Katara Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park

The Katara Lodge is situated on the Great Rift Valley escarpment with uninterrupted views of the wide open savanna, Lake Edward and the Virunga and Rwenzori mountain ranges beyond. The lodge offers seven spacious thatched cottages with en suite facilities, built and decorated from local materials with thatched roofs and wooden flooring. Double beds are also fitted with wheels to allow them to be taken outside on to the veranda in the dry season to allow sleeping under the stars. The cottage canvas fronts can also be rolled back to provide views out over the savanna below. The lodge has a restaurant serving a variety of locally influenced international dishes and is located further up the hill next to the bar area. Open to the west, both the bar, restaurant and lounge provide panoramic views out over the plains below. There is also a saltwater swimming pool.