How much does it cost to stay at Mihingo Lodge in 2026/2027?
Room type
Twin/Double
Single
3 personnes in double
Children 3-12 years
Rates on full board - high season
$290
$380
$190
$140
Rates on full board—low season
$230
$340
$150
$110
Luxury accommodations in Lake Mburo National Park are those lodges offering perfect quality amenities; they are set in the middle of this African jungle, and these lodges provide everything that is offered by the luxury accommodations that are situated in the city. Click here to see mountain gorilla trekking safaris.
Mihingo Lodge
Mihingo Lodge is a top-notch, magnificent lodge owned by a family standing adjacent to Uganda’s closest Savannah national park, called Lake Mburo National Park. Mihingo Lodge was constructed on a rocky kopje that is a pre-Cambrian granite boulder that was established about 500 million years ago. Mihingo Lodge offers a panoramic view of this savannah landscape. Mihingo Lodge was built in a way that blends with the fragile surrounding environment for the best relationship, and it is eco-friendly and offers comfort to every traveler due to its location in beautiful nature. Click here to view our recommended mountain gorilla trekking tour.
Mihingo Lodge presents its beautiful pool overlooking the valley below Lake Mburo National Park and rewards visitors with wildlife species such as eland, impala, Cape buffalo, warthogs, waterbucks, bushbacks, and zebras in addition to the water point. Mihingo Lodge offers stunning rocks where travelers can get a unique opportunity to view the resident members of the Klipspringer tribe.
Mihingo Lodge consists of 12 luxury rooms and tent rooms that were designed to offer travelers privacy and tranquility. Each room was built with its own unique character and was charming in nature. Mihingo Lodge overlooks Lake Mburo since the lodge is perched on a rock outcrop. All the rooms possess a wonderful view and enlighten guests with a natural feeling of being in the African jungle.
Each canvas tent is spacious and equipped with a well-designed bathroom, 24/7 hot and cold running water, showers, and flushing toilets. These rooms are thoughtfully designed to complement the local resources while paying close attention to detail.
Mihingo Lodge offers a doorway that is framed by the pieces of dead olive wood that were collected on the land.
Mihingo Lodge's doorway has an outside wall that reflects the colors of the Ugandan soil, which was designed by a Lamu specialist whose work is to mix natural-colored pigments into the cement. The bathrooms in the majority of the Mihingo Lodge rooms are heavily incorporated into the granite boulder's African design. Mihingo Lodge is eco-friendly, with solar-powered services that make the lodge and its surroundings shine. Each room at Mihingo Lodge has its own solar water heater.
Mihingo Lodge offers the most rewarding balcony where tourists can sit and enjoy the gainful spotting of animal species, including bushbuck, waterbuck, zebras, and impala, which come to lick salt.
While on their safari to Lake Mburo national park, travelers may choose to stay in private rooms that are near the animals or book rooms that are closer to the waterholes, which are situated down on the grass, so that they can be able to view wildlife animals such as cape buffalos, bushbucks, zebras, waterbucks, and impalas, among others.
Staying at Mihingo on your safari to Lake Mburo gives travelers a chance to enjoy their early morning tea, which is offered with delicious snacks. Travelers can choose to have their tea within the surrounding nature or while sitting on their spacious veranda.
Mihingo Lodge offers the best horseback safaris that further enhance your great experience in the jungle of Lake Mburo National Park.
Many clients who visit Mihingo Lodge for the first time may wish that they had booked to stay longer in this lodge.
Mihingo Lodge offers a comfortable stay, and travelers can enjoy many tourist activities such as horseback safaris, cultural tourism, night game drives, morning game drives, evening game drives, mountain biking, and participating in the Mihingo Marathon, where travelers are rewarded with many wildlife encounters like wildlife viewing.
While on your Lake Mburo national park safari, you can have fun in this magical African wilderness while staying at Mihingo Lodge. Travelers should at least book for two or three nights in order to enjoy comfort and affordability at the same time.
What are the top things to do at Lake Mburo National Park in 2026/2027?
Game Drives in Lake Mburo National Park
Lake Mburo National Park offers a network of game drive tracks. The park’s wildlife densities will vary depending on which time of the year. Each drive guarantees tourists a great chance of spotting substantial concentrations of zebra, impala, giraffes, waterbuck, topi, warthogs, bushbucks, and buffalo.
Lake Mburo National Park offers morning game drives and afternoon game drives, and it is also possible to experience night game drives as you search for nocturnal animals. Night drives start approximately 6:30 pm while you look out for nocturnal animals such as bushbabies, leopards, potto, and hyenas, who are most active at night.
Walking Safari in Lake Mburo National Park. In Lake Mburo National Park, it is available to be discovered on foot, as long as you take a park ranger guide with you. Favorite trekking trails take travelers to the salt lick at Rwonyo, along the lake shorelines, viewpoint hilltops, and Rubanga Forest.
Nature walks are another exciting way to explore Lake Mburo National Park because sometimes visibility is often restricted by the vegetation undergrowth, and it is hard to view buffalo standing their ground or hyenas going back to their dens after a busy night on the prowl. Nature walks are also good for birders to track down many elusive species.
Boat Safari
Participating on a boat cruise is always a welcome, peaceful part of any magical safari on Lake Mburo National Park. Enjoy a 90-minute morning boat cruise taking you along the shore of Lake Mburo; you can see a school of crocodiles, hippos, buffalo, kingfishers, hamerkops, and fish eagles. Lake Mburo boat safaris begin at 8 am and depart every two hours up to 4 pm.
Birding in Lake Mburo National Park
Lake Mburo National Park is mostly occupied by acacia woodland and wetlands with many species of birds that make it an ideal destination for birders. Birdwatching can be done by vehicle and on foot; tourists can easily sight bird species such as the rufous-bellied heron, black-bellied bustard, bateleur, and the red-faced barbet.
Horse Riding in Lake Mburo National Park
Lake Mburo National Park is a beautiful hub with a dazzle of zebra. Lake Mburo is the only national park in Uganda where you can do horseback riding. Horseback riding is operated by Mihingo Lodge; all ages are catered for. Horseback riding lasts for about four hours and normally includes hilltop sundowners or sometimes bush breakfasts.
Mountain Biking
Rwakobo Rock offers a good selection of well-maintained mountain bikes for tourists interested in mountain bike riding through the savanna that borders Lake Mburo National Park. This is another perfect way to explore Lake Mburo National Park as you enjoy wildlife and meeting local community members.
When to visit Lake Mburo National Park in 2026/2027?
The best time for wildlife spotting in Lake Mburo is in the drier seasons that take place from June to September and again from December to February. However, Lake Mburo National Park can be visited throughout the year as well as in the wet seasons from March to May and October to November.