Health & Safety Policy

Last updated: June 6, 2026

This policy explains how GambaUganda Safaris approaches health, safety, fitness, guide instructions, and operational risk for private safari travel. It should be read together with your written itinerary, our Terms & Conditions, and the latest official travel and health advice for your route.

1. Our Safety Commitment

We plan safaris with practical safety in mind: suitable routing, experienced local guiding, responsible driving, realistic activity pacing, supplier coordination, and clear communication when conditions change. Safari travel still involves outdoor, wildlife, road, weather, and remote-area risks that cannot be removed completely.

2. Traveler Health and Fitness

• Travelers are responsible for obtaining independent medical advice before travel and confirming they are fit for the activities they choose.
• Some experiences, including gorilla trekking, chimpanzee tracking, mountain hiking, and long transfer days, may require moderate to high fitness.
• Travelers should carry enough personal medication, prescriptions, and essential health supplies for the full journey, including delays.

3. Medical, Mobility, and Dietary Disclosure

Please disclose relevant medical conditions, mobility limits, allergies, dietary needs, pregnancy, recent injuries, or accessibility requirements before booking confirmation. This helps us advise on routing, lodge suitability, trekking expectations, and any adjustments that may be practical.

4. Vaccination and Entry-Health Requirements

Travelers are responsible for checking current vaccination, health documentation, visa, and entry requirements with official sources and qualified medical professionals before departure. Requirements can change, and our website guidance is not medical or government advice.

5. Guide Instructions, Parks, and Wildlife

Guests must follow guide instructions, ranger directions, park regulations, lodge rules, and local law. This is especially important around wildlife, water, night movement, trekking trails, steep ground, roads, boats, and community visits.

6. Trekking and Activity Safety

Trekking and adventure activities may involve uneven terrain, mud, altitude, heat, insects, rain, limited facilities, and changing trail conditions. Guides or rangers may adjust pace, route, timing, or turnaround decisions where safety, weather, guest fitness, or park rules require it.

7. Vehicles, Roads, and Transfers

Road conditions, weather, traffic, ferry timing, and remote-area logistics can affect journey times. We plan with experienced drivers and suitable safari vehicles, but guests should use seat belts where available, keep limbs inside vehicles, and follow driver guidance during transfers and game drives.

8. Emergencies and Operational Changes

If a health, safety, weather, road, supplier, or park issue affects the trip, we will prioritize practical assistance, communication, and reasonable alternatives where possible. Changes remain subject to local conditions, supplier availability, permit rules, emergency access, and the safety judgment of guides or authorities.

9. Travel Insurance

Comprehensive travel insurance is strongly recommended for every traveler and should include medical expenses, emergency evacuation, cancellation, interruption, baggage, personal liability, and activity cover appropriate to the itinerary. See our Travel Insurance Guide.

10. Contact

GambaUganda Safaris
Email: info@gambaugandasafaris.com
Phone/WhatsApp: +256 701 943 760
Location: Kampala, Uganda