The best hotels Uganda

Situated in the quiet residential area of Mbale, this hotel offers immaculate and well-equipped rooms (air conditioning, TV, safe...). Some of the rooms also enjoy beautiful views of Wanale Ridge and its waterfalls. As for the "standard" rooms, they were refurbished in 2018. The Mbale Resort Hotel also boasts two restaurants (one of which showcases local cuisine), a swimming pool with bar, beauty salon, gym and sauna. Enjoy your stay.

Located on the road to Kabale, a few hundred meters from the university, this hotel offers forty rooms equipped (television, mosquito net, bathroom with hot water...), quite clean and relatively quiet. Adjacent to the pretty garden and its alleys lined with carefully trimmed hedges, the small bar offers a nice range of fresh drinks to be sipped on the tables set up in the courtyard. The restaurant is not very attractive and the food served there is not bad, but it is rather unremarkable. Wifi available.

On a pretty little bay with a well maintained garden and a beautiful view of the lake, the site is unfortunately denatured (especially seen from the water) by a large concrete extension. Nice cottages but rather sad rooms, although clean and equipped. Possibility to camp in the garden with Heuglin's cossyphs. The establishment has a health club, a swimming pool and an outdoor bar with painted barrel tables. A warm welcome awaits you. This resort is located about one kilometre south of Rutinda.

Located in the American Embassy district, this confidential small Bed and Breakfast is carefully managed by Emmanuel and his family. Appreciated by volunteers invested in charitable missions, it is open to all travellers seeking tranquility. In a charming house with a chapel, the five comfortable and well-kept rooms have a veranda where you can enjoy breakfast while watching birds. Emmanuel can arrange your transfer from the airport and provide you with all kinds of information. Good value for money.

At 600 meters above the road, this establishment was still in the finish during our journey, but at first glance, the price seemed excessive because the whole thing lacked charm. With a view overlooking the forest, the 7 rooms are aligned side by side in a large stone building. They are characteristic of sculpted (too) carved wooden furniture and walls covered with granite briquettes, a local déco soupçon. Installation of safari tents is planned.

The Source of the Smile is one of the most delicious addresses in Jinja. Drowned in vegetation, wooden tables are perfect for drinking a drink, bouncing (there's a small library at the reception level) or pianoting on the keyboard of his laptop, however, a soft music music silence. The rooms, whatever they are, are originally decorated (abstract paintings, elegant suppressants, cylinders of bottles…). A beautiful address!

Off-centre, this ecolodge perfectly meets the expectations of travellers wishing to make a stopover between Moroto and Kidepo National Park. Sleeping in the round thatched huts, buying a souvenir in the complex's shop and taking part in the activities on offer (visit to a karamojong village, sliding on the Kalikruk mineral slide, initiation to traditional craft techniques...) you will contribute to the financing of the development projects instigated by the owners. Meals on order. Clean and convenient.

This small, charming hotel, nestled in a complex that also houses the Mediterraneo restaurant, does not skimp on the decoration of its rooms and corridors. The impeccable bedding under the canopy, the wooden furniture, the soft footstool and the orientalist light fixture adorn most of the rooms, which all have wifi accessand a television. Eleven new rooms, with an African design, have recently been opened. They are of different sizes, comfortable, like the older ones, and well equipped.

The Elephant Plains Lodge, a luxurious counterpart to the nearby Simba Safari Camp owned by the same company, opened its doors at the end of 2018. Perched at an altitude of nearly 1,000 metres, it offers a sublime panorama of Lake George and the savannah expanses of the park. You will be able to enjoy the view from the pool, from the pretty and spacious cottages,each with a terrace, and from the common rooms (lounge, restaurant...) decorated with great care (sofas and armchairs in basketry, wooden works of art...). Good reception.

Situated 2 km from the city centre, close to the bypass road, this hotel offers charming, yet clean and functional rooms. The garden - with its children's playground, its brand new relaxation area (hammam and sauna) and its lawn on which concerts are sometimes held - is quite pleasant. The restaurant is not particularly attractive, but its kitchen brigade is brought in. Work was in progress when we were there to increase the hotel capacity. Transfer (for a fee) from/to the city centre is possible.

