Elephant Hab Lodge
Lodge · Kichwamba escarpment, about ten minutes from the gates · Not named on the lodge's own site
Mid-range
Outside the gate
Owner/family-run
Elephant Hab stands on the Kichwamba escarpment at the edge of the park, about ten minutes from the gates and outside the boundary in its own wording. The postal address in the footer reads Queen Elizabeth National Park, which is a postbox rather than a position. Chimpanzee trekking at Kyambura is the near activity and the channel cruise is a comfortable morning away.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Ten minutes from the gates by the lodge's own account
- Every cottage has a private deck with African chairs
- Five cottage grades, including a dedicated family cottage
- Outside the boundary, so no nightly park entry fee
Cons
- No board basis stated; confirm if meals are included
- No minimum age found on the lodge's own FAQ page
- Postal address reads Queen Elizabeth National Park, which is just a postbox
- At $380 to $660 a cottage, among the pricier escarpment lodges
What's here
- Family rooms
Read from Elephant Hab 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. 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 Elephant Hab Lodge
From $380 per cottage. The lodge publishes from-prices in US dollars per cottage per night: single $380, double and twin $490, triple $580 and family $660. No board basis is stated anywhere on the site, so whether meals are included cannot be claimed either way. Park entry is not mentioned.
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 Elephant Hab Lodge
What does the rate at Elephant Hab Lodge include?
The lodge publishes from-prices per cottage per night: $380 single, $490 double or twin, $580 triple and $660 family. No board basis is stated anywhere on the site, so whether meals are included cannot be confirmed; ask directly when you book, along with whether park entry is separate.
Is Elephant Hab Lodge good for families?
Yes, it has a dedicated family cottage among its five grades, priced from $660 a night. We checked the lodge's own FAQ page and found no child policy or minimum age there, so confirm that directly, along with the board basis, before booking for a family.
Is Elephant Hab Lodge inside Queen Elizabeth National Park?
No, by its own wording. The lodge describes itself as standing on the Kichwamba escarpment at the edge of the park, about ten minutes from the gates and outside the boundary. Its postal address reads Queen Elizabeth National Park, but that is a postbox rather than the lodge's actual position.
Is Elephant Hab Lodge good for a honeymoon?
It has some of the right features: every cottage has a private deck furnished with African chairs looking out over the escarpment. No named honeymoon package or plunge pool is described, so ask whether a particular cottage grade suits a honeymoon better than the others.