Mirembe Resort Beach Hotel — Hotel in Buggala

Well where to start?

Let’s start with the good things. Is a beautifully located, peaceful resort. The rooms are spacious and well tended and staff are very friendly. Also I’d heartily recommend the fired Tilapia for dinner.

But there are downsides. Big downsides. The resort is run down and little effort is made beyond the rooms. Cheap plastic chairs, pealing dirty bench’s, metal loungers without cushions and bizarre seats made of tires around the fire (which is almost never set). The restaurant room itself is dreadful with a wood board and plastic nets preventing any of the wonderful views whilst you sit on nasty seats against plastic covered trestle tables..

There might be quads and water activities but you’ll never know. They’re not advertised anywhere and it’s completely unclear what (if anything) the resort offers outside of a very sad tennis net.

Also be prepared to be woken at 05:00am every morning as the power is cut at 12:00 then switched on again with a loud click and any lights or electronics you had on waking up. So good luck sleeping with fan if it’s hot. Oh and you’ll need to ask for the room to be cleaned and give the maid the key.

Which brings us on to the restaurant. The strangest arrangement I have ever come across. Don’t expect to have a nice lay in after you’ve been woken at 05:00am because… The restaurant will phone you at 08-08:30 (the phones aren’t by the bed) to tell you either that breakfast is ready or you’re the last person who hasn’t had breakfast (which allegedly doesn’t finish until 10:00).

Believe me unless you’re very hungry don’t get up. It’s an extremely basic breakfast of at best lukewarm pre cooked Uganda staples with dismal drink quality and options. Oh and insect’s literally crawling in their dozens on the open sugar jar.

Oh and as for dinner whilst the food is a little better (aside from fish it’s very average). You’ll again be called incessantly by the restaurant in your room..… why? Because everything takes an hour (!) to cook and they want your order. So don’t expect to just go to the restaurant and something just arrive!!

So all in all a very frustrating experience which is a same because it could be such a...

Well where to start?||Let’s start with the good things. Is a beautifully located, peaceful resort. The rooms are spacious and well tended and staff are very friendly. Also I’d heartily recommend the fired Tilapia for dinner. ||But there are downsides. Big downsides. The resort is run down and little effort is made beyond the rooms. Cheap plastic chairs, pealing dirty bench’s, metal loungers without cushions and bizarre seats around the fire (which is almost never set). The restaurant room is dreadful with a wood board and plastic nets preventing views whilst you sit on nasty seats against plastic covered trestle tables..||There might be quads and water activities but you’ll never know. They’re not advertised anywhere and it’s completely unclear what (if anything) the resort offers outside of a very sad tennis net. ||Also be prepared to be woken at 05:00am every morning as the power is cut at 12:00 then switched on again with a loud click and any lights or electronics you had on waking up. So good luck sleeping with fan if it’s hot. Oh and you’ll need to ask for the room to be cleaned and give the maid the key. ||Which brings us on to the restaurant. The strangest arrangement I have ever come across. Don’t except to have a nice lay in after you’ve been woken at 05:00am because… the restaurant will phone you at 08-08:30 (the phones aren’t by the bed) to tell you either that breakfast is ready or you’re the last person who hasn’t had breakfast (which allegedly doesn’t finish until 10:00). Believe me unless you’re very hungry don’t get up. It’s an extremely basic breakfast of at best lukewarm pre cooked Uganda staples with dismal drink quality and options. Oh and you’ll also be treated to hordes of insects crawling all over the open sugar pot. ||Oh and as for dinner whilst the food is a little better (aside from fish it’s very average). You’ll again be called incessantly by the restaurant… why? Because everything takes an hour (!) to cook and they want your order. So don’t expect to just go to the restaurant and something just arrive!!||So all in all a very frustrating experience which is a same because it could be such a...

We booked this resort for our annual staff summer leave. This time we had been joined by 3 fresh staff who were doing there university internship. ||||From the moment we left Kampala, even step of our booking way stay. From ordering the rooms to be next to each other, to having lake view. ||||Thank to Betty, the hotel manager assisted by Brian her second in command. ||||The restaurant team headed by James, assisted by Michael to our housekeepers, everyone was so good to us. Our rooms were cleaned on time. You have an option to request just lay the bed without changing the bedsheet and towels - just to conserve the environment. ||||Our rooms had flat tv with DStv. The showers have hot water, but you are advised to allow some time for hot water to get from the main heating point to your tap ||||I have to empharsise that when you visit the Ssese Islands, ask the team at these resorts for things to do around the Islands. ||||On day 1; After our breakfast we headed out to Banga landing site, located 20 km from our accommodation. This landing site is occupied bu indegenous communities who resorted to making handcraft such as baskets, and agriculture. 3 years ago, the government put a ban on fishing in the Lake Victoria water to allow fish population grow. Banga among other landing sites has clean waters good for swimming, take a walk through the wooden fishermen home and meet with Maama Esther. ||||Day 2: We headed out to Pelican Resort Beach located some 34 km from Mirembe Resort. This is the only beach on Buggala Island where you can find white sand, pebble stones and shallow waters for swimming. This beach is a must visit when visiting Ssese islands. I advise visitor to travel after breakfast, to allow time to enjoy a ride through palm oil trees, pockets of forests and scenic views of the lake on both sides of the road. ||||I must admit that, every time i visit the islands, i feel i need spend more time here. ||||We will visit...