Hippo Hill Lodge
Hippo Hill Lodge is found in one of Uganda’s most touristic safari destinations—Queen Elizabeth National Park, which lies in the southwestern Uganda region in Katwe town. The lodge is located on a hill above the Salt Lake overlooking the Kabalazimu and Kitako islands, thus making it the best lodge for bird lovers on a budget safari on a visit to Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park, home to unique tree-climbing lions and other ranges of wildlife species, over 95 mammals, 600 species of birds, and unique primates—chimpanzees, among others.
More so, the lodge offers around 10 spacious luxury safari tents with grass-thatched rooftops self-contained with hot and cold water showers, large-roofed verandas, flush toilets, and comfortable low-ground beds.
Hippo Hill is situated in a highly rewarding area, where you can drive through crater lakes teeming with flamingos and enjoy breathtaking views of stunning sunsets and the crater lakes.
The lodge was furnished with a spacious restaurant serving both local and international cuisine meals by a skilled, experienced chef staff who eagerly make your stay an unforgettable adventure. The lodge also offers a beautiful overlooking dining area with clear views of hippos in the evening for night grazing; flamingos, which can be spotted at Lake Munyanyage and best spotted by binoculars, and quite a few other notable bird species to see.
They also arrange airport shuttles, car hire, and laundry services but on request. More than that, the Hippo Hill Lodge is located in Uganda’s busiest national park with a diversity of wild animals, ranging from dense swamps and rain forests to the endless savannah vegetation of the Ishasha and Kasenyi plains.
The Kazinga channel that connects Lake George and Edward inhabits a high concentration of hippos and crocodiles with other reptiles.
It is also counted among the best birding species, as it harbors over 600 bird species and is home to chimpanzees and other primates, such as colobus monkeys, olive baboons, blue monkeys, and red-tailed monkeys, among others.
Queen Elizabeth National Park offers a breathtaking view starting from Hippo Hill Lodge, with a rewarding view of the stunning crater lakes.
The Virunga volcano ranges border Rwanda, the snow mountain ranges of Mountain Rwenzori and the Albertine rift valley all through to the park game drive and nature walk, which can be carried out in Maramangambo Forest, and an option of visiting the community.
Rooms Featured;
The lodge consists of 10 exclusive luxury self-contained tents.
It also offers low-ground perfect beds.
The lodge was designed with verandas attached to tents with a spectacular view of Lake Edward.
Hippo Hill Lodge – Queen Elizabeth National Park
They offer free parking to their visitors with cars
They offer Airport shuttles to the guests
They provide room services and storage to the guests
They offer laundry services
Accessibility: You can be able to access the lodge from Kampala or Entebbe within a 5 to 6-hour drive to access there. Alternatively, you can fly by a domestic flight—Bar Aviation from Entebbe International Airport or Kajjansi Airstrip to land you at Kihihi Airstrip within 1:30 hours.
Things to do at Hippo Hill Lodge – Queen Elizabeth National Park
They include boat cruises, game drives, bird watching, chimpanzee tracking, and natural walks, among others.
Game drives: Animals you can be able to explore include African elephants, African buffalo, Ugandan kobs, waterbucks, warthogs, giant forest hogs, Nile crocodiles, leopards, spotted hyenas, chimpanzee species, and lions, among others.
However, a game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park can be done in three sessions: morning, afternoon, and evening/night game drive.
Bird watching: Birds to see while birding in Queen Elizabeth National Park include the African hobby, collared plover, great blue turaco, grey-winged robin-chat, common sand martin, Caspian plover, black-rumped buttonquail, black bee-eater, palm-nut vulture, yellow-throated cuckoo, yellow-bellied wattle-eye, white-winged tern, shoebill, spotted redshank, western banded snake eagle, Pell’s fishing owl, and papyrus gonolek, among others.
