Ndali Lodge

Ndali Lodge Pool

Ndali Lodge is the ideal base for Chimpanzee Trekking in the Kibale Forest. The lodge is perched on the rim of an extinct volcano which, since its demise, has filled with water to become the breathtaking Lake Nyinambuga - 250 acres in size and 130 metres deep.

There is a main thatched lodge with spacious sitting room, reception area and dining room flanked by 8 cottages providing luxurious accommodation for 16 guests. The cottages are built of local stone and thatch, and face west to offer a panoramic view to the spectacular 'Mountains of the Moon'.

Each cottage has en-suite facilities with bath, shower, WC and hand basin and a private veranda, perfect for watching the sun setting behind the Ruwenzori mountains, the snow-capped peaks of which are clearly visible on a clear day.

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At night the dining room is festooned with candles - the lodge has no electricity or generators to destroy the tranquillity and atmosphere. The sitting room, reception and dining room open out onto Lake Nyinambuga and are connected by two open passage-ways or breeze-ways: fruit bats, owls and frogs like to use them as a highway to the crater lake. Breakfast is on the veranda overlooking the lake: freshly squeezed passion fruit juice (from Ndali's vines when in season) and homemade bread with wild honey go down well with a full English breakfast.

All Ndali's water comes directly from the lake, pumped up hydraulic ram based on technology invented in the 1770's.

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Page last updated on 03 Jun 2010