Bookings have opened for Asilia Africa’s Erebero Hills luxury eco-lodge scheduled to open in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in August 2026.
Set in 18 hectares of reforested land on the forest’s edge, the lodge will feature eight suites (including two triple suites) with glass-fronted interiors, private viewing decks, king-size beds and bathrooms with baths and indoor and outdoor showers. The design was led by award-winning Indonesian architects Pablo Luna Studios.
The reforestation aspect of the project included planting around 25 000 native trees and 35 seedlings. The long-term aim is to create a buffer zone that will become an accessible forest for the local Batwa people.
Activities on offer include gorilla trekking in Bwindi (home to over half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas), nature walks, tea plantation tours and visits to Batwa communities.
Cai Tjeenk Willink, Head of Strategic Operations at Asilia Africa, said the lodge fulfils the operator’s ambition to open a gorilla property as a complement to its safari-oriented portfolio.
“We’ve been exploring the idea since 2020 – waiting for a place that could deliver on our guest experience and impact aspirations. Erebero Hills represents that next step for Asilia: an evolution of our purpose-led model into one of the continent’s most inspiring landscapes.”
