Accommodation at Rwenzori Mountains national park

Rwenzori Mountains National Park is a Ugandan national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Rwenzori Mountains. Almost 1,000 km² (386 sq mi) in size, the park has Africa’s third highest mountain peak and many waterfalls, lakes, and glaciers. The park is known for its beautiful plant life.

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There are various accommodation facilities around Ruwenzori mountains national park where you can stay comfortable as you enjoy your adventure activities within this park. The accommodating facilities range from camps, budget, and midrange and to high-end or up-market accommodation facilities.

Snow Heights Lodge

This is one of the few up-market accommodation facilities built up on the foothills of Mount Rwenzori just adjacent to Nyakalengija park gate with the sound of water flowing in river Nyamwamba. The lodge offers services to visitors who are interested in high end and luxurious services. The self-contained cottages were built with white rocks from the river Nyamwamba and the area offers a fire place to keep the visitors warm. The lodges feature 16 beds with single and double occupancy. The accommodation facilities at this lodge include a restaurant with an exciting dining area, a lounge area, and a bar.

Hotel Margherita

This is located a few meters away from the town of Kasese near Queen Elizabeth National Park and at the foot of mountain Rwenzori offering the beautiful sceneries of vast forests and mountains. Hotel Margherita provides standers facilities with 36 rooms categorized as executive suits, double, single, and simple rooms. The hotel also features a whole apartment that can accommodate five visitors preferably a family or a group. The hotel rooms are well made and are served with televisions, air conditioners, fridges among others. There is a bar and restaurant for visitors, conference room facilities, table tennis, complete gardens for golfers, and birders to enjoy, the conference halls can accommodate up to 300 participants.

Rwenzori international hotel

This is a hotel offering midrange accommodation facilities to visitors visiting the mountain Rwenzori National Park. Visitors will move on three kilometers away from Kasese airstrip to access the hotel just near the foothills of Mountain Rwenzori. Rwenzori International Hotel features 35 rooms that are self-contained and have got ample space outside for tents. The hotel offers facilities such as a restaurant serving both local and international dishes, a reliable bar with all storks of beverages both cold and warm, a parking area, security, a well-equipped kitchen, dining areas, a lounge, DSTV services hot water facilities among others. There are a gym, sauna, and tennis court and big two seminar halls with each taking about 100 visitors among others.

Ihamba Lakeside Safari Lodge

This is situated on the shores of Lake George near Queen Elizabeth National Park providing mid-range accommodation to visitors who are visiting both Rwenzori Mountains National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park. Accommodation facilities are in form of single, double and twin rooms. The lodge features six cottages with facilities such as laundry, parking space, firefighting equipment, housekeeping, swimming pool, and beautiful views of Lake George.

Tours Holiday Inn

This is located just near the park’s gate at Nyakalenjija in Ibanda trading center. The tours holiday inn can accommodate up to forty visitors who can be accommodated in just 15 ensuite rooms with a large extension building. The tours holiday inn features facilities such as a garden, bar stoked with soft and hard drinks, conference centers, all-time internet access, water heaters in each room, electricity, and private toilets.

Ruboni Community Camp village

Ruboni community camp village is situated at the gateways of Rwenzori national Park and is really owned by local people who had lived around these areas close to 300 years ago. These majorly include Bakonjo who present this camp. This presents the starting areas for 2 night walks to the central circuit of the Rwenzori Mountains. The accommodation facility at Ruboni features six private rooms and 3 self-contained Bandas. The amenities here include a restaurant, solar-powered lights, a Balcony with a good view of mountains, small camping areas, and private rooms with mosquito nets and hot showers.

Rwenzori Backpackers

This is one of the budgetary accommodation facilities situated in the valley of Kyanjuki just near the Kilembe trail only twelve kilometers away from the town of Kasese. Usually, visitors using the Kilembe Hike trail are the ones commonly using this lodge. The lodge offers facilities such as restaurants, hot showers and a bar. The accommodation facilities are provided in form of self-camping, single rooms, dormitories, and double rooms.

Mihunga Safari Lodge

This hotel is run by Rwenzori mountaineering services located just near Nyakalenjija in Mihunga village providing a basement for trekking of mountain Rwenzoris highest peak Margherita through the Rwenzori circuit trail. The lodge features five en-suite wooden cottages with facilities such as restaurant and dining services, generators, hot water provision among others.

Rwenzori Turaco View Campsite

This is a community-run and locally owned budget hotel with a camping site and grass thatched rooms in Mihunga village. The facility has a bar and restaurant that prepares Ugandan food but also with the tastes of international visitors in mind.