Marafika Safari Lodge is situated overlooking Lake George in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in the western Uganda region, estimating 5 to 6 hours’ drive and travel by flight from Entebbe International Airport or Kajjansi airstrip within 1:10 hours to land to mweya airstrip. However, the lodge has a beautiful location and has been designed and handcrafted using local materials.
The park boasts with the equator and is one of Uganda’s most visited tourist destinations, it extends from Lake Edward in the southwest to Lake George in the northeast with the Kazinga channel connecting the two lakes. Queen Elizabeth National Park is also renowned as the second largest Uganda game park approximately 1,978 square kilometers and was named after Queen Elizabeth 11. It is home to famous wildlife animals such as lions, leopards, hippos, chimpanzees, tree-climbing lions, and hoven for birds over 600 bird species among others. The park is also famous for its salt lakes that fill volcanic craters where the local people have been extracting salt for years.
One choosing to visit Marafiki will have an amazing chance to explore local communities and learn about the area’s cultural history, meet the local people, enjoy amazing storytelling, and experience, the local dance, and music.
Marafik Safari Lodge –Room, Amenities Offered
The accommodation has been handcrafted using perfect environmentally friendly local materials fitted by artisans from the surrounding community.
The lodge has an en-suite open-air shower where you can experience a truly perfect African morning, bathing as the sun comes up over the lake. Then at night, you will enjoy moonlight under the star, before dining next to the campfire. More so, the lodge has comfortable three luxury furnished safari tents complete with park views and for budget visitors a luxurious timber cabin that accommodates 16 people in four perfect dormitory rooms.
While at the lodge, you can enjoy a tasty breakfast served right on the veranda of the restaurant, fresh coffee with a full breakfast of seasonal fruits, and other slightly local produce. After a long day viewing the park, relax in the lounge area, and take in the impressive views whilst enjoying a relaxing meal and sundowners while the sun drops behind the Rwenzori Mountains.
More so, the lodge offers private luxury safari tents on raised wooden floors and canvas walls that can be rolled up to allow you to sit comfortably viewing the beautiful savannah plains with breathtaking views across the park and the Rwenzori Mountains. Marafik Safari Lodge also offers four timber cabins that provide comfort and space for a more modest budget.
Things to do at Marafika Safari Lodge –Queen Elizabeth National Park
They include; exploration of the crater lakes, cross the equator, cultural village walks, tree climbing lions of Ishasha among others
Game Drive Experience
The game drive experience is the most popular activity in queen Elizabeth national park which can be done in four sessions morning, afternoon, evening, and night game drive. But the morning game drive sounds like the best because it rewards several big cats before returning to their hideouts. The park has two stunning places to carry out game drives include; Kasenyi and Ishasha plains. At stay Marafika the easiest adventurous plain Kasenyi plains where you can be able to explore the large herds of elephants taking their morning bath in the watering holes before making their way to find breakfast as well as Uganda kobs bound playfully through the savannah grasses watched by the lions which can be seen planning their morning hunt. However, the park fulfills any traveler’s desire to explore Africa’s natural beauty.
Tree climbing lions
During a stay at Marafika Safari Lodge, you can go to track the tree-climbing lions in Ishasha sector which has made the park famous worldwide.
Visit the crater lakes
This is one of the amazing activities to do while at stay in Marafika Safari Lodge. You visit these beautiful crater lakes where you can be able to spot bird species such as; Yellow-throated Cuckoo, martial eagle, Verreaux Eagle Owl, Pink-backed Pelican, Sedge warbles, and Papyrus canary among others.
Boat cruise at Kazinga channel; You can opt to go for a boat cruise experience along Kazinga channel which connects with Lake George and Lake Albert.While on a boat cruise expect to sightsee a large number of hippos, crocodiles, and various notable bird species.
