Crystal Lodges Uganda offers our guests two luxurious lodges – Gorilla Safari Lodge and Crater Safari Lodge.
Our lodges have very distinct characters but both offer the same top quality service, good food and comfortable accommodation. They provide the perfect base to enjoy an exciting range of world-class safari activities including gorilla and chimpanzee tracking.
Gorilla Safari Lodge provides the ideal base for outstanding gorilla trekking opportunities. The lodge focuses on top quality service, good food and comfortable accommodation.
Gorilla Safari Lodge is a relaxed and luxurious lodge on the boundary line of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest(Just next to the starting point of trekking the gorillas). Bwindi has a population of around 340 mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei); roughly half of the remaining mountain gorillas in the world. The ancient forest is home to the biggest ever troop of gorillas that are familiarised with humans. It is a humbling once-in-a-lifetime experience to be able to observe these shy and peaceful animals in their natural habitat.
Accommodation
Gorilla Safari Lodge offers its guests luxury accommodation in eleven spacious cottages, each providing the perfect setting to relax after an exciting day of trekking. The well-appointed cottages all have solar-powered lighting, en-suite bathroom with hot and cold water and flush toilets and individual verandahs offering excellent views of the unspoiled tropical rainforest. Two of the cottages have two rooms (both en-suite and featuring a cosy fireplace) with an inter-joining door making them the ideal choice for families or larger groups of people traveling together. There is also the spa where you can have a massage after the tiresome gorilla trekking/habituation experience. The main lodge includes a restaurant, bar, lounge and campfire area overlooking the forest.
Activities
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 in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Gorilla Safari itineraries
◾Three-day Gorilla Safari itinerary
◾Five-day Gorilla Safari itinerary
Other activities at the Gorilla Safari Lodge include:
◾Guided community walks
◾Guided forest walks
◾Guided bird watching
◾Volunteer tourism
◾Water Fall walks
◾Forest guided walks to the Bayenda Falls
Crater Safari Lodge
Just a few minutes away from the lush green tropical rainforest of Kibale Forest National Park, Crater Safari Lodge offers incomparable luxury, breath-taking scenery and outstanding opportunities to observe the unique wildlife.
On the banks of the Nyinabulitwa Crater Lake, Crater Safari Lodge blends perfectly with its surrounding landscape.
Accommodation
Crater Safari Lodge is an Award winning lodge-Best Eco Lodge/Resort and featured in many international news as one of Uganda’s Luxury and Beautiful lodge.
The lodge comprises of seven ultra-luxurious double/twin cottages and two larger cottages each with two rooms to sleep up to four. These family cottages are ideal for larger groups or families. All the cottages have en-suite bathrooms with hot and cold running water as well as solar lighting, internet access, individually designed furniture and stunning scenery around Lake Nyinabulitwa.
Amenities at the lodge include a restaurant, bar, lounge, crafts shop, mobile spa facility, swimming pool and campfire area overlooking the Crater Lake.
Activities
Crater Safari Lodge provides the ideal base for many exceptional wildlife activities and excursions to the local attractions including:
◾Five-day chimpanzee and wildlife safari
◾Chimpanzee tracking
◾Chimpanzee habituation experience
◾Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary
◾Semliki National Park
◾Rwenzori Mountains
◾Amabere ga Nyina Mwiru Caves
◾Crater Lake Hikes
◾Mahoma Falls
◾Lava pipes(Kills the Eagle)-(3-6 hrs walk)
◾Canoeing on the crater lake
◾Hike to the Top of the world
◾Birding
◾Tea estates and crater walks
◾Cycling around Tea estates and crater lakes
◾Cultural Activities like weaving hats, mats, baskets
◾Community visits/schools, local markets
