Bamboo Village Safari Lodge
Self-contained rooms and a campsite · A few hundred metres outside Mubako gate, south side · Murchison Falls Bamboo Village
Budget
Outside the gate
Owner/family-run
A small owner-run place built around one good idea, which is bamboo: the deluxe rooms are floored in it and much of the rest of the fabric uses it too. Fourteen self-contained rooms with balconies sit on twenty acres of savanna a few minutes from the Mubako gate, so the run in to the crossing at Paraa is short. There is a pool, a viewing deck for sunsets, and driver accommodation, which matters if you are travelling with a guide.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Closest bed to the Mubako gate, 5 minutes to the bridge
- Bamboo floors and super-king beds in the deluxe rooms
- New family villas sleep up to five across two rooms
- Twenty acres with a raised viewing platform for sunsets
- Driver accommodation on site for your guide
Cons
- No confirmed rate card; the lodge's own pages disagree on pricing
- No minimum age found despite a new Family Villa
- Only 14 rooms, so it can book out quickly
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Wi-Fi
- Campsite
- Solar or 24h power
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Boat trips
Read from Bamboo Village Safari Lodge's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Murchison Falls National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryCharged per 24 hours, and this is the only park in Uganda's top A+ band.
- $45per person, per day
- VehicleA Ugandan-registered 4x4, the usual hire car, at UGX 40,000 including Murchison's own surcharge; bring a foreign-registered one and it is $160.
- $11per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $303 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
A ticket runs 24 hours from the hour you drive in, not until midnight. Leave before that same hour on your last day and three nights costs exactly three days of entry; linger past it and UWA counts another full day.
The full fee schedule for Murchison Falls National ParkRates at Bamboo Village Safari Lodge
On request. The lodge publishes no rates on its own site and notes only that pricing is subject to change. Enquire at info@murchisonfallsbamboovillage.com or on +256 707 616 626. Room count and location are the lodge's own figures.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates were read in July 2026 from each property's own website, rate-card PDF or published government tariff. A lodge that publishes nothing says On request, and any figure that came from somewhere other than the property is labelled. Park fees are extra almost everywhere: $45 per person per 24 hours for foreign non-residents, plus a vehicle fee that carries a surcharge unique to Murchison. Deliberately left out, so you know why you cannot find them here. Baker's Lodge is closed, with a flood notice still standing on its operator's site, and Murchison Bush Camp has taken its place in that portfolio. Budongo Eco Lodge is closed too, confirmed by Great Lakes Safaris, which now runs Pabidi Lodge in the same forest. Geo Lodges no longer has any Murchison property despite older guides saying otherwise. Yebo Safari Camp near Mubako gate, Kabalega Wilderness Lodge and Shoebill Camp Site appear across the directories but have no website of their own that we could reach, so we cannot confirm their rates, their capacity or that they are still trading. Amuka Safari Lodge is filed under Murchison by many sites and is not here, because it sits at Nakasongola on the Kampala road roughly two hours short of the park. Aerolink's 2026 route network also names Anyadwe House and Papa's Camp at the Bugungu airstrip. Anyadwe House turns out to publish its own site, a small high-end guesthouse on the south bank of the Nile beside the park, spotted thanks to a reader correction; Papa's Camp still publishes nothing we were able to check.
Questions about Bamboo Village Safari Lodge
Is Bamboo Village Safari Lodge good for families?
It has added new Family Villas, which the lodge's own site says sleep up to five guests across two rooms, with toilets both upstairs and downstairs. We found no minimum age or child policy, so ask about ages when you enquire. The lodge also offers driver accommodation, useful if you are travelling with a guide.
What does it cost to stay at Bamboo Village Safari Lodge?
The record for this lodge and its own website disagree: one listing says no rates are published, while a room page on the site shows a detailed card. Because the two do not agree, treat any figure you see as unconfirmed and ask info@murchisonfallsbamboovillage.com or +256 707 616 626 for the current price.
How far is Bamboo Village Safari Lodge from the park gate?
Very close. The lodge sits a few minutes from the Mubako gate on 20 acres of savanna, and its own site gives five minutes to Paraa Bridge from there. A raised viewing platform looks over the grassland for sunsets.
Does Bamboo Village Safari Lodge arrange transport?
Yes. Alongside rooms and meals, the lodge offers driver accommodation, car hire, and booking services for safaris and river cruises, which is useful if you are travelling with your own guide or driver. It also has wifi and 24-hour power in every room.