Topi Lodge
Topi lodge is a budget comfortable accommodation that sits 5 minutes from the southern gate to Ishasha –Queen Elizabeth National Park’s southern sector. The lodge is located near to beautiful nature with view of the park and the surrounding landscape where you can enjoy in delicious meals or on the veranda of your cottages. The lodge offers spacious rooms with affordable prices, tasty meals and friendly services.
Topi Lodge boasts with comfortable accommodations at budget friendly price in the perfect cottages. Each cottage offers comfortable beds and is decorated with local crafts.
The rooms were furnished with big verandas set up with a sofa with a great chance to relax and enjoy the peaceful setting with gainful views. All cottages are equipped with warm water for the shower.
Well, Topi Lodge lies few meters drive from the southern gate to the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park. However, Queen Elizabeth National park is known for its rare tree-climbing lions and other animal species. The highlight activity here is the game drive where you will be able to search the big fig tree for lions and another chances to see antelopes like the topi, elands, kobs as well as buffaloes, elephants and more.
The lodge has well trained team that offers a warm welcome and do their very best to give you memorable stay. Topi lodge offers guests affordable comfortable close to the wild. Each lodge has a large outside seating area to admire and listen to the sounds of the savannah.
Other Topi Lodge –Room -Amenities Services
Topi lodge were set up with a twin, double or single rooms and a triple bed options. Each bed room is designed with a mosquito net and all rooms are self-contained with a perfect bathroom with a relaxing warm shower to unwind in after a long day of exploring.
They offer free parking for the guest
They offer free Wi-Fi
They offer free breakfast to visitors on site restaurant
The rooms are designed with clean mosquito nets.
They have spacious restaurant that served tasty food.
Activities offered at Topi Lodge –Queen Elizabeth National Park
They offer nature walks, game drives, boast cruises, chimpanzee tracking, bird watching
Game Drive Experience
This is the best enjoyed activity while staying at Topi lodge. The morning game drive is the best of all sections experienced through Ishasha sectors a home of unique tree climbing lions and easily seen. You can as well as visit Kasenyi plains in the northern part of the park and be able to spot large wildlife species like antelopes, buffaloes, elephants, predators like hyenas and lions thus making both areas perfect place to watch the big cats and herbivorous animals.
Go spot tree climbing lions
The tree climbing lions in the Ishasha sector have made park to be a famous destination to tourists. Engaging in this life experience, you will be able to adapt to life spent climbing the numerous fig tree after hunting in the morning or afternoon heat.
Cultural Tours
While at visit to Topi Lodge, they can arrange for you a visit to the Kikorongo Equator cultural group to watch and participate in traditional dance, drama and fire making. You can be able to learn about their traditional way of life like they make household, build grass thatched houses, cook in tradition way, manage their gardens
Bird watching
You can go for birding in amazing trails of the park and note Queen Elizabeth National park is a home to over 600 bird species among others. Some of birds to see include; Common Snipe, Common Teal, Greater Swamp, Grey Kestrel, Grey-headed Gull, Grey-capped warbler, Great-white and Pink-backed pelicans, Eurasian Wigeon, African beautiful Black-headed Gonolek, African Mourning Dove, African skimmer among others.
Boat cruise
The boat cruise is one of the best done activity while at stay at Topi Lodge. It takes place on the impressive Kazinga Channel which connects lake George to Lake Edwards. Expect to see large herds of hippos, herds of elephant’s bath and quenching for thirst and other animals like antelopes and leopards can be seen drinking water in the shallow ends of the channel, Goes at USD30 per person per day. other optional activities include; Chimpanzee tracking, Nature walk and visit Katwe salt mines.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is located in southwestern region of Uganda, approximately 5 to 6 hours’ drive from Kampala or Entebbe to the lodge –Topi Lodge. Alternative, you can fly with domestic flight from Entebbe Airport to Kasese Airstrip or Mweya Airstrip within 1:10 minutes land. The park is a home to variety of wildlife species with over 95 mammal species and 600 bird species among others.
