A travelers paradise located on the edge of Bwindi Impenetrable National park
Dozens of Nature and Culural Experiences
Front Eco- rooms with shared bathroom
The lodge has ecological rooms both twin rooms, singles and double rooms with shared bathrooms.

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Canoe Trekking on Lake Mutanda

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Batwa-Pygmies Forest Experience

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Nyiragongo Active Volcano hiking

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Bwindi Backpackers lodge is of one kind travelers paradise located on the edge of Bwindi Impenetrable National park, a world heritage site the home to two great apes i.e Chimpanzee and Mountain Gorillas. We have budget and and mid range accommodation starting from self camping,Rooms with shared bathroom,self contained rooms and cottages. We do organise and process gorilla tracking permits for our clients at no extra fees and also our clients can pay by card or bank transfer or if near our offices pay by cash in usd$ or uganda shillings or pounds and euros. We do also organise active Nyiragongo Hikes,Queen Elizabeth trips and many other activities

It is on a top of a hill that shares the boundary with bwindi forest with immediate access of the road network suitable for all cars from saloon cars to big overlander trucks. The lodge site is frequently visited by Nkuringo Gorilla group and some times visitors watch Gorillas from the lodge compound.

Client Reviews

The team is very good person. the place is amazing and beautiful. Many many activities and very good. The food are very very good , the chef is good cookingThank you for the trip. And thank you for the batwa friend

- Stephanie P

Cannes, France
My boyfriend and I spent 4 nights at Bwindi last month. We obviously had a good look at the website before booking the accommodation but we still didn't know what to expect since "backpackers" can mean a lot of things. When we got to Bwindi we were very positively surprised! Seith (the owner) turned it into a beautiful and cozy backpackers.

- Jeanette H

Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
Due to the road conditions the lodge is not too easy to reach. But staff can pick you up from Kisoro (closer=cheaper) or from Kabale. We had to pay in advance for accommodation and all activities we wanted to do, which we found unusual at first. But everything paid off well and there were no problems. The offered activities are very nice and different from many other lodges since... Read More

- DR D

Berlin, Germany
It is the a good place with magnificent looking of Bwindi national park. the staff is good and the service is also good. It is a near by area to track most of the groups of Rushaga and Nkuringa. I really appreciate and love to visit it all time.

- Kyapman

Kampala, Uganda