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and there are comfortable chairs to relax and They’ve got a wooden deck that overlooks the
read. There are books for both adults and Nile and this is the perfect spot to sit and enjoya
children on the bookshelf and a toilet and basin sundowner – and if you are lucky enough you
– everything you need around you to make it a may also see the wildlife drinking from the
relaxing lounging experience. water’s edge.. From the lodge a range of
activities can be enjoyed; game drives, fishing,
Served in the open-sided thatched restaurant boat cruises, nature and community walks while
the home-made meals are delicious and chimp trekking and rhino walks are options
carefully thought out. Breakfast is served available on the drive to/from Murchison. There
continental style while lunch is a 2-course meal is also an abundance of birdlife to be seen and
and dinner 3-courses – a meat and vegetarian heard – 450 bird species have been recorded
murchison river lodge option is always on offer. Everyone is catered for at the lodge; did you know that Uganda is
blessed with 1090 confirmed bird species?, and
(be sure to let the lodge know about any
By The Eye Magazine dietary preferences beforehand) and you will the Vervet monkeys are never too far away and
find yourself feeling content and satisfied. Their they can be seen and heard all around the
Murchison River Lodge Image By George Everest beers and sodas are served cold, unless of lodge.
course you prefer to drink them warm …. I say Whether you are travelling with family, friends or
As a family, none of what we’ve managed to create over the years could have been done without this because in Uganda, your beer or soda independently, Murchison River Lodge (MRL)
the support of a great and solid team. From skidding down muddy roads through a national park in won’t automatically come ice cold, you will get really is a wonderful place to stay - it is like a
a truck full of building materials, to the excavation of spots chosen for tents and cottages, to asked if you want your drink to come cold or at home away from home with all the spoils and I
thatching grass delivered from the north, to a campsite riddled with orange termite mounds, room temperature! know that we will definitely be returning for a
everyone has played a part in where we are today. After the 2008 global crash and a personal third visit.
tragedy we threw in the towel on everything familiar. We closed our safari company, sold vehicles,
kept a truck and started to develop the land we had on the edge of the Nile in Murchison Falls
National Park. In 2010 there were very few lodges and camps in Uganda’s largest national park, so
we angled our business to the mid-range market, plotted out the bar and restaurant with string,
rigged up an outdoor shower, employed a team of men and women from the community and
implemented solar as the preferred option for power. Having been overlanding in Africa, the Middle
East and India we knew a bit about what people wanted in a location, including warm hospitality,
cold drinks, a pool and a good pillow – slowly we set about transforming an overgrown river bed into
a safari destination. With everything that’s happened around the world in recent years we’re still
operating by the Nile with a solid team and remain grateful to everyone for their continued support
– Georgie Higginson
Murchison River Lodge outdoor lounge Thatched safari tent with en-suite

The lodge is completely off the grid – and There are three types of mid-range
this appeals to us in so many ways. It not accommodation options available; en-suite
only means that the lodge has completely thatched cottages, en-suite thatched safari
disconnected from the national energy grid tents and a private campsite. On both of
and relies solely on the energy generated our visits to MRL we stayed in the thatched
from solar and battery storage, but it means safari tents and we could not have been
they care about the conservation of the happier. The safari tents are spacious,
park, the community around them as well equipped with a safe, USB charging port,
as the fauna and flora. mosquito net, space to hang your clothes,
It is comfortable, peaceful, the staff are a spacious bathroom which has a shower,
friendly, super attentive and the food, well wash basin and toilet, standalone fan, Murchison River Lodge bar Murchison River Lodge pool
let’s just say its … so damn delicious! If you comfortable beds and a hammock outside
are thinking of getting away for a 2-3-night the tent where you can just completely CONTACT MRL:
stay in Murchison Falls and you are not too relax. +256 714 000085 / +256 782 007552 bookings@murchisonriverlodge.com
sure where to go, look no further than www.murchisonriverlodge.com @murchisonriverlodge.com (f i)
Murchison River Lodge – a delightful lodge The lodge has a swimming pool, pool
located on the southern bank of the river lounge where you have access to their WiFi, GETTING THERE:
Nile – which overlooks Murchison Falls a well-stocked bar as well as play areas for 4 hr 56 min (299.0 km) via Kampala-Masindi
5 hr 31 min (316.1 km) via Kampala-Hoima
National Park. children. The pool lounge works on an Places to stop along the way that offer a washroom, cold drink/tea/coffee, snack or a meal: ad
honesty system for beers, sodas and waters Kabalega Resort Masindi & Masindi Hotel & Kabalega Resort Hoima

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