The Lodge
Lake Albert Safari Lodge is one of the infrastructural innovations established in Kabwoya Wildlife Reserve, to provide luxury accommodation at an affordable price for tourists visiting the Reserve. The lodge fully furnished, with a swimming pool and has 11 beautiful grass thatched cottages.
Construction of the lodge began in 2005 and ended in 2007. Constructed entirely out of local materials supplied by Local Community Groups, the construction of the Lodge was earmarked by Lake Albert Safaris as one of the first areas of financial benefit for the community.
Our Story
In April 2005, Uganda Wildlife Authority, Hoima District Local Government and Lake Albert Safaris Limited (a private company) entered into a partnership, for collaborative Management of Wildlife in Kabwoya Wildlife Reserve, and the adjacent Kaiso-Tonya Community wildlife area.
The Kabwoya, Kaiso-Tonya Collaborative Wildlife Management Partnership was one of the first and has prevailed to become one of the most successful private-public partnerships for Wildlife Management in Uganda. The objective of the partnership is to create and maintain a wildlife-rich area, with the mutual benefit accrued to all the stakeholders, the tourist and the wildlife.
The Reserve
Kabwoya Wildlife reserve is a hidden gem situated on the floor of Albertine Rift Valley. It is characterised by beautiful waterfalls, from the Rift Valley Escarpment, remote savannah plains and striking views of Lake Albert and the magnificent Blue mountains of Congo.
The Reserve covers an area of 87 Km2 and is boarded to the North by a community wildlife Area called Kaiso – Tonya. The two areas originally constituted the Kaiso-Tonya Controlled Hunting Area, gazetted in 1963. In 2002 it was gazetted as a Wildlife Reserve, but even today, few people know about this hidden gem.