Aardvark Safari Lodge is a recently opened accommodation facility in Queen Elizabeth National Park, just a stone’s throw from Katunguru Bridge. It is one of the ease-to-access lodges as the signpost is right there as you head to the gate.
This beautiful lodge boasts a raw natural environment – typically bush, hence providing the golden opportunity of sighting wildlife, especially for elephants, hippos, and cape buffaloes among others. These can be spotted wandering outside your cottage or listening to the sounds of chirping birds.
Thanks to Aardvark Safari Lodge’s incredible location, it is less than 15 minutes’ drive from Kasenyi Plains, a wonderful spot for safari game drives in the northern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park. One of the things that stand out about this lodge is its warm and friendly staff who serve with a wide smile and always check on guests to make sure they are having the best time.
Rooms and amenities at Aardvark Safari Lodge
The cottages here are spaced from one another and were constructed with an African touch-thatched roofs, and wooden floors. They are large with spacious living areas containing comfortable chairs and a table, huge beds with mosquito nets, and private balconies with chairs for unwinding with a drink or after a hearty meal while appreciating the untouched beauty of the wilderness.
You will enjoy sighting different wildlife species, especially elephants, cape buffaloes, and hippos among others. Don’t miss en-suite indoor bathrooms with a flushing toilet, clean towels, and a shower, as well as the outdoor showers that allow you to enjoy showers under the stars while connecting with nature.
For facilities, there is a restaurant where guests enjoy meals served with wide smiles and a great deal of hospitality from the lodge staff.
Things to do while staying at Aardvark Safari Lodge
Game drives
Aardvark Safari Lodge is less than 15 minutes’ drive from the Kasenyi Plains in northern Queen Elizabeth National Park hence guests are guaranteed free and effortless sights of visiting animals, especially elephants, hippos, buffaloes, and a number of antelopes. However, the great location also means a chance to easily connect for your safari game drives in the park, where more animals such as lions, leopards, Uganda Kobs, Defassa waterbucks, topis, hippos, and others are likely to be sighted.
Boat Cruises
Guests staying at Aardvark Safari Lodge can easily connect to Kazinga Channel for boat cruises. This 40-kilometer-long natural channel is home to the park’s high concentration of hippos and nile crocodiles. These are usually sighted basking or relaxing along the banks together with elephants, buffaloes, and lots of aquatic and wetland bird species.
You can choose the morning boat cruise, starting at 9:00 am, the afternoon schedule starting at 2:00 pm, or the sunset cruise that usually begins at 4:00 pm with great views of the sun setting down the horizon.
Bush walks
Aardvark Safari Lodge is still raw and unspoiled hence you can enjoy bush walks around the property, or better still opt for the guided walk. This takes you through selected places of the park with great chances of sighting animals, birds, unique plant species and appreciate the beautiful landscape.
Visitors to Queen Elizabeth National Park always complement their visit with a gorilla trekking safari in the nearby Bwindi Forest National Park or a chimpanzee trekking expedition in Kibale National Park. Others could opt for a boat cruise on the Victoria Nile to Murchison Falls.