Run by a Catholic organization, this hotel offers clean and equipped rooms (bathroom, television...). The small garden, near the restaurant, is perfect for drinking a fresh fruit juice. However, this brief description could be out of date during your trip. Indeed, at the time of our visit, the old building housing the above-mentioned rooms was about to be demolished and replaced by a new construction. The design, furnishings, amenities and room prices are therefore likely to change between now and the publication of this guide. Wifi.

Located just outside Rutinda, this beautiful site is popular with backpackers and overland trucks, as these group safaris criss-cross the continent, which can make it noisy on some evenings. The whole is quite basic, but the location of the safari tents, just overlooking the lake, is pleasant. Lively bar overlooking an XXL chessboard. Activities include canoe rental, swimming, bird watching, etc. Transfer possible from Kabale. If you wish to picnic at Bunyonyi Overland without staying there, it will cost US$3 per person.

Whitecrest Tours & Travel is located at the Lubowa Hill summit, 10 km from the city of Kampala in a quiet and pleasant area, and 30 minutes drive from Entebbe airport. In addition to accommodation, this establishment organizes custom-made safaris from Uganda to eastern Africa, taking your look into the best route possible. The guides are really nice, experienced, passionate and will show you surprising and unexpected places. Other activities are also possible, such as rafting, elastic jumping, horse riding, hiking, boat trips, quad, sports fishing and cultural activities.

Located on Lutoboka Bay, this resort offers a few rooms, the most comfortable of which are equipped with TV, refrigerator and, occasionally, internet access. The restaurant has a nice menu, including the unmissable - and always delectable - grilled tilapia. The Mirembe ("peace" in Luganda) team offers many activities to discover the island (visit to an oil palm plantation, forays into fishing villages, climbing up to Kalangala...). Excellent welcome.

The hotel's rooms, built around a patio, are equipped with a television, mosquito net and a more or less spacious bathroom. Although there has been a significant reduction in power outages in recent years, power outages are still frequent at this establishment, which is located on the national road to Mbarara. During breakfast, you can recharge your batteries with the typical katogo. It is also possible to have breakfast and dinner at the buffet set up in front of a TV screen on the ground floor.

With its 145 fully equipped rooms, its shady restaurant (the Muyembe), its artificial rock shelter bordering the swimming pool and housing the Elephant Bar, its gym and sauna (both included in the price of the night), the Bomah has some nice assets. Comprising 4 and 5-storey buildings, with rooms and not always attractive facades, the hotel is an unmissable landmark in the north of the city. Small drawbacks: the noise, some evenings, the kitchen, not always up to scratch, and the finishing touches in several rooms...

One of the reference addresses for small budgets. The Red Chilli is located about 5 km from the centre, east of the city. The best way to get there from the city centre is to take a boda-boda (10,000 Ush). The infrastructure is quite basic but the whole is well maintained and the staff is friendly. Large garden with swimming pool flanked by a straw bar and a volleyball court, pool table, small restaurant, free internet connection, free regular shuttle to the city centre, ATM and Sunday barbecue. It's all there!

Kalebas Camp is dead, long live the Bunyonyi Kalebas Resort! Completely renovated and restructured in 2018, the establishment has also, in addition to its new name, changed hands. Here it is possible to camp (the garden, where there is no shortage of birds, is very pleasant), to stay in modest rooms (equipped) or to go on safari in tents (not equipped). Here you can also eat, swim and enjoy the local activities(village walk, canoe...). Nevertheless, the infrastructures are rustic to say the least...

Not far from the village of Ibanda, there is a nice community project chaperoned by a nice team. In addition to its excellent location, just a stone's throw from the national park, the warm welcome of the staff and the spectacular views of the massif, Ruboni Community Camp has clean and functional rooms. The expansion of the parking lot and the land allotted to campers was in the pipeline during our visit. Independent travelers will be able to reach this verdant site by boda (20,000 to 30,000 Ush) or special hire (60,000 to 70,000 Ush) from Kasese.

The New Daniel offers simple but clean and equipped rooms (shower room, Internet connection...). Lovers of vintage should not remain insensitive to the outdated charm of the televisions, which have obviously not been changed since the opening of the hotel at the end of the 1990s... A few tables and chairs are set up outside the building for a drink or a snack. A relatively cheap address compared to other tourist establishments in the area. Good reception.

