn about what to wear in Entebbe, Kampala and Jinja;

When you take a tour to Kampala, you can get shocked how people dress up so smart compared to the Villages. It is important to note that most Ugandans prefer looking so smart always and when to comes to urban places like Kampala, they shine out their pride. Unfortunately you can be surprised of how travelers that come to Kampala, Entebbe or jinja dress in unfashionable and shabby way that is so a shaming compared to the way Ugandans treasure dressing smartly especially in urban towns.

A lot of people that have grown up in urban towns like Kampala like to dress, embrace and they welcome fashion which makes them look smart all the times compared to the back packers that like waering baggy shorts that have a lot of pockets, sandals, not ironed shirts and shoes that are don’t shine. What is so annoying is that what travelers do wear while in Kampala street is too casual and this is not what they dress up when they go to executive places and offices  with in their home countries.

When you travel to Kampala, you get to notice that it is very hard to find elite man and women wearing an ironed shirt. They are all the time smartly dressed and decently dressed. You might not see them in see through clothing, in mini dresses, skirts and unpleasant were since Ugandan do honor their African Culture. On this note therefore, we advise travelers to consider purchasing long dresses, Skirts for women and men should wear long sleeved shirts and trousers if they are going to pay a visit to a given African family which shows and portrays out the respect you have for their African Culture.

However much a most women in Kampala embrace the trending fashion, they are always dressed decently and very few women you encounter wearing short mini skirts and dresses. And those the wear them are normally prostitutes only in the night hours but not day hours. On this note as earlier mentioned it is advisable that all travelers visiting the Ugandan urban town should dress up just the way the local indigenous people dress and it is important that you embrace and love their fashion wear unless you are going to a corporate place like executives offices.

Always remember to pack ironed trousers and shirts that are easy to do laundry in just a short time at your hotel of residence and it you are unable to do so, there is a lot of Laundry services in the Urban towns that can assist you with washing and ironing at extra fee. For all travelers planning a trip to Uganda, it is good discipline and legit to wear a clean cloth and shining shoes all the time.

In synopsis , the type of wear in the Uganda Urban towns depends on whether and which places you are planning to visit for example, if you are going to an office wear official clothes, it is church dress according to the church respect, if it is a party then try to know which type of function you are going to attend and wear according to its demand. In Uganda, wedding and introduction functions call for different wears therefore it is important that you get to learn about which wear is honored on a given function. Besides the safari destinations like parks that call for jungle clothes, what to wear in the urban towns of Uganda is some thing taken so serious in the mind of the local people you encounter in the country.

For more information regarding what to you wear in Jinja, Kampala or Entebbe on your road, feel free to contact our reservation team here at Jeisking Tours Ltd on info@gorillaugandasafaribookings.com or call us directly on +256-775630809 or +256-701343598  to speak directly to our reservations team.