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🇺🇬 Use CautionIs Uganda Safe for First-Time Travelers?
Safety Scores / Uganda
Travel verdict: See the scores below. The scores and risks below say why.
Safety Scores
Key Risks
- Petty crime and muggings in Kampala
- Terrorism risk from ADF and other groups
- Border areas with DRC and South Sudan are dangerous
Avoid border areas; use hotel transport and avoid walking at night in Kampala
Yellow fever vaccination required; malaria prophylaxis essential throughout the country
USD widely accepted; exchange at authorised forex bureaus only
Emergency: 999
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