Description
Savanna Resort Hotel is a comfortable 3-star accommodation found between Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Savanna Resort is set in Kihihi Town Council, Kanungu District. The Savanna Resort serves as the main stopover for tourists on a safari to Bwindi or Queen Elizabeth National Park.
The mid-range Savanna Resort Hotel is 8 km from Queen Elizabeth National Park and 43 km from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Accommodation
Savanna Resort Hotel is composed of 32 grass-thatched bandas, 2 deluxe suites, and 10 standard rooms. The accommodation options consist of single, double, twin, and triple rooms. These are fitted with en suite facilities. The single rooms come with en suite facilities and they are uniquely designed offering the most exquisite experience.
The different rooms at the Savanna Resort feature an en suite bathroom, toilet facilities, and DSTV. The resort also offers conference services, and Wi-Fi, and is run by solar power. The other amenities at the Savanna Resort include a fully stocked bar, best restaurant, and a lush garden.
The bar at Savanna Resort is fully stocked with soft and hard drinks including sodas, beers, wines, and more. Visitors can sit and enjoy their drinks while appreciating the spectacular views of the nearby vast Queen Elizabeth National Park or forest canopy plus other surrounding places.
The dining area is suitably set in the area where you enjoy the views of the surrounding areas. It is at the dining where guests can enjoy their delicious meals. Local and international cuisines are offered at the resort.
The swimming pool is an ideal area to visit for you to cool off the long day heat. Or opt to chill around the blue water swimming pool as you enjoy the cool breezes from the surrounding areas.
The strong internet connection allows you to keep in touch with your friends and family back home.
Extra facilities and services to expect at the Savanna Resort Hotel include a Golf course, tourism facilities, a business center, airstrip services, laundry services, and a free parking area.
Access to the Savanna Resort Hotel
Savanna Resort can be reached within 8 km from the Ishasha sector, 43 km from Bwindi National Park, and 3 km from the Uganda-Congo border. By air, you can also take a flight from Entebbe International Airport up to Kihihi Airstrip and then connect to the resort.
Things to do in and around Savanna Resort Hotel
Game drives
At Savanna Resort Hotel, visitors can safely connect to the Ishasha sector to enjoy a guided game drive. The Ishasha sector offers the best game viewing experience with a chance for tourists to encounter the unique tree-climbing lions. The Ishasha sector is found in the southern end of Queen Elizabeth National Park, Western Uganda.
Beyond the tree-climbing lions, Ishasha also has other wildlife to be spotted by visitors including topis, cape buffaloes, elephants, waterbucks, leopards, Uganda Kobs, bushbucks, hyenas, etc. Guided game drives along the Ishasha are perfectly done using a 4×4 safari vehicle.
Gorilla trekking
Tourists can leave Ishasha for Buhoma sector one of the regions where gorilla trekking adventures are offered. At the Buhoma region, visitors get a chance to track gorilla families such as the Mubare group, Habinyanja, Katwe, Rushegura, and Muyambi gorilla groups. To be able to engage in the trek with the Buhoma gorillas, you should have a valid gorilla permit each of which can be booked at USD 800 per person.
Birding
Birding excursions can be enjoyed at the Ishasha sector and also the Buhoma region in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. At the Ishasha, expect to come across birds such as the elusive shoebill stork, Chapin’s flycatchers, African broadbill, Great blue turacos, Grey woodpeckers, Martial eagle, Broad-billed rollers, and Senegal plovers.
At the Buhoma sector in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, expect to come across birds such as barred long-tailed cuckoos, regal sunbirds, Kivu ground thrush, lemon doves, red-eyed dove, speckled pigeon, western crested Guineafowl, Helmeted Guineafowl, Dusky turtle doves, Blue quail, Tambourine dove, scaly spurfowl, white-spotted fluff tail, African swift, montane nightjars, and scarce swift.
Additional birds to spot at Buhoma include Horus swifts, spotted eagle-owl, little sparrow hawks, Verreaux’s eagle owl, speckled mousebirds, African fish eagle, dwarf honey guide, African grey woodpeckers, lesser honeyguide, and more.
