Tilenga safari lodge is excellent Mid-range safari accommodation in Murchison Falls National Park, positioned on the northern park boundaries. Also lies on one of the most breathtaking parts of Uganda just few kilometers away from Tangi gate on the main Karuma –Pakwach road. Its signpost can easily be seen a few kilometers before the Pakwach Bridge to not miss the magnificence of a place that looks out on the beautiful Albert Nile.
This lodge features 13 elegant guest cottages with comfortable facilities and 2 luxury tents designed to offer sophisticated tranquility. The River Nile and the park are the major attraction focused from an architect’s perspective and so all the cottages and luxury tents have balconies and terraces facing the magical sweeping views.
Tilenga Safari Lodge Services;
They offer a variety of comfortable accommodations that suit budgets from the executive to mid-market; comfortable thatched tents.
The staff are friendly and welcoming.
They have restaurant that is good in serving mouthwatering menu of local and international. Mostly, they are good in preparing 4 course dinners.
They have their own vegetable garden where –they get fresh fruits, mango and pawpaw to jackfruits, passion and avocado.
Activities offered at the Lodge;
Fishing
Fishing in Murchison Falls National Park provides exciting challenges to anglers including the chance to land a massive Nile Perch ‘’the last record was 108kg Nile perch’’. Fishing is restricted to designated sites and places. So prior booking is recommended.
Game drive
Thousands of visitors visit Murchison Falls on safari, because is home rich with wildlife over 76 mammal species which can be spotted during your game drive adventure such as lions, leopard, elephant, Rothschild’s giraffe, Cape buffalo, hartebeest among others. Although, the best game view area is Buligi area.
Birdlife
Bird watching here is spectacular and park harbors with over 450 species of birds. Some of bird species to be spotted include the rare shoe bill stork, Red –winged grey warbler, Yellow –fronted tinker bird, Senegal thick –knee, Abyssinian ground hornbill, Denham’s bustard
, long-toed lapwing, Speckle-fronted weaver, Squacco heron, white-browed sparrow –weaver, Secretary bird, African Jacana, Saddle-billed stork, Palm nut vulture, Black –headed coucal, White-browed sparrow-weaver, Weaver Birds, Yellow-billed Stork, Martial Eagle, Black0headed Lapwing, Rock Pratincole among others. So, we advise you to carry a pair of binocular.
Hiking and Nature Walks
The park’s vast landscapes can be explored on foot in accompany of ranger guides. The hiking experience is best carried out in trails through Kaniyo Pabidi and Rabongo forests that provides great sights of various primates and birds, while walking around the Nile –Lake Albert Delta. It offers possible sightings of the shoebill.
Boat cruise
At your comfortable stay at Tilenga Safari lodge, you can engage in boat cruise that cruises you downstream to the papyrus delta at the river’s entrance into Lake Albert. It can take 4 – 5 hour return voyage offering a best chance of sighting the shoebill stork and a variety of other wildlife species.
Visit the top of falls
Visit Tilenga on your next safari to Murchison Falls National Park and enjoy the most dramatic view of the waterfall and thundering sound of the Nile crashing down the falls thus experiencing unforgettable impression.
Chimp trekking
Chimpanzee tracking while at stay – Tilenga Safari Lodge. You can go for chimp trekking through Kaniyo Pabidi forest trails provides the opportunity to track chimpanzee and other primates. Kaniyo is a beautiful forest that contains both mahogany and ironwood trees where 6 chimpanzee group /families have been habituated.
