Ziwa Rhino & Wildlife Ranch

Ziwa Rhino & Wildlife Ranch is the private 7,000-hectare sanctuary in Nakasongola District where Uganda's southern white rhino population is being rebuilt, and it runs its own accommodation inside the ranch, about halfway between Kampala and Murchison Falls National Park. The newest option is a row of seven A-frame thatched chalets in deluxe double, superior double or twin, superior family and executive configurations, each with timber interiors, stone-walled en-suite bathrooms and a private veranda, set around a swimming pool and lit gardens. Luxury tents on raised platforms have large double beds, a bathroom with hot shower and a shaded veranda, and the older guest houses offer single, double, twin and family rooms plus a dorm for budget travellers, with a campsite alongside. Chalets and tents are on a full-board basis, served at the open-sided two-level restaurant and bar, and evenings end around a stone firepit. Rhino trekking on foot with ranch rangers is included in park entry, and the ranch also runs shoebill canoe treks on Lugogo Swamp, birding and night nature walks.