How to Tip in Uganda 🇺🇬

Currency: Ugandan shilling (USH)
Average monthly salary: about 220 USD

💡 General Tipping Etiquette

Tipping in Uganda is not obligatory, but very much appreciated.

🍽️ Restaurants

10 % for good service

🚕 Taxis

Round up the fare

🏨 Hotels

There are tip boxes in lodges where you can tip 5-10$ per guest per day for the whole staff. Otherwise tip 0.5-1$ per transfer for bellhops or per night for cleaning staff.

👨‍🌾Tour guides

It’s usual to tip drivers, safari and gorilla tracking guides and porters at the end of a safari or hike. For guides, you can tip between 10-20 $ per day per guest, and for a porter 5-10 $, and for a private driver you can tip 20-30 $ per day for the group

🌏Region

Check out tipping rules for D.R Congo, Kenya or Rwanda.

Sources: Discover Africa

Learn more about tipping customs worldwide at how-2-tip.com.

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