Twin Lakes Safari Lodge
Lodge · Bunyaruguru crater field at Kichwamba, Rubirizi · Not named on the lodge's own site
Mid-range
Outside the gate
Owner/family-run
Twin Lakes sits in the Bunyaruguru crater field at Kichwamba in Rubirizi, and it is the one address in this set that states plainly that it lies just outside Queen Elizabeth National Park, 270 metres above the plain. That puts every game drive at the far end of a run down the escarpment, which is the trade for the price and the crater views. Many lists file it at Kasenyi or Katwe, which is wrong by a long way.
Pros and cons
Pros
- States plainly that it stands outside the national park
- Two dedicated honeymoon suites among nine cottages
- Crater lakes on either side of the property
- A family cottage alongside the honeymoon suites, 22 beds total
Cons
- No rates published anywhere; phone or email only
- 270 metres above the plain, so every game drive is a descent
- No minimum age found; the accommodation page blocked our check
- Often wrongly listed at Kasenyi or Katwe, well away from here
What's here
- Family rooms
Read from Twin Lakes Safari 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 Twin Lakes Safari Lodge
On request. The lodge publishes no figures at all and points to a telephone number and an email address for reservations. Note the domain spelling, twinlakesafarilodge.com, which carries a single s.
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 Twin Lakes Safari Lodge
Is Twin Lakes Safari Lodge good for a honeymoon?
It is built with that in mind: two of its nine cottages are named honeymoon suites. No specific feature list, such as a plunge pool or private deck, is published for them beyond the name, so ask what distinguishes a honeymoon suite from the standard cottages when you book.
Where is Twin Lakes Safari Lodge, exactly?
In the Bunyaruguru crater field at Kichwamba in Rubirizi, 270 metres above the plain. It is the one address in this set that states plainly it lies just outside Queen Elizabeth National Park, so every game drive means a run down the escarpment first. Many lists wrongly place it at Kasenyi or Katwe, which is wrong by a long way.
How much does Twin Lakes Safari Lodge cost?
No rate is published anywhere on the lodge's own site. Call or email for a current figure, and double-check the domain you are using: the real site is twinlakesafarilodge.com, spelled with a single s, since similar-looking addresses exist.
Is Twin Lakes Safari Lodge good for families?
There is a dedicated family cottage among its nine units, which can sleep up to 22 guests across the property. The lodge's accommodation page blocked our check, so we found no child policy or minimum age; confirm that directly when you enquire about the family cottage.