2.5 km from downtown Jinja as the crow flies and 8 km by car, the Kingfisher is located in Bukaya, on the opposite bank of the nascent Nile. The resort has rooms with half a banda each, which does not guarantee optimal privacy. For the rest - apart from the restaurant's cuisine, which is not always up to scratch - the site is pleasant. The beautiful swimming pool, surrounded by folding chairs under thatched umbrellas, is the end of the end of the establishment.

On the left bank of the Nile, about 5 km downstream from the Bujagali Dam, The Haven is - as its name suggests - a small haven of peace with a sublime view of the Nile and its rapids. A swimming pool with deckchairs, children's games, bandas and bungalows of excellent workmanship, some of which are decorated with interior murals, hammocks and terraces for idly gazing at the serpentine river, good food and a plethora of activities are just some of the things the lodge invites you to bite into...

Renovated at the end of the 2000s, this classified establishment is one of the best in the city. In addition to the pleasant and well-equipped rooms (mosquito net, air conditioning, refrigerator...), the hotel has, among others, a vast garden in the middle of which the water of the swimming pool sparkles, a wellness area (gym, hammam, sauna...), a lounge next to the restaurant and a miniature golf course. In the absence of the Grande Boucle, pedal enthusiasts can hire the hotel's little queens to visit Mbale by calf strength. Good food and a warm welcome.

Located 150 m from the main road, in the small village of Sipi, this establishment offers wooden huts, without primer, to which are attached, under tin roofs, private WC and shower. The dormitories, spartan, are a little far from the common sanitary facilities: beware of slippery stairs after the rain. The space dedicated to the campers is pleasant and the team of the small bar-restaurant concocts rather economic dishes. Very nice view on the biggest and most famous of the three waterfalls. Wifi access point at the level of the reception.

Founded in 2012 by two islanders (Corsica and New Zealand), Karibu is one of the most beautiful addresses on the peninsula. The eight rooms, very clean, are warm and duly equipped (mosquito net, Internet connection...). The garden, where birds abound (among which the colourful bidentate barbican and red-belted souimanga), hides a small swimming pool behind a green wall. The meals, excellent, are concocted, as far as possible, with fresh fruit and vegetables from the property. Good welcome.

Wood and plant fibres are the main materials of the charming cottages, drowned in the greenery, of this resort. The restaurant, under its straw hut, is spacious. With a bit of luck you will see the only monkey (a blue monkey known under the nickname of "president of the island") living in this island haven of six hundred meters long and two hundred and fifty meters wide on which some animals have been introduced (crescent beak, impala, zebra...) that can be observed during a nature walk (free for the guests of the resort).

On the site of the late Timton Hotel, The Mansion was inaugurated at the end of 2016. Completed during our visit, the brand new hammam and apartments should be open to guests when you have this guide in front of you. The hotel also has a swimming pool (accessible to people not staying at the hotel for 10,000 Ush per day for an adult and 7,000 Ush per day for a child), a restaurant and clean and pleasant rooms equipped with mosquito nets, television sets, etc. The Mansion has a large swimming pool, a restaurant and a restaurant. Attractive setting and excellent reception.

The Mountains of the Moon, adjacent to the Botanical Garden, offers comfortable rooms. The soft green lawn is open to the view of guests sitting on the covered terrace. If the chirping of the chicks is not enough to relax them completely, they can relax further in the hotel's sauna, steam room or swimming pool. The more tense ones will even treat themselves to a massage or a cocktail in the lounge bar... A good address.

Quietly, this very pleasant lodge is nestled between sylve(next door!), swamps and farmland. The comfortable cottages,equipped with a balcony where a hammock hangs, are a real success. Under a natural fibre roof, there is a cosy lounge with a corner fireplace, a restaurant and a panoramic lounge with breathtaking views of the Rwenzori and the Kibale forest. The swimming pool and its surroundings are not pricked by cockchafers either! Inaugurated in May 2019, the Turaco Treetops is accessible from the town of Nkingo, split by the national highway.

