Aardvark Safari Lodge is a newly opened perfect super Mid- range accommodation facilities in Queen Elizabeth National Park, located few meters away from Katunguru Bridge. It is one of the eases to reach out the lodge as the signpost is right there as you drive to the gate.
This lodge boasts with a raw natural environment thus providing the golden opportunity of watching wildlife and most spotted species are elephants, hippos and cape buffaloes many more. These can be watched while roaming outside your cottage or listening to the sounds of chirping birds.
From Kasenyi plains it takes less than 15 minutes, which is a remarkable spot for Uganda safari game drives in the northern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park. The lodge’s location is rewarding and stands out with great offer of warm and friendly staff who serve with a wide smile.
Rooms and amenities at Aardvark Safari Lodge;
The cottages are spaced from one another; They were constructed with an African touch thatched roofs and wooden floors.
They are large with spacious living areas designed with comfortable chairs and table, huge beds with mosquito nets and private balconies with chairs for unwinding with a drink.
Its location provides the untouched beauty of the wilderness.
They offer en-suite indoor bathrooms with a flushing toilet, clean towels and shower and the outdoor showers. It allows you to enjoy shower under the beautiful stars while connecting with nature.
They have spacious restaurant with professional chef who prepare and serve with wide smiles.
They also have hospitable and friendly staff to guests.
Things to do while at Aardvark Safari Lodge
Game drives
The lodge is located just 15 minutes’ drive to the park’s famous Kasenyi plains in northern Queen Elizabeth National Park thus guests are guaranteed free and effortless view of animals especially elephants, hippos, buffaloes and number of antelopes. A drive to Kasenyi plain gives a chance of exploring animals like lions, Uganda kobs, Defassa waterbucks, Topis, hippos, leopards among others.
Boat cruises
From the lodge you can easily connect to Kazinga Channel for the boat cruise experience. This channel is home to the park’s high concentration of hippos and Nile crocodiles as well as water birds. You can be able to sight see other animals relaxing along the banks together with elephants, buffaloes and various aquatic bird species.
Boat cruise is done in three sessions; Morning boat cruise starts at 9:00am, afternoon starts at 2pm and the sunset cruise begins at 4pm with great views of the sun setting down the horizon.
Bush walks
While at the Aardvark safari lodge you can enjoy rewarding bush walks around the property. The walk takes you through selected places of the park with great chances of view animals, birds, unique plant species and scenic beautiful landscape.
Visitors to Queen Elizabeth National Park always combine their visit with a gorilla trekking tours in the nearby Bwindi Impenetrable National Park or with a chimpanzee trekking expedition in Kibale Forest National Park. Or opt to do a boat cruise on the Victoria Nile to Murchison Falls.
Queen Elizabeth National Park Is second largest Uganda National park, after Murchison Falls National Park. More so, the park is Uganda’s most popular tourist destination that lies in the western region of Uganda, spanning the districts of Kamwenge, Rubirizi, Kasese and Rukungiri. Queen Elizabeth National Park is also a UNESCO World biosphere reserve, though it is used to be called Lake Edward and Lake Gorge game reserve in the 1920’s before being gazette. The park extends from Lake George in the northeast to Lake Edward in the southwest, including the impressive Kazinga Channel that link up the two lakes, which has also favored a good number of aquatic wildlife like crocodiles, fish, hippos and over 600 species of birds commonly watched at the Kasenyi birding site.
More fact, the park is a great inhabitant of lions, leopards, civet, genal and serval cats and the best renowned place to spot lions – tree climbing lions in the famous southern sector Ishasha, seen resting on the limbs of fig trees and leopards are best seen at night-on-night game drive thus making a glimpse all the more rewarding.
From Queen Elizabeth National Park you can drive to nearby Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to do Gorilla trekking, an ultimate and magical activity.
