Tilenga Safari Lodge | Lodges in Murchison Falls National Park

Tilenga safari lodge is located on the northern part of the boundaries of Murchison falls national park. It’s located only 2 km away from Tangi gate on the main Karuma-Pakwach Road.

This takes tourists a 5- to 6-hour drive from Kampala, the capital center, to the location of the lodge in Murchison falls national park.

Again, on the other side, the lodge can be accessed from Entebbe International Airport, which takes 40 minutes to the nearest airstrip around the lodge, like Pakuba; then, within zero minutes, you can already be at Tilenga Safari Lodge.

Tilenga safari lodge is a mid-range accommodation that has 13 suitable and comfortable cottages and two luxury tents that have spectacular views of the wilderness. The accommodation facilities are such well-furnished and decorated buildings in the African style with the grass-thatched roofs, which provides the warmth to the guests.

Tilenga safari lodge is well established with beautiful and decorated private en suite extra clean flushing toilets, free toiletries, complimentary bottled water, wooden chairs and tables, hot and cold showers and many others.

The cottages have got the amazing, clean, washed bedding available on the queen-sized bed.

Others include the single beds for the single individuals and double, or known as the twin beds, for sharing and then the triple for the family options with different ranges of rates regarding the period of the season when they have visited the lodge. Where during the high season the rates can be high, during the low season the rates can be low.

The lodge is the massive one, which gives humble time to the guests who come to stay at the lodge with the perfect set position of the cottages, which have the greatest sitting areas that give the guests better views of the landscape.

The cottages have got the wooden balconies that give the guests a nice stay and the best views of the thrilling wildlife that roams both at the lodge and in the surrounding area.

Which makes their stay the most meaningful one without forgetting the terrace that connects the guests to the entire area and surroundings.

Tilenga safari lodge as well provides the visitors with the presence of fire, where the guests do gather during the evening while jazzing among themselves about the incredible game driving that they had during the morning game drive through sharing the different safari experiences. And also, it can be the best moment when the guests can enjoy the sunset horizons and also gain the warmth from the fire.

Services and facilities at Tilenga safari lodge.

Restaurant and bar at Tilenga safari lodge.

Tilenga safari lodge has the restaurant that is located in the main building, where the guests during their stay at the lodge are served the buffet morning breakfast while facing the park.

The guests are served the most tasty and yummy continental and African-inspired meals that are prepared by the professional chefs and as well, they can be served by the most friendly and caring staff. Guests are also offered picnic lunch and dinner.

 The guests during their stay at the lodge can choose the best place to enjoy their meal from, either in the dining area or in the bush. This especially becomes beyond when you decide to do bush breakfast as you enjoy the morning sunrises and on the other hand, you enjoy bush dinners under the blanket with the stars in the sky during the night.

Tilenga safari lodge has got the well-stocked bar. This is where the guests do relax after a long day of having different activities, and then during the evening the visitors can relax while sipping on the drinks that are found in the bar, like the soft drinks, wines, gins, cocktails, spirits, international beers and others, while with the stunning views of the River Nile, Murchison falls national park and various animal species.

Tilenga safari lodge provides other services to the guests like laundry services, massage services, Airport pickups and drop-offs, 24 housekeeping, unlimited WiFi that will allow you to keep in touch with your family, and many others.

Tilenga Safari Lodge

Activities done at Tilenga safari lodge.

Game drives.

During your stay at Tilenga safari lodge in Murchison falls national park you can be offered the massive game driving safari where the guests, together with the presence of well-experienced guides in the open-roof 4×4 safari van, experience the wildlife in Murchison falls national park through spotting the elephants, antelopes, impalas, zebras and many others.

Boat cruise.

Guests do experience the most magical boat cruise, where they can have the opportunity to spot the incredible wildlife in Murchison falls national park like hippos, various animals along the lake shores as they are taking the drinking water like the elephants, antelopes and others, without forgetting the bird species.

Bird watching.

Murchison falls national park being the birding paradise for the bird lovers. The park has got Albertine rift endemic, savannah, and aquatic migratory birds, making the destination perfect for bird watching, hence making the guests enjoy it maximally.

Most of the birds can be spotted during boat cruises on the Victoria Nile, nature walks, and game drives in savannah plains, among others, while spotting bird species like the silver bird, giant kingfisher, rare shoebill stork, Senegal thick-knee, black-billed barbet, palm nut vulture and others.

Sport fishing.

Sport fishing can be done by guests in Murchison falls national park which is one of the interesting and exciting safari activities for guests to experience the best safari ever, where they engage in catching various fish species like Nile perch, tiger fish, catfish, and others on the Victoria Nile while using the unique methods.

Not only the above safari activities in Tilenga safari lodge, Murchison falls national park showers guests who explores it with other safari activities that include hiking on the top of the falls, chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest, nature walks around Rubongo forest and Kaniyo Pabidi in Budongo forest, community visits in the nearby villages that give the guests the best cultural experiences.