Surjio's is both a pizzeria and a guesthouse. The guesthouse, which was once a presidential lodge, has a lush green garden (with a covered terrace where it is good to quench your thirst and surf on the web), a swimming pool flanked by deckchairs (and sometimes ibis...), a small common room and twenty rooms (without TVs), clean, spacious and decorated with African inspiration. There are also four apartments, each with a fully equipped kitchen.

Located at the eastern entrance to the city, this establishment offers some pleasant, clean and well-equipped rooms in the style of North American motels. Built in 1967, it is now owned by a former Ugandan minister and is named after the Italian company of the same name.... In addition to its notorious restaurant, the Agip Motel offers a range of activities in and around Mbarara: milking cows, discovering the process of making eshabwe (a clarified butter used as a condiment by the Banyankole), etc.

Built in 2001 and host to Commonwealth Presidents and Prime Ministers at the 2007 conference, the beach version of the Speke Hotel is located 12 kilometres from downtown and has the advantage of overlooking the shores of Lake Victoria. Undoubtedly luxurious, the hotel has 59 presidential suites with an Afro-Chic feel and well-equipped rooms, a horse riding centre and Uganda's only Olympic swimming pool. This is a quality resort with good points. Bars and restaurants are up to scratch.

Located on the shores of Lake George, this lodge is ideal for those seeking tranquility. The cottages are pleasant and well-equipped. The lounge, whose materials have been tastefully chosen, is a real success. From the lounge, you can see the fishermen's pirogues beyond the swimming pool and the grandfather's house. An address of excellent craftsmanship. The track leading to the lodge is easily spotted from the main road, about 15 kilometres south of Kasese.

The Nabugabo Holiday Centre has fully equipped and clean cottages, a spacious and pleasant campsite and a small beach from which you can take a dip in the lake. The site, where the vervets and birds have a great time, is generally restful during the week. The staff, very friendly, organizes or helps to organize activities around the lake (boat trips, bird watching...). Between breakfast and dinner, you can watch the fishermen at work on their pirogues.

An unpretentious downtown guesthouse to help out. The rooms are fine but can sometimes be noisy. The restaurant offers Ugandan culinary specialties: matooke, posho, kalo. The White House, which has never seen a US president pass by, has an internet café (rather slow connection; 1,500 Ush/hour). The location of this establishment should delight independent, non-vehicle travellers since the Link bus company's terminal and a boda-boda station are just a few steps away.

Located in the district of Boma, the YES Hostel is installed on the grounds of the eponymous Christian NGO. The money generated by the hostel is entirely donated to the organization that helps orphans. The dormitories and the two rooms share common sanitary facilities. Dishes can be ordered and eaten under the shelter built in the garden or in the common room with a table tennis table, board games, a small bookshop and some puzzles.

The Heritage Lodge is located on a three hectare wooded island. Quiet and remote from other tourist-friendly islands, Ha'buharo Island is home to safari tents and two cottages, nestled in the greenery, clean, equipped, overlooking the watery expanse, environmentally friendly and lulled by the babbling of birds. The restaurant, where the famous crayfish from the lake are on the menu, is pleasant. Lake recreation and cultural activities are offered by the lodge, accessible in about thirty minutes by speedboat and ninety minutes by canoe from Rutinda.

Twelve kilometres from Kasese (accessible by boda-boda for a few thousand Ugandan shillings), close to the mining barracks of Kilembe, this structure is the base camp of Rwenzori Trekking Services, so it is here that you will sleep before or after your crazy ascent if you go through this agency. The rooms, which share communal sanitary facilities, are basic but clean. Possibility to eat on the spot(steaks, vegetables, pasta...). Office of the above mentioned agency in the premises of this backpackers.

The Nile Porch is undoubtedly the most chic address on the Bujagali website. Panoramic view of the Nile, greenery and wildlife are some of the attractions of this establishment with clean and pleasant accommodation (small private porch, warm decoration...). The pleasant and refreshing swimming pool as well as internet access are included in the rate. Very honest price/quality ratio. The Black Lantern restaurant is also a little marvel! Finally, the house offers many activities, especially water activities.

