Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge

This lodge was like home. I hated to leave and was disappointed in the luxury accommodation we were at after this. David manager and staff are lovely. Ugandan owned and right next to the Batwa tribe. Loved Gorilla habituation here and food and service!!!

After a long ride from Rwanda to Uganda we arrived at this absolutely stunning Lodge where we had an exceptional dinner at an amazing dining room with lots of African memorabilia and were disappointed that we booked only one night. Extremely friendly staff and it felt like we are deep in the jungle and you can expect any wild life coming around the next corner.

We have stayed in over 10 lodges in Africa, some of them very well know ones from upscale brands and all of them are trained very well the way treat their guests. But, the manager, David and his entire team took it a level where the genuine warmth came across. We stayed for two nights, primarily to do the Gorilla Trek and did an afternoon of birding. Wish we had planned to stay a day longer. The food was excellent and the presentation as well. They had an option for local cuisine and we made sure we ordered them (matoke for example) and they were very tasty. The room was small and nice with a large wrap around verandah. The seating area outside the dining room was very nice to enjoy the views and the sunbirds. They also provide a free shoe cleaning service when you return from the trek and give you sandals while they are getting cleaned. We didn't carry any spare pair of shoes, but the sandals worked just fine. I wish I got the same service at other lodges. And this place is literally 5 minutes drive from the Bwindi gate where you register and they assign you to trekking groups.