Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge is Uganda’s Leading Safari Lodge 2016. This was confirmed at this year’s Africa and Indian Ocean World Travel Awards 2016 gala held on 9th-April 2016 at the 5* Diamond La Gemma dell’ Est resort in Zanzibar. The colourful event dubbed’ the travel Oscars’ night brought together hundreds of industry leaders and top managers of the contenders for awards and prizes on offer from across the Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands and the African continent.
This popular Safari Lodge now adds this award to yet another accolade of the number #1 of 29 Specialty Lodging in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park from trip advisor.
The lodge is located 2161m above sea level on the vantage Nteko ridge overlooking a beautiful swath of the world renowned Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park that’s inhabited by the world’s most sought after animal, the Mountain Gorilla. This section of forest is home to the Nkuringo group of mountain gorillas (Nkuringo Gorilla Family) from where the lodge provides a prime access point to the start of the amazing gorilla trekking