Mihingo Lodge

Mihingo Lodge At Lake Mburo Natioanal Park(Luxury)-Overview

Mihingo is a luxurious lodge adjacent to Lake Mburo National Park. Perched high on a rocky kopje, whose pre-Cambrian granite boulders were formed over 500 million years ago, it has spectacular views over a vast savannah landscape.

Accommodation At Mihingo Lodge Include;

• 12 luxury, tented rooms designed to provide guests with privacy and tranquillity.
• Each spacious room is equipped with en-suite bathrooms, hot and cold running water, showers, and flush loos.
• The rooms have been sensitively designed to complement the local environment with great attention to detail.
• The doorways are framed by stunning pieces of dead olive wood found on the land.
• The outside walls reflect the colours of the African soil, created with the help of a specialist from Lamu who mixed natural coloured pigments into the cement.
• Several of the rooms dramatically incorporate the granite boulders into the design of the bathrooms.
• As an environmentally friendly lodge all the lights are solar powered and each room has its own solar powered water heater.

Facilities And Services At Mihingo Lodge Include;

• Dining room: the spacious, thatched dining area sits on top of the rocky kopje, heralding a bird’s eye view over the park and beyond. A steady breeze from Lake Kacheera makes it one of the coolest places in the lodge on a hot day. Overlooking a waterhole and saltlick, it is a perfect spot to enjoy delicious food and watch wildlife at the same time.
• Lunches are 3 courses. The starter is often a delicious chilled soup, followed by a selection of crisp, fresh salads, cold meats, and vegetarian quiches, and then there is always a scrummy pudding.
• Dinner is also a 3 course meal. Some of the lodge favourites are the feta and coriander samosas with home-made tomato pickle, smoked Nile Perch from Lake Victoria served with a simple olive-oil, lemon juice and caper dressing, grilled beef fillet from the famous Ankole cows and sticky toffee pudding.
• Breakfasts at Mihingo are designed to set guests up for the day. There is always a selection of fresh fruit, fruit juice, cereals and muesli, home-made yoghurt, pancakes with a hint of lemon zest, eggs of your choice and the full fry up with home-made bread.
• The lodge can cater to any dietary requirements be it vegetarian, gluten free, vegan or lactose intolerant.
• Bar: with cement sofa curves around the existing granite rocks and small niches with paraffin lights add sparkle and a sense of cosiness. The bar is extremely well stocked with soft and hard drinks. The wine list include many South African wines and a few Australian.
• Pool beds, overlooking the waterhole to enjoying the cool breezes a.
• Tower area, that provides unparalleled 360 degree views of the park as well as being a cool retreat to unwind and relax. An ideal place to view sunrise and sunset it also provides large sofas for those post lunch naps.
• Campfire, lit every evening for guests to watch the sunset and the stars come out..