Lonely Planet™ · Thorn Tree Forum · 2020

Visa from DRC to Uganda

Country forums / Africa / Uganda

Does anyone know if we can get ugandan visa on border crossing Bunagana/Kisoro?
Maybe someone did this route independently?
Did anyone applied for ugandan transit visa (land crossing)?
Thanks in advance for any answer/advice

Yurek

Yurek

You can get the Ugandan Visa from the Bunagana crossing, its quite a big crossing, actually much more developed than the Chanika crossing with Rwanda nearby. I would still recommend for your trip that you enter and exit Congo via Goma and then travel to Uganda via Musanze and Chanika though, as this is 100% 'doable'. If you want to visit Bunagana it is possible for visa free entry from Uganda if you do not exceed 24 hours and you make a few handshakes at the border on Market day as this day the border is open to Ugandan and Rwandan people for trade.

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As for the visa, Uganda issues only a single entry visa for inland transit – at least that was the practice two years ago.

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Thanks Ric and Explorer for your realy important tips.
Yurek

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