Remote, beautiful and intimate, Clouds is a breathtaking lodge set high above the clouds at Bwindi Inpenetrable Forest National Park.

Guests stay in individual stone cottages with large private sitting rooms complete with fireplace, overstuffed armchairs, and art commissioned from some of Uganda's best artists.

The main lodge feels like someplace else – soaring ceilings, massive exposed wooden beams, big picture windows with endless views of treetops, volcanoes and mountains. It feels like a ski chalet in the alps. Or a stone palace in the Rocky Mountains. But with the gentle and warm welcome, the quiet dedication of the personal butlers and the smiles on the faces of virtually all the staff, this can only be in Uganda.

But the best part of Clouds is its pedigree as a ground breaking community conservation story.

Built in partnership with the local community of Nkuringo as well as the Africa Wildllife Foundation and the International Gorilla Conservation Programme, Clouds benefits not just the gorillas and their habitat, but also the development of the local community who are the true owners of this property.