Staff football training takes place on a local football pitch and regular matches are played between all the lodges in Murchison. It’s worth asking when staying with us if there’s a match on, particularly if Murchison River Lodge’s team are playing.
Always keen to support local artisans, many of our clay table pieces in the lodge restaurant are made by a group of young potters on the shores of Lake Victoria.
Striking handwoven hammocks, made using kitenge fabric, can be found in quiet areas around the lodge and are purchased directly from, ‘Ngora Parish Harmock Company’ in eastern Uganda. While creating the “harmacks,” students learn tailoring as well as fundamental business skills, all while accruing money to either go back to school or start a business …
Not only does this busy workshop of talented artisans make our beautiful restaurant glassware, but they make our accommodation folders too. Once empty, the lodge wine bottles are taken to Paper Craft for them to recycle making it a win, win for everybody
Several years ago we were approached by the Mubako Musicians and asked if we would host them at the lodge at least twice a week. We said yes, because not only are the group charismatic, their use of the local musical instruments is world class. We are always respectful of their culture and thus for …
Twice a year Murchison River Lodge enrols six youths from the local community and offers them 8 weeks work experience within the different departments of the lodge. Any rising stars are offered employment, and for those who don’t they are given letters of recommendation and subsequently employed in the hospitality and tourism industry based on …
Children love to play and what better way to help the children from the local community than by providing them with their own playground. We contracted Jinja based charity, East African Playgrounds, to create the swings, slide, safari jeep and other equipment you’ll see on your approach to the lodge.
The widow’s group is made up of a small number of elderly ladies from the surrounding community. Every two months a staff member from Murchison River Lodge checks in and delivers a care package to their homes, containing cooking oil, salt, sugar, coffee, tea, rice, posho and washing soap.
In early 2017 Murchison River Lodge began offering English lessons to the women in the community. The women’s group has naturally grown, with young and old attending the twice weekly classes hosted by MRL staff. Not only has it become a place of learning, it’s an opportunity for the women to spend time together, sharing …
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