Clouds Mountain Gorilla View Lodge

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest - Uganda

A lodge with the most stunning locations in Africa - looking out, from above the clouds, across the Virunga volcanoes of the Great Rift Valley and behind you the tangled jungle of the primordial impenetrable forest that is Bwindi and home to the precious mountain gorillas of Uganda. Since it opened, this small and remote lodge continues to win prizes, awards and accolades both internationally and locally.

The trailhead to see the Nkuringo Family group of gorillas is just steps away from the lodge, and the home range of this group of gorillas is around an hour and a half's hike from the lodge depending on the movement of the group at the time of your visit. There are currently an additional 5 other habituated gorilla groups easily accessible from the lodge.  Tracking gorillas is always high on the agenda, but other activities include forest walks, birding, and visiting the local community which the lodge embraces as part of it's award winning community based tourism.



Guests at Cloud stay in their own cottage, built of volcanic stone, with their own personal butler. Each cottage has a large sitting room with double-sided fireplace, private verandah and comfortable bedrooms with en suite bathrooms, and each features the work of one of Uganda's most respected artists (known as the 'Clouds 9'). Guests over the years have commissioned their own pieces and now the work of these artists grace the walls of homes and offices in New York, Toronto, Vancouver, Los Angeles and London. The main building of the lodge has soaring ceilings, massive exposed wooden beams and big picture windows with endless views of treetops, volcanoes and mountains.



Boo's Best Because:

• The Gorillas
• Steps away from the Nkuringo trailhead for the gorilla tracking
• One of Africa's most stunning views
• Comfortable with fireplaces in every room, cozy duvets to ward off the chilll
• Great fresh food, much of it grown in the lodge's own organic garden
• Community partnership and involvement and a pioneer in eco-tourism for Uganda 
• Maximum Number of Guests: 18 guests in 5 double/twin cottages and 2 family cottages (children need to be aged 15 years and over to track the gorillas).