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Banda Lodge

3.0 star property

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Outdoor pool, sun loungers
Exterior
Aerial view
Villa | Living area | TV
Deluxe Cottage, 2 Bedrooms, Pool View | Living area | TV

Reviews

9.2 out of 10

Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Pool
    Pool
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Laundry
    Laundry
  • Parking included
    Parking included
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping

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26,BAINES TERRACE, KATWE, MASAKA MUNICIPALITY, Masaka
  • Masaka Golf Course
    10 min walk
  • Masaka Regional Referral Hospital
    19 min walk
  • Muteesa I Royal University
    5 min drive

Room options

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Deluxe Cottage, 2 Bedrooms, Pool View | Living area | TV

Deluxe Cottage, 2 Bedrooms, Pool View

  • 753 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Deluxe Cottage, 3 Bedrooms | Living area | TV

Deluxe Cottage, 3 Bedrooms

  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 King Bed, 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Double Room, Pool View | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room, Pool View

  • 215 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Deluxe Double or Twin Room, Pool View | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Deluxe Double or Twin Room, Pool View

  • 215 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Economy Shared Dormitory

  • 215 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Twin Bunk Beds

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Basic Double Room Single Use | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Basic Double Room Single Use

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Deluxe Room | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Deluxe Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Villa | Terrace/patio

Villa

  • Valley view
  • Sleeps 12
  • 1 King Bed, 8 Twin Beds and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Double Room Single Use, Garden View | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room Single Use, Garden View

  • 215 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Deluxe Double Room Single Use | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Deluxe Double Room Single Use

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Basic Double Room Single Use | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Basic Double Room Single Use

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Basic Room | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Basic Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About this property

Banda Lodge

3-star Masaka lodge with restaurant
This lodge features an outdoor pool, a restaurant, and dry cleaning. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, laundry facilities, a garden, and barbecue grills are onsite.
Banda Lodge offers 12 accommodations with safes and slippers. This Masaka lodge provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
Recreational amenities at the lodge include an outdoor pool.
The lodge offers a restaurant. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. For a surcharge, an airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is offered to guests. This Masaka lodge also offers an outdoor pool, a terrace, and barbecue grills. Onsite self parking is complimentary.

Banda Lodge has designated areas for smoking.

A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 8 AM and 10 AM.
Banda Lodge has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

Danish, English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Porter/bellhop

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Pool loungers
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • Tile flooring in room

More

  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 2010
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Shower
  • Slippers
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV

Food and drink

  • Limited room service

More

  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: noon; Check-in end time: 6 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The front desk is open daily from 8 AM - 7 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 75 per vehicle (one way)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards

Property is also known as

Banda Lodge Masaka
Banda Masaka
Banda Lodge Lodge
Banda Lodge Masaka
Banda Lodge Lodge Masaka

Banda Lodge Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 15 out of 24 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 24 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 24 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 24 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 24 reviews" "

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Ann Marie, Glenview

Business traveler, Traveled with family
Liked: Amenities
Wonderful stay on our way to our school near the Tanzania border. The staff are attentive to their guests needs.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Alma

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Ready to receive me on arrival. Patient and helpful staff. Good food. Clean pool. Clean room and facilities.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nambooze

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nambooze

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jon

Business traveler
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
An upward trajectory
I last stayed here more than 4 years ago and it was okay. Since then they have improved beyond measure. Extensive expansion, a new restaurant and much more professional. It is at the highest end of budget, delivers fantastic value in a good but quiet location and the service was brilliant - especially from Shakira and Angel. If I am ever in the area I would definitely choose Banda Lodge for value, ambience and service. And the Swedish beef/potato/egg thing on the menu is delicious!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Allison

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay. Would be nice to have a fan for the nighttime but otherwise great spot.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

bo

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

janet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Catherine

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Hopefully this was just an off day. We checked in late. The room is very, very nice, especially the two bedroom. The plug for the TV was not working. The internet was also not working. So we were essentially forced to go to bed. The power was out most of the morning. When we arrived to breakfast all of the food was finished. We waited for them to bring more pancakes and eggs but that was all they brought. None of the other food was replaced, and we only arrived at breakfast at 9 am. It was disappointing that everything we expected from our reservation (cable TV, wifi, breakfast) were missing.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

crystal

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A nice relaxing escape in a unique experience. The staff are attentive and friendly. The view from the restaurant is great.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ruth

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We really enjoyed our stay at Banda Lodge. It was quiet and relaxing - just what we needed. Our cottage was very clean and had everything we required. The shower especially was excellent - the best we have ever had in Uganda. Every meal we had did not disappoint - the food was very good indeed. The staff were all very pleasant and helpful and saw to our every need. We would highly recommend staying at Banda Lodge. We stayed 5 nights and were sorry to leave!

10/10 Excellent

George

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very good food and really friendly staff. Comfortable room and quiet at nighttime. All in all a very pleasant place to stay.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Katherine, Anderson

Traveled with group, Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stella is amazing! The beds are less than wonderful but the swimming pool is great.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is the go-to place to stay in Masaka! Banda Lodge was a perfect respite after a week in what I call the 'hard bush' working at a rural clinic. I stayed in one of the rooms that isn't 'self-contained' but that is a tiny distinction& a good bargain. The sparkling clean toilets and showers were right next door. The staff was great, the food very good (though a bit limited as to be expected in a small hotel) and the accommodations very reasonably priced. The view and quieter location is exceptional. Wish I'd stayed longer and had had time to use the wonderful pool.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Lucia

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Easy and Pleasant
Clean room with 4 beds! Only thing was tv/wifi wasn’t working great. But enjoyed our stay, and swimming and the service was so great.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

8/10 Good

Jonathan, Spain

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value, great service, exceptional food.
I really liked this property and would definitely stay again. It´s relatively basic and located away from anything else but that makes it fairly quiet and very peaceful. The staff are excellent and the food was exceptional which I didn´t expect. Good value, great service and surprisingly good food. Recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Gareth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good break on a journey from/to Entebbe
Perfect for the first or last couple of nights in Uganda - about three hours' drive from Entebbe. Entebbe-Kampala Expressway is open, and has very little traffic. Quality rooms and good food at bargain prices.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I loved the look of it and the location. It's beautiful and the staff is wonderful! I didn't like that cars had to beep to have the gate opened.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
Stylishly designed and very well equipped lodges with indoor relaxation space and kitchen. Excellent breakfast in outdoor communal area. Staff were very helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Alex

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Perfect
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

marc yves m

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Sin baño privado pero un lugar lindo
El problema es la ausencia de pieza con baño privado. Ese es el mayor inconveniente ya que para ir a hacer sus necesidades o tomar una ducha, es necesario salir de la pieza. Aparte de esto, la vista desde el restaurante es muy linda, la comida que se sirve es buena y bien presentada. El servicio, así como la amabilidad del personal, es excelente.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2024