Excellent welcome and panoramic view of Lake Nyabikere ("frog lake") - frequented by fishermen and their traditional boats, pelicans and even two hippos - will be there if you stay at the Bushpig, which opened in December 2019 on the site previously owned by the CVK Resort. Located on the road leading from Fort Portal to the Kibale Forest, the resort has basic, clean, mosquito netted rooms and a small campground with a barbecue.

This hotel, located a stone's throw from the golf course and a short hop from the Imperial Mall, suffers a little from its gigantic size with its 269 rooms and four restaurants. Consequently, the friendly staff, the large swimming pool, the equipment in the rooms (flat screen TV, refrigerator, air conditioning, wifi...) and the smile of the Aga Khan IV on the unmistakable portrait in the lobby cannot prevent this establishment from exuding a certain coldness. Note the presence of a gym and a sauna.

Run by a Frenchman, this small hotel smells like France. At the reception desk, the walls, like the picture rails of a museum, are decorated with reproductions of works by Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec. The rooms, with a small outdoor terrace, are named after French artists. A small garden with a Lilliputian swimming pool provides access to the spacious, clean and warmly coloured accommodation. Opposite the hotel is the restaurant, famous for its wine cellar. Perfect for a romantic stay.

A good address for those who want to relax without ruin, this hotel offers a few pleasant rooms as well as small cottages in a lush garden. There is a good kitchen and the staff is warm.

For those who wish to sleep in the city centre without breaking the bank, Hotel Jeliza offers a few simple - even rudimentary - but clean rooms equipped with TV, mosquito net and bathroom. Free Wifi at the reception. Low-cost dining, including localspecialities such as muchomo, and the possibility of enjoying a healthy drink in the bar-restaurant in the inner courtyard. Good value for money for small budgets, although the establishment is aging rather badly. Free parking

This hotel has large, bright, comfortable and fully equipped rooms (air conditioning, satellite TV, minibar, safe, etc.). Some even have a small, pleasant balcony with a view of the golf course. The buffet breakfast is served in the large hall on the ground floor, which has recently been refurbished. There is also a gym and two restaurants. A round of golf and wifi free of charge offered by the management to its guests. Welcome with a smile and excellent service.

Founded in 1997 and located about 4 km south of the city centre, not far from the road leading to the Tanzanian border, this backpackers is popular with Ugandan volunteers and youth groups. The rooms are, on the whole, quite basic. The campsite is, on the other hand, rather pleasant. Those who wish to cook their own meals can use the kitchen free of charge. Relaxing site and good welcome.

The forty rooms of this guesthouse, frustrating and sometimes noisy, are nevertheless clean and equipped with a TV, mosquito net and a bathroom (the conveniences, sometimes outdated, work erratically). It is possible to eat in the small restaurant on the ground floor. The location of the Vienna, in the centre of Masaka, is both an advantage for those wishing to discover local customs and a disadvantage for Beijingers allergic to the frequent nocturnal noises emanating from the street...

Within two walls. From your terrace, you will indeed be leaning against the wall of your room and will face the green wall. From this virid ocean sometimes emerge buffaloes, elephants, chimpanzees, duikers, even gorillas, the Holy Grail... The simple and clean rooms are hung on the side of a hill whose summit is crowned by a bar-restaurant. Here, you can escape the chilly evenings by settling down near the hearth. In this room, where good food is eaten, some zoological works are available.

Founded in 2017 by an Australian woman, Yoly Phillips, Karungi Camp is popular with many travellers. Why is it so popular? For the interaction it allows with the inhabitants of Rubuguri, for its team, for its sober, clean, equipped and - compared to the rates charged on the outskirts of the park - inexpensive rooms, for its advantageous location for those who wish to discover the beauty of the region and to engage in gorilla tracking (the starting point for tracking in Rushaga is located 8 km away) and, finally, for the activities it offers.

Isolated at the eastern end of the bay, the Victoria Forest Resort is nestled between a white sandy beach and a boqueteau. Rooms are distributed in bungalows and buildings built on two levels. Some of them, despite their cleanliness, are small and sparsely decorated, making them quite expensive in terms of comfort. Camping is possible. Activities include: canoeing in the bay, mountain biking, sport fishing, swimming in the pool, relaxing under the straw hut erected on the beach and tutti quanti.