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Kigali Serena Hotel | Kigali

Ideally located on one of Kigali's most charming boulevards, the five-star Kigali Serena Hotel is built around a polished granite atrium, which showcases the very best of Rwandese cultural art. Relaxed yet elegant, the hotel centres on the Executive Lounge and Bar, which opens onto a wide sundeck overlooking the newly refurbished swimming pool. Also overlooking the pool, the popular Milima Restaurant offers a wide range of all-day buffet choices, while the relaxed Sokoni Café offers inside and outside poolside seating. The capital's natural business hub, the hotel also boasts its own extensive conference centre, 500-seater auditorium and lavish ballroom.

The hotel features 148 rooms. Guests can choose from a selection of 60 Standard Rooms, 37 Superior Rooms, 19 Deluxe Rooms, 18 Junior Suites, 7 Prime Rooms, 6 Executive Suites and a luxury Presidential Suite. In-room facilities include 24 hour room service, air-conditioning, Wi-Fi, tea/coffee making facilities, mini fridge, hair dryer, private safe and a flat screen satellite TV.

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Exterior

Reception

Guest Lounge

Banqueting Marquee

Muhazi Meeting Room

Delegate Room

Auditorium

Rwanda Country of 1000 hills

Your Stay

1 Night

Bed and Breakfast

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Hotel

Spoken Languages: English

No. Rooms: 148

Special Interests: History & Culture, Leisure, Nature

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Gorilla Safari Lodge | Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Gorilla Safari Lodge is an up market facility tucked away at the boundary line of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest - home of the endangered mountain gorilla. It is the ideal base from which to trek the Nshongi group of Gorillas, the biggest group ever habituated. The lodge offers accommodation in Twenty, en suite spacious luxurious units with individual verandas allowing excellent views towards the pristine tropical rain forest. All bathrooms have hot and cold running water and flush toilets. The camp is composed of a main lodge which includes a restaurant, bar, lounge and campfire overlooking the tropical Rain Forest.

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Batwe community near the lodge

Gorilla Safari Lodge provides the ideal base for an unforgettable gorilla safari experience. Take a fully guided trek into the dense rainforest and meet its inhabitants; the shy and peaceful mountain gorillas. Enjoy the privilege of observing and photographing the gorillas as they interact in their large habituated troop.
Gorilla Trekking/ Gorilla Habituation(only Bwindi Forest/ Rushaga sector):

Gorilla Trekking is one of the most unforgettable experiences you can have. Take a 5 minutes walk from the lodge to the starting point of trekking the gorillas. You will be briefed about your gorilla trekking adventure after which you will be led by experienced gorilla trackers on the slopes of the volcanoes. You will start from the site where the gorillas were encountered the day before and from here the gorilla tracking begins. Although the hike can be physically demanding, the anticipation of the exciting experience ahead is amazing, and the beauty of the gorilla forest and its inhabitants are fascinating. One of Africa’s major highlights is when you encounter these gentle apes. It is a humbling experience to stand just meters from man’s distant cousins as they eat rest, play and bond with their young ones. Follow the mountain gorillas as they range freely in the impenetrable forest, and discover their gorgeous natural habitual and the many species they share it with. You are allowed an hour with the gorillas before finally sloping down back to your lodge . A truly amazing and memorable experience.

Gorilla Trekking permit is $600

The Gorilla Experience means spending all day on a trek in the forest which includes 4 hours with a gorilla family. It is only available in Uganda (Rushaga) where our lodge is located. This incredible experience must be well booked in advance since there are only a total of 8 visitors allowed, 4 per group, unlike a normal gorilla tracking where you have 8 participants in one group. This is an intimate, one of a kind, experience where you are with researchers, trackers, rangers, conservationist, all part of getting a gorilla family used to human presence, a process which takes ± 2-3 years.

Gorilla Habituation permit is $1,500

The batwa experience is one of the activities, excursion you should endenvour to participate in. For several years before Bwindi Impenetrable National Park was gazzatted as a National park, this forest was home to the Batwa Pygmies who were referred as the orginal dwellers and keepers of this tropical rain forest. After Bwindi Forest was gazzatted as a national Park in 1993, the Pygmies were rellocated from the forest to the near by villages and towns.

For a long time, the Batwa pygmies depended on forest resources for survival. They used to hunt forest animals using spears and allows for meat and gathering plants and fruits for food. They could harness honey and depend on shrubs for medicine. They constructed huts using trees, leaves and climbing plants from the forest. In otherward one can conclusively say that the Batwa Pygmies lived in harmony with the forest, and animals like mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, forest elephants, birds among others.

When Bwindi Impenetrable National Park was gazzatted and declared a world heritage, the Batwa were expelled from the forest and their life changed there and then leaving their lives endangered since they had no land outside the forest and were not used the life outside the forest.
Its $55 per person in Rushaga sector
If you want Batwe in Mgahinga Forest, its $85 per person

Your Stay

2 Nights

Full Board - Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

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4 Star

Lodge

Spoken Languages: English, Italian

No. Rooms: 20

Special Interests: Adventure, Birding, Cycling, Flora, Hiking, Leisure, Nature, Relaxation, Wildlife, Wine

Birdnest Resort @ Bunyonyi | Lake Bunyonyi

Birdnest Resort @ Bunyonyi is located in Kabale, Uganda and offers picturesque views of Lake Bunyonyi. The accommodation features a selection of rooms and cottages equipped with modern amenities. Guests can enjoy a delicious breakfast served daily and have access to additional hotel facilities and services such as complimentary Wi-Fi, canoes, a pool table and a swimming pool.

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Your Stay

1 Night

Full Board - Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

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Mweya Safari Lodge | Northern Queen Elizabeth National Park

Mweya Safari Lodge, situated on a scenic peninsula in the heart of Queen Elizabeth National Park, offers a remarkable escape. Surrounded by the captivating Rwenzori Mountains, aptly named the 'Mountains of the Moon,' and overlooking the Kazinga Channel linking Lake George and Lake Edward, the lodge provides unparalleled views. With rooms offering stunning perspectives of the channel, guests are treated to a luxurious experience in the midst of wilderness. The lodge extends a range of activities and attractions, including game drives, boat trips, and wildlife viewing, ensuring an unforgettable safari adventure.

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Mweya Safari Lodge Lobby View

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Mweya Safari Lodge Deluxe Tent Accommodation

Mweya Safari Lodge Boat Cruise Shows Multiple people enjoying the elephant on the boat

Private boat Safari At Mweya safari lodge

Mweya Safari Lodge View View of the Kanzing channel and Mweya Peninsula form Mweya safari Lodge Swimming in Queen Elizabeth National Park

Your Stay

1 Night

Full Board - Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

Crater Safari Lodge | Ndali Kasenda Crater Lakes

Crater Safari Lodge has been designed in such a way
that it doesn’t intrude on its pristine surrounds. Thatched
chalets with expansive wooden balconies provide the
perfect luxurious jungle escape. Hammocks and garden
swings on the grounds of the lodge add an extra
element of tranquility to your remote safari experience.
In total, there are 11 thatched stand-alone wooden cabins
and 10 standard pool facing cabanas, each catering for a
different style of guest.

Crater Safari Lodge is the perfect place to base yourself
for a true jungle and wilderness experience in Uganda.
The lodge is an award winning eco-lodge, and offers an
unsurpassed remote wilderness experience.
standard pool facing cabanas
• Romantic bush dinner options on the shores of the
lake
• Lodge is ideal for both honeymoons and weddings
• From swamp walks, to fishing, canoeing and hiking;