Kingfisher Lodge Kichwamba
Bandas · Kichwamba escarpment, two hundred metres above the park · Not named on the lodge's own site
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Mid-range
Outside the gate
Owner/family-run
Kingfisher stands two hundred metres above the park on the Kichwamba escarpment, outside the boundary by its own description, so a night here costs no entry. It is the large and plain option on this stretch, with a wide view over the flats towards the channel. Chimpanzee trekking at Kyambura is the close activity, while Ishasha stays three hours to the south.
Pros and cons
Pros
- 200 metres above the park, with sixteen bandas facing it
- 25 bandas in total, the largest set on this escarpment
- Outside the boundary, so no nightly park entry fee
- Family bandas with two bedrooms, for a larger group
Cons
- The lodge's own website blocks automated access entirely
- Rates come from a 2025 archive copy, not a live page
- No board basis named, so confirm if meals are included
- Old .net domain now belongs to an aggregator, not the lodge
What's here
- Family rooms
Read from Kingfisher Lodge Kichwamba'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 Kingfisher Lodge Kichwamba
From $125 per room. US dollars per room per night: single $125, double $230, double at single occupancy $140, triple $290, a family unit $300, half a family room $205 and half a family suite $125. The lodge names no board basis, so whether meals are included cannot be claimed either way. These figures come from an archive copy dated 17 September 2025, because the lodge's own site blocks automated access, so confirm by email before you book. Their old domain kingfisher-uganda.net was re-registered in April 2025 and now redirects to an aggregator, 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 Kingfisher Lodge Kichwamba
Does Kingfisher Lodge Kichwamba have a working website?
It has one, but it blocks automated access, so current information cannot be read directly from it. The figures used here come from an archive copy dated 17 September 2025, which should be confirmed by email before you rely on them. Its old domain, kingfisher-uganda.net, was re-registered in April 2025 and now redirects to an aggregator with no connection to the lodge.
How much does Kingfisher Lodge Kichwamba cost?
Based on an archived rate per room per night: $125 single, $230 double, $290 triple and $300 for a family unit, with smaller family suite options from $125. No board basis is named anywhere, so whether meals are included cannot be confirmed. Email bookings@kingfisherlodge.co.ug to check both the current price and what it covers.
Is Kingfisher Lodge Kichwamba good for families?
Yes in scale: there are family bandas with two bedrooms among the lodge's 25 units, priced from an archived $300 a night. The live site blocks automated access, so we found no child policy or minimum age to confirm, and the current rate cannot be checked either; ask about both by email before booking.
Is Kingfisher Lodge Kichwamba inside Queen Elizabeth National Park?
No. It stands two hundred metres above the park on the Kichwamba escarpment, outside the boundary by its own description, with sixteen of its twenty-five bandas facing the park below. That means no nightly park entry fee for staying here.