Family hotels and homes in Rubuguli

Kaara is a truly magical place to stay for exploring Bwindi National park. We were welcomed by Wilfred and his team and then had an amazing and very warm welcome welcome by the local village culture group who performed music and dancing to tell us about their culture! This was the best welcome we have ever had to a hotel! Throughout our stay, all of the staff worked tirelessly to make us comfortable - from cleaning our boots after a days hiking (thank you Moses!) to setting up breakfast on the terrace to watch the sunrise! A particular highlight was a short sunset hike, led by Barnabus to give us panoramic views of the sunset and volcano! Thank you Barnabus - we really enjoyed this and appreciated you taking the time to walk with us! The staff lit us a fire each evening at the fire pit so we could have a drink as the sun went down. The chefs did an excellent job and the food was great! They also prepared delicious lunches for us on the days we were out hiking. Before we stayed, Peter was extremely helpful in sorting out our Gorilla tracking permits - even going to the bank when the payment was delayed and emailing them to us ahead of time! Having the permits sorted helped everything run smoothly for our days gorilla tracking. You do need to print the permits in advance so much sure you do this before travelling! Whilst staying at Kaara, we also did the Batwa Forest cultural experience (booked through the UWA) - we were unsure what to expect from this and were sceptical as it seemed to be a lot of money, however we were so glad we did! We hiked through the forest with some of the Batwa community who showed us about how they lived in the forest as we went. They showed us where they lived, how they made fire, climbed trees for fruit, caught animals and many more things. It was amazing to see how resourceful they were and also how happy and comfortable they were in the forest. I would recommend doing this to anyone who has an extra day after gorilla trekking.

1 Fabulous staff. Moses is absolutely lovely and so helpful and attentive and made me feel so cared for. Alphonse was not often there but when I did see him he was full of useful information and advice and help. He arranged transport to the start of my Gorilla Habituation, took some dollars to a money changer for me and drove me to Muko on his boda boda and waited with me for 1.5 hours until the Jaguar bus arrived. Thank you Moses and Alphonse. 2. Silver the owner arranged my Gorilla Habituation permit for me for $50 3. The location of the camp is absolutely perfect and knowing this from last year I added an extra day to my stay so that I could enjoy just sitting on the observation deck relaxing for a whole day! Next time I will stay even longer! 4. My room Sitatunga was excellent--large and airy with very comfortable beds and a lovely en suite with hot shower and a lovely spacious balcony that Moses served my dinner on. 5. The food was very good and Alphonse very kindly allowed me to have just one course rather than the set meal as my appetite is small.

Amazing staff, they are always taking care of you. Amazing enviroment and very good location. Very good breakfast and dinner. Very good views and rooms beautiful and comfortable. Close to rushaga gorilla point.

great location, great food, easy to walk down to the gorillas and nice village tours

Very nice and clean place, with super nice, helpful hosts and great breakfast! Amazing view of all volcanos of Mgahinga NP from the yard :)

We had a really great experience with the gorilla guest house! Cylia, the manager, is super friendly and helpful with everything. Also the price is super fair.

A lovely property in beautiful surroundings. Great food and comfortable beds too

Staff were awesome...such a welcoming and service oriented group. Particular mentions to Tony who was always ready to help and share a joke and to Lazarus the manager who was so welcoming and informative. The rooms were luxurious...huge bathroom with bath, huge balcony with beautiful views, big and comfortable bed. We had full board option and the food was excellent and plentiful. Attention to detail...drink on arrival, ensure we had everything ready for gorillas trek, turn down beds with hot water bottles, fruit in room, clean shoes after the trek.. etc Location was only 10 minutes away from start of gorilla trek so extra sleep in

Exceptionally friendly owners. I want to see more people like them. Very good breakfast

Wonderful place suitable for relaxation. The most beautiful views in all of Uganda. Very friendly staff. very good communication and the lodge also arranged permits for gorillas and chimpanzees. They took very good care of us. the food was also excellent.