Bwana Tembo Safari Camp
Cottages and raised safari tents · North of the park, about 10 km from Tangi gate · The Dal Lago family
Mid-range
Outside the gate
Owner/family-run
The Dal Lagos have lived in Uganda since 1986 and cook accordingly, which after a long day on the Buligi tracks turns out to be exactly what you want. The camp is deliberately small, six cottages and four tents on platforms, and it has been quietly improving: mains electricity and a rebuilt pool arrived in 2024, and the family also runs fly camping inside the park with real beds and a barbecue. Prices are among the lowest of any comfortable option here.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Bed and breakfast at $49 includes wifi, drinks and activities
- Italian kitchen, run by the same family since 1986
- Only ten units in total, so it rarely feels busy
- Mains power and a rebuilt pool since 2024
- Fly camping inside the park with real beds and a barbecue
Cons
- No child policy or minimum age found on the site
- No family room specified; only tents and cottages listed
- Bookings run through a widget, not a printed rate card
What's here
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Boat trips
Read from Bwana Tembo Safari Camp'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 Bwana Tembo Safari Camp
From $49 pppn. Bed and breakfast from $49 per person, half board $74, and a cruise package at $159 covering all meals, wine and a boat trip. The camp's current site routes bookings through a widget rather than printing a card, so reconfirm at info@bwanatembo.com or +256 772 957 850.
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 Bwana Tembo Safari Camp
Is Bwana Tembo Safari Camp good for families?
We found no child policy or minimum age on the camp's site, so ask when you enquire. It is small, six cottages and four elevated tents, ten units in total, which can suit a family wanting the whole camp to feel quiet rather than busy.
What does the rate at Bwana Tembo Safari Camp include?
Bed and breakfast at $49 a person includes accommodation, breakfast, wifi, drinks and activities, the camp's own site says. Half board at $74 adds dinner, and a $159 cruise package adds lunch and a river cruise. All packages are subject to availability, and a single supplement applies.
What is fly camping at Bwana Tembo Safari Camp?
The Dal Lago family, who have run the camp since they settled in Uganda in 1986, also offer fly camping inside the park itself, with real beds rather than basic bedrolls and a barbecue rather than a packed meal. Ask the camp directly for current pricing and availability.
How do you book Bwana Tembo Safari Camp?
Bookings run through a widget on the camp's current site rather than a printed rate card, so reconfirm details at info@bwanatembo.com or +256 772 957 850 before you travel. The camp has had mains electricity and a rebuilt pool since 2024.