At The River Ishasha
Eco camp with cottages and camping · Ishasha, on the Ntungwe outside the park · Not named
Budget
Outside the gate
Owner/family-run
At The River Ishasha sits on the Ntungwe a few minutes outside the park, looking across at the Kigezi Wildlife Reserve. It is the cheapest bed in the sector, with camping from $10 and platforms for anyone driving their own rooftop tent. The fig tree lions are through the gate, and Mweya is three hours to the north.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Cheapest bed in the Ishasha sector, camping from $10 a night
- Platforms for rooftop tent vehicles, with hot showers and flushing toilets
- A pool and a raised restaurant and bar serving home-cooked meals
- 60 acres on the Ntungwe, across from the Kigezi Wildlife Reserve
- Cabins alongside camping, for travellers who want a bed off the ground
Cons
- What a rate actually covers is not specified; ring to confirm
- No confirmed cottage or cabin count from the owner
- No child policy or minimum age found on the site
- The old domain now belongs to an aggregator, not this camp
What's here
- Self-catering
Read from At The River Ishasha'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. Queen Elizabeth 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 rather than per night.
- $40per person, per day
- VehicleA Ugandan-registered 4x4, the usual hire car, at UGX 30,000; a foreign-registered 4x4 pays $150.
- $8per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $264 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
Entry is sold in 24-hour blocks that begin when you pass the gate, so a trip that starts at midday and ends at 16:00 two days later is charged as three days, not two.
The full fee schedule for Queen Elizabeth National ParkRates at At The River Ishasha
From $10 per person, camping. The working owner domain lists camping at $10 per person per night and rooms from $25 per person per night. What those rates cover is not specified, so treat them as indicative and ring before you book. The older domain attheriverishasha.com now redirects to an aggregator that buys expired lodge domains, so nothing on it is an owner source.
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.
Indicative 2026 rates, read in September 2026 from each property's own website, rate card or factsheet. Twenty-three of the forty-two publish a rack rate of their own. The other nineteen say on request, and no agent or tour operator figure has been used to fill a gap. Watch the basis, because it decides whether two numbers can be compared at all: some quote per person per night sharing, others per room, per tent or per cottage, and meals sit inside some rates and outside others. Park entry is extra almost everywhere at $40 per foreign non-resident adult per 24 hours, plus the vehicle, and the Kazinga Channel cruise is $30 on top.
Questions about At The River Ishasha
How much does it cost to stay At The River Ishasha?
Camping costs $10 per person per night and rooms start from $25 per person per night on the working owner domain. What exactly each rate covers is not specified, so treat these as indicative figures and confirm by WhatsApp on +256 772 722688 or email before you book.
What facilities does At The River Ishasha have?
The eco camp has a swimming pool and a raised restaurant and bar serving home-cooked meals made from seasonal, locally sourced ingredients. Accommodation ranges from cabins to camping pitches, plus platforms built for rooftop tent vehicles with hot showers and flushing toilets, all across about 60 acres on the Ntungwe River.
Is At The River Ishasha good for families?
We found no child policy or minimum age on the camp's site. Camping and rooms are priced per person rather than per unit, which can suit a family on a budget, but ask directly what a cabin or camping pitch includes before assuming it covers everyone in your group.
Can you self-drive to At The River Ishasha?
Yes, the camp is set up specifically for overlanders, with space for roof tent vehicles alongside standard camping and cabins. It sits on the Ntungwe a few minutes outside the park, across from the Kigezi Wildlife Reserve. No turn-by-turn directions are published, so confirm the route by WhatsApp before you arrive.