Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge

Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge The lodge is a six-time winner of the World Travel Awards (WTA) as the Leading Safari Lodge in Uganda since 2016.

Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge is thoughtfully comfortable and concentrates on cheerful African hospitality, which complements its superb location and function as the base for gorilla trekking in the south of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge sits at a 7000-ft altitude on a magnificent ridge with stunning views across the rugged landscapes and the entire Virunga Volcanoes chain bac

kdrop. Six 45-square-foot private garden cottages, two family-style villas and five luxurious suites sit above the Bwindi Forest canopy with distinctive elegance and startling luxury amid forest trees, flowers, and shrubs. Locally styled furnishings grace the spacious rooms, and light fills the space from private viewing decks over the forest swath and beyond the entire Virunga Volcanoes chain. At the highest point on the property sits a grand lounge building housing the dining, drinks and coffee bar spaces with expansive 360-degree views of the gorgeous rugged landscape. Based on hundreds of reviews from guests, Nkuringo is an excellent base for gorilla trekking adventures in the south of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Nkuringo Sector (3 human-habituated gorilla families) and Rushaga Sector (8 human-habituated gorilla groups). Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge is thoughtfully comfortable and concentrates on cheerful African hospitality, which complements its superb location and function. From the lodge, you can access activities like:

Tracking the elusive mountain gorillas in the misty rainforest

Walking safaris across Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and around the lodge

Amazing birdwatching experiences in the national park

Walking with the native Batwa forest people in Buniga Forest

Canoeing adventures on Lake Mutanda a few miles from the road

Visiting the surrounding communities for an immersive cultural experience

Picnic evenings at the top of the word, at the highest soccer field with incredible 360 views.

Imagine waking up here, pulling a sweater over your shoulders, and stepping onto the balcony while your coffee still ste...
13/04/2026

Imagine waking up here, pulling a sweater over your shoulders, and stepping onto the balcony while your coffee still steams.

For a few minutes, nothing asks anything of you. You just sit, breathe, and ease into the morning before the day begins.

Breakfast at your cottage balcony.

Meet Benon. He is a trained barista, but around Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge, that is only one part of who he is.You might fin...
11/04/2026

Meet Benon. He is a trained barista, but around Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge, that is only one part of who he is.

You might find him serving dinner, bringing breakfast to your room, helping as your personal butler, waking you up early for a trekking morning, sharing stories by the fire, or joining in to make a birthday feel a little more alive.

What we love most about Benon is how naturally he meets people. Wherever he finds you around the lodge, he brings warmth, ease, and good energy with him.

That kind of care stays with people.

And that is why Benon is such an important part of life at Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge.

Meet Cleophas from housekeeping.After a long day in Bwindi, coming back to a room that feels fresh, calm, and cared for ...
09/04/2026

Meet Cleophas from housekeeping.

After a long day in Bwindi, coming back to a room that feels fresh, calm, and cared for makes a real difference. That quiet comfort is part of Cleophas’s work every day.

She helps keep the lodge ready in all the small ways that matter — the rooms put right, the details in place, and everything feeling sorted for the next guest.

Her work happens mostly behind the scenes, but it is part of what makes a stay here feel easy and well looked after.

We’re happy to have her on the team.

Meet Felix, the generous hand behind Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge’s supplies store.While most guests are out on the trails or ...
07/04/2026

Meet Felix, the generous hand behind Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge’s supplies store.

While most guests are out on the trails or taking in the forest views, Felix is at his desk making sure the lodge has what it needs, when it needs it. From tracking stock to keeping essential supplies in order, his work supports the quiet rhythm behind every stay.

He may spend much of his day in the store with his computer and inventory sheets, but his role reaches far beyond those walls. Thoughtful hospitality depends on people like Felix, who keep things running with care, consistency, and little fuss.

At Nkuringo, every memorable guest experience rests on work you do not always see. Felix is part of that story.


