Adere Safari Lodge
Upmarket en-suite lodge · On the park edge · Adere Safari Lodges
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High-end
Outside the gate
Locally owned
The largest property at Kidepo, hand-built by local craftsmen on the park edge, with twenty en-suite rooms, gardens and even a conference hall. It aims at the upmarket group and workshop trade as much as safari-goers. No rates are published, so enquire directly and compare against Apoka before assuming it is cheaper.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Hand-built by local craftsmen, locally owned
- The biggest lodge in the Kidepo area, 20 rooms
- Conference hall and gardens, unusual this far out
- All rooms en suite
- On the park edge, near the Apoka airstrip
Cons
- No published rates; enquire and compare against Apoka
- Lodge's own website carries no usable content
- Geared partly to groups and conferences, not just safari-goers
- Opening and season details not published
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Kidepo Valley National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryCharged per 24 hours rather than per night.
- $40per person, per day
- VehicleA Ugandan-registered 4x4, the usual hire car, at UGX 30,000; bring a foreign-registered one and it is $150.
- $8per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $264 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
Entry is sold in 24-hour blocks that begin when you pass the gate, not calendar days. Time your exit before your arrival hour and two nights means two days of fees, not three.
The full fee schedule for Kidepo Valley National ParkRates at Adere Safari Lodge
Enquire. No published rates. The largest room count of any Kidepo property.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates gathered July 2026 from operators' own published rate cards where they exist. Kidepo is unusual: nine of the eleven properties we found publish no prices at all, and several widely-listed lodges could not be verified as operating. Where we show no price, none is published; always confirm directly. Buffalo Base Guesthouse and Campsite in Karenga village was on this list until July 2026. A contact on the ground reports it closed at the start of the year. We could not reach the property to confirm, so it is off the list rather than sending anyone eight kilometres to a locked gate. NAMONI Lodge, Zebra Safari Lodge and Katurum Kidepo Lodge were added on 28 July 2026 after a reader pointed out we had missed them. All three are Ugandan owned. NAMONI's entry comes from the lodge's own 2026-27 brochure. The other two publish nothing themselves, so their entries come from booking platforms, which we say plainly because it is a weaker source than we normally use.
Questions about Adere Safari Lodge
Is Adere Safari Lodge good for families?
Adere Safari Lodge's website carries no usable content, so we found no child policy. It is the largest property at Kidepo, with 20 en-suite rooms, gardens and a conference hall, built more with groups in mind, so ask the lodge directly what age policy and room types suit a family.
How much does Adere Safari Lodge cost?
Adere Safari Lodge publishes no rates anywhere we could check, including its own website. The record notes it as the largest room count of any Kidepo property at 20 en-suite rooms, and suggests comparing its price against Apoka Safari Lodge rather than assuming it costs less. Enquire directly for a current quote.
Can you self-drive to Adere Safari Lodge?
The record gives only the Apoka airstrip, inside the park, as the access point and does not mention a road route. Adere's own website could not be checked for a getting-there page, so ask the lodge directly whether self-drive access exists or whether a transfer from Apoka is needed.
How do you book Adere Safari Lodge?
Adere Safari Lodge's own website could not be checked for a booking process. The record gives no rates and no open season, calling it enquire-only, so the practical route is to contact the lodge directly or go through a Ugandan tour operator to confirm rooms, price and dates.