Amarembo by Touch down

Incredible lodge with amazing people looking after it. Jocelyn, Winnie and Francis were very welcoming to us and accommodated our schedule and some vehicle issues we had. The rooms are impeccable and the food delicious. We could not recommend this more as a place to stay. The architecture and decor are also really cool and there are many surrounding activities beyond gorilla trekking too.

The rooms are cute. Unfortunately for us in our 2 nights stay the water in the shower was mostly cold and went out twice. We returned from the monkey tour and couldn’t shower for an hour as they water supply in the entire lodge was out. Same happened the following morning. The food was a real letdown as well, every meal ordered took over an hour to turn up and the quality was unfortunately poor. On our last day they put a sign to say hotel was changing over management. Perhaps this would explain the obvious lack of care the staff had. The heated blankets and coal fire was a nice touch in the evenings however it didn’t make up for the rest of the facility being poor especially for the amount you pay to stay there. Another thing I found quite unsavoury, they really force you to sit and watch a ‘welcome dance’ then the dancers keep talking you into how desperately they need tips to keep going. I found this really uncomfortable