30/03/2026

Stand at any point at the lodge and the views will pull you in. We chose this spot for the effect it has on you — the way the hills seem to open one after another, the forest settles into the distance, and the mist shifts across the landscape as the day moves on.

It is one of the quiet joys of staying here. Morning coffee feels slower, sunsets hold you a little longer, and even the in-between moments come with something beautiful to look at.

This place will give you that.

What Ugandan dish do you highly recommend?Luwombo Luwombo is the kind of dish that makes you lean in. The banana leaves ...
27/03/2026

What Ugandan dish do you highly recommend?

Luwombo

Luwombo is the kind of dish that makes you lean in. The banana leaves are opened and out bursts that first rush of green, wet heat, then the deeper smell underneath it: broth, onion, meat, pepper, leaf.

Everything inside has been cooking in its own close company long enough to become one thing. The sauce is no longer a sauce so much as a coating, glossy and thick, clinging to the meat and carrying that faint, sweet note the leaf leaves behind. Nothing is flashy. Nothing is crisp. It is soft, rich, concentrated food.

You break off a piece of matooke, drag it through the juices, and get the whole argument in one bite—steam, fat, salt, sweetness, depth.

You eat it, you go quiet, and for a minute the only thing worth paying attention to is the plate.

Ask for Luwombo (not Rolex)

24/03/2026

One last evening above the hills, a glass of wine in hand, your person beside you, and Kigezi opening in every direction. The Top of the World sundowner has a way of slowing everything down. The ridges fall away into a rugged patchwork of farms, villages, forest and distant peaks, and for a while, leaving feels far away.

It is the kind of pause that stays with you long after the bags are packed — the two of you leaning into the view, the light softening over the land, and that quiet feeling of having touched something real before heading back to the noise of the world.

This experience is complimentary for two or more guests. Book it when reserving your room.

19/03/2026

The cottages sprout from the forested hillside, giving you that feeling of floating above the forest. From the balcony views, the Bwindi blanket flows into the horizon like a destination beyond your reach. Here, you dream with the silverbacks and wake wrapped in the quiet of the Kigezi hills.

Just the intentional privacy and luxury you need to explore these untamed lands.

17/03/2026

How does a young gorilla spend an hour after breakfast with his family.

Its about 10.30 am when the trekkers join the gorilla gamily. They've had their breakfast. The juvenile starts that lazy morning hour beside his father, working carefully through the silverback’s fur. A little later, that quiet focus turns into play.

He carries the same energy to his younger brother, then meets his mother’s firm standards when she pulls him in for grooming and keeps him still. Before the hour is over, he is trying out those grown-up moves on his little brother, then curling up next to dad for a nap.

That is what makes gorilla families so absorbing to watch.

In one short stretch of the morning, you see patience, play, discipline, imitation, and comfort pass from one family member to another.

Book your stay and spend time with moments like these. Link in profile.

16/03/2026

Good morning from Bwindi.... 🥰

Oh no, there’s nothing wrong with Isaac… 😊It’s just first aid training week at the lodge with the team from the Red Cros...
13/03/2026

Oh no, there’s nothing wrong with Isaac… 😊
It’s just first aid training week at the lodge with the team from the Red Cross.

With the low season giving us a little breathing room, the team took time to sharpen skills that matter when you’re hosting guests in a remote corner of the world. Bandages, recovery positions, how to respond calmly when something unexpected happens — all the practical things that rarely make it into photos of sunsets and forest walks.

Out here, being prepared is part of taking care of people. Today Isaac volunteered his arm for the demonstrations (very convincingly, we must say), while the rest of the team practiced, asked questions, and laughed through the drills.

A quiet lodge week, a lot of learning, and one very dramatic bandage.

13/03/2026

An exile from home splendour dazzles
Oh give me my lowly forest cottage again;
The birds singing chirpy, that came at my call
Give me them, and that peace of mind dearer than all.




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Plot 2 Uringi Crescent
Entebbe
000256

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