Baboon Safari Resort
Cottages · Rubirizi, on the high ground above the park · Not clearly named on the resort's own site
Budget
Outside the gate
Owner/family-run
Baboon Safari Resort stands at Rubirizi-Bushenyi on the high ground outside the park, looking down over it. Full board is built into every rate, which makes the comparison with room-only lodges kinder than it first looks. Everything in the park is a drive down the escarpment from here, and Ishasha is a good deal further again.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Full board is built into every rate, unlike most room-only lodges
- Ten cottages looking down over the park from the high ground
- Car rental listed as an on-site amenity
- Cheapest full board option on this side of the escarpment
Cons
- Park entry is not mentioned as included anywhere
- Everything in the park means a drive down the escarpment first
- No cribs or rollaway beds for young children in the family room
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 Baboon Safari Resort
From $100 per room, full board. US dollars on full board: single $100, double or twin $180, triple $225 and family $300. Park entry is not mentioned. The resort opened in September 2015. The email address sits behind a protected link on the site, so the reliable contact is the telephone on +256 751 117617.
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 Baboon Safari Resort
What does the rate at Baboon Safari Resort include?
Every room is sold on full board, from $100 for a single up to $300 for the family room, a twin room facility with all required facilities included. Park entry is not mentioned as included, so budget for that separately on any day you drive down to the park.
Is Baboon Safari Resort good for families?
There is a family room priced at $300 on full board, sleeping four with a queen and two twin beds, but the lodge's own page says cribs and rollaway beds are not available. We found no minimum age or wider child policy, so ask directly, ideally by phone on +256 751 117617 since the email link is protected.
Can you self-drive to Baboon Safari Resort?
The resort sits on the high ground at Rubirizi-Bushenyi, outside the park, looking down over it, and lists car rental as an on-site amenity, which suggests it is used to self-driving guests. No turn-by-turn directions are published, so confirm the route by phone